Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | June 1981 |
Term End: | February 1982 |
Constituency: | Donegal South-West |
Term Start1: | June 1977 |
Term End1: | June 1981 |
Constituency1: | Donegal |
Term Start2: | February 1973 |
Term End2: | June 1977 |
Constituency2: | Donegal–Leitrim |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1938 |
Birth Place: | County Donegal, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Donegal, Ireland |
Party: | Fine Gael |
James White (2 January 1938 – 2 September 2014) was an Irish businessman and hotelier, and a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for constituencies in County Donegal.[1]
He was elected to Dáil Éireann as Fine Gael TD for the Donegal–Leitrim constituency at the 1973 general election.[2] He was re-elected at the 1977 general election as the TD for the new Donegal constituency. After further boundary changes, he was re-elected at the 1981 general election as the TD for Donegal South-West, and did not contest the February 1982 general election. He stood again for Donegal South-West at the 1992 and 2002 general elections but was not elected on either occasion.[2]
His Ballyshannon-based company, the White's Hotel Group, owns several large hotels in the spa town of Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, renowned for its annual matchmaking festival.
He died on 2 September 2014.[3]