| Ray White | |
| Residence: | Canso, Nova Scotia |
| Office: | MLA for Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 1999 |
| Predecessor: | riding established |
| Successor: | Ron Chisholm |
| Party: | Liberal |
Ray White is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
White served five terms as mayor of Canso, Nova Scotia before resigning to enter provincial politics.[1] In the 1993 provincial election, White defeated finance minister Chuck MacNeil to win the Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury riding.[2] He served as a backbench MLA in John Savage's government. He was re-elected in the 1998 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Ron Chisholm by 721 votes.[3]
Following the election, White was named the government's caucus chairman.[4] On December 11, 1998, White was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs.[1] In the 1999 election, White and Chisholm did battle again, with Chisholm winning the seat by 134 votes.[5] [6] White later returned to municipal politics, again becoming mayor of Canso. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 municipal election.[7]
In 2012, White was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[8]