Richard Smeaton White Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Richard Smeaton White
Office:Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
Appointed:Robert Borden
Predecessor:William Owens
Successor:Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen
Term Start:1917
Term End:1936
Birth Date:17 March 1865
Birth Place:Hamilton, Canada West
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Party:Conservative

Richard Smeaton White (March 17, 1865 – December 17, 1936) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and political figure. He sat for Inkerman division in the Senate of Canada as a Conservative from 1917 to 1936.[1]

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1865, the son of Richard White and Jean Riddel, and was educated in Montreal and at Bishop's College. He was publisher of the Montreal Gazette and editor from 1886 to 1896.[2] White was also director of Stelco, the International Paper Company, the Anglo-American Paper Company and the Montreal Trust Company. He never married.[3]

White died in office in 1936 in Montreal.[3]

The town of Smeaton, Saskatchewan was named after him.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Senator Richard Smeaton White, President of The Gazette, Dies. December 18, 1936. The Gazette. April 1, 2013. Montreal.
  2. Book: Hopkins, J. Castell. An historical sketch of Canadian literature and journalism. 1898. Lincott. Toronto. 0665080484. 226.
  3. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.