| W. Paul White | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Occupation: | Politician, lobbyist |
| Residence: | Dorchester, Boston (-1998) Dover, Massachusetts (1998-present)[1] |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Alma Mater: | Boston College Suffolk University Law School John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| Office1: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate |
| Term1: | 1989–1995 (Second Suffolk and Norfolk) 1995–1997 (Suffolk and Norfolk) |
| Predecessor1: | Joseph B. Walsh |
| Successor1: | Brian A. Joyce |
| Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Term2: | 1973–1975 (12th Suffolk) 1975–1979 (19th Suffolk) 1979–1989 (13th Suffolk) |
| Predecessor2: | Paul Murphy (12th Suffolk) District created (19th Suffolk) James J. Craven, Jr. (13th Suffolk) |
| Successor2: | John G. Kelleher (12th Suffolk) William F. Galvin (19th Suffolk) Thomas Finneran (13th Suffolk) |
W. Paul White (born July 7, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American politician.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 from Dorchester, and the Massachusetts Senate from 1989 to 1999. White served as the House Majority Leader in 1984 and the Second Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate from 1995 to 1996.[2]
He resigned from the Senate on October 1, 1997 to become Associate Vice President at Boston College.[3]
Since 2001, he has been a principal at the Karol Group, Inc., a Boston government relations firm.[4]