Harry Oliver White
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Harry Oliver White | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Middlesex East | |
| In office June 1945 – April 1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1895 Glanworth, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 4 September 1987 (aged 92) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Dollie Pearl Page Tye m. 14 Feb 1923[1] |
| Profession | farmer |
Harry Oliver White (6 January 1895 – 4 September 1987) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Glanworth, Ontario and became a farmer by career. White served in World War I with the 63rd Field Battery, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
He won five consecutive elections at the Middlesex East riding from the 1945 federal election through the 1958 election. After completing his fifth term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, White left federal politics and did not seek another term in office.
He died in 1987 and is interred in Westminster, Ontario.[2]
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Oliver White | 8,808 | ||||||
| Liberal | Duncan Graham Ross | 7,442 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenneth Elson Dickie | 2,398 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Oliver White | 9,258 | ||||||
| Liberal | Fred O. Kime | 9,198 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Miller Stewart | 2,848 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Oliver White | 12,027 | ||||||
| Liberal | Frank Duncan McLachlin | 8,952 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alec Richmond | 3,137 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Oliver White | 20,287 | ||||||
| Liberal | Fred O. Kime | 9,323 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Johnson | 3,242 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Oliver White | 24,896 | ||||||
| Liberal | Harry Roe Plewes | 7,849 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Andrew Grant | 3,125 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Roberts, C.G.D.; Tunnell, A.L. (1966). "The Canadian Who's who". Canadian Who's Who: With Which is Incorporated "Canadian Men and Women of the Time" (v. 7-11, v. 13, v. 17, v. 19-20, v. 24). University of Toronto Press. ISSN 0068-9963. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "ON: Christ Church Anglican Cemetery (Harry O WHITE), CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project". geneofun.on.ca. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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