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♂ Peter White
aliasPeter White
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 54%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 5 12
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 7 6 13
Birth 30 August 1838 → 185 years + 8 months ago
Lived 67 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 4 months
Death 3 May 1906 → 117 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Peter White (1838–1906) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Gerald V. White (1879–1948) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 22 6 16

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 7
CONS
 1 Speaker 52–57 29 Jul 1891 — 22 Jun 1896 4 10 24

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 14  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Barr  m 
⊖ James Findlay  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Munro  m 
⊖ William Murray  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William H. Comstock  m 
⊖ Thomas Mackie  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas Murray  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,452 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18573(F) — 25 Jun 2023 17:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
CONS
 2/2 675 46.49% -102 Winner:
LIB
 777 53.51% James Findlay
Eligible: 1,868 Votes: 1,426 Participation: 76.34% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18808(F) — 20 Jan 2022 23:07 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
 1/3 600 42.08% +102 Loser:
LIB
 498 34.92% Thomas Murray
After his election:
14 Sep 1874 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 7 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,868 Votes: 1,730 Participation: 92.61% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
4 November 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18915(F) — 21 Jan 2022 07:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
CONS
 2/2 841 48.61% -48 Winner:
LIB
 889 51.39% William Murray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,174 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
21 January 1876
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18917(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 1,192 54.83% +210 Loser:
LIB
 982 45.17% William Murray

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,629 Votes: 2,222 Participation: 84.52% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19094(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
 1/2 1,273 58.05% +353 Loser:
LIB
 920 41.95% James Findlay

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,079 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19290(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 1,111 53.44% +143 Loser:
LIB
 968 46.56% Thomas Murray

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,820 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19498(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 1,534 54.40% +248 Loser:
LIB
 1,286 45.60% James Findlay

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,915 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19850(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 1,497 51.36% +79 Loser:
LIB
 1,418 48.64% Henry Barr

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,737 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20138(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CONS
 2/2 1,837 49.16% -63 Winner:
LIB
 1,900 50.84% Thomas Mackie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,554 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
20 April 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20269(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
60
CONS
 2/2 1,673 47.07% -208 Winner:
LIB
 1,881 52.93% William H. Comstock
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20392(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
62
CONS
 2/2 2,167 48.52% -132 Winner:
LIB
 2,299 51.48% Thomas Mackie
Eligible: 5,668 Votes: 4,674 Participation: 82.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33569(F) — 30 Dec 2022 16:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
63
LC
 2/2 2,106 45.09% -459 Winner:
LIB
 2,565 54.91% John W. Munro
Eligible: 5,796 Votes: 4,811 Participation: 83.01% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20641(F) — 23 Jan 2022 13:20 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
66
CONS
 1/2 2,495 52.31% +220 Loser:
LIB
 2,275 47.69% Thomas Mackie
After his election:
3 May 1906 67
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 6 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,796 Votes: 3,566 Participation: 61.53% Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 Ontario
9 October 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20759(F) — 23 Jan 2022 14:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
67		 Successor:
CONS
 2,167 60.77% Gerald V. White

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
White, Peter		 14 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
White, Peter		 14 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Peter White, P.C.		 14 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Peter White, C.P.		 14 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Peter White (Canadian politician)		 14 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Peter White (homme politique canadien)		 14 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Nov 2023 10:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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