Richard Smeaton White

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][2]

The Hon. Richard Smeaton White
Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
In office 1917–1936
Appointed by	Robert Borden
Preceded by	William Owens
Succeeded by	Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen
Personal details
Born	March 17, 1865 Hamilton, Canada West
Died	December 17, 1936 (aged 71) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative

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.[3] White was also director of Stelco, the International Paper Company, the Anglo-American Paper Company and the Montreal Trust Company. He never married.[4]

White died in office in 1936[1] in Montreal.[4]

The town of Smeaton, Saskatchewan was named after him.

Cornerstone of the former Gazette building at 1000 Saint-Antoine Street West, erected in 1925 while White was the Gazette's president.

References

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

See also

• List of Bishop's College School alumni