
Peter White (August 30 1838 – May 3 1906) was a Canada parliamentarian. White was born into a family that had established its homestead at the junction of the Muskrat and Ottawa Rivers where the town of Pembroke, Ontario was soon established. His family established several businesses including a lumberyard, general store and blacksmith's shop. As a young man, Peter White and his brother took over the family lumber business and became wealthy as they supplied the railway and shipbuilding industries. He also became a major shareholder and president of the Pembroke Electric Light Company. White entered politics and became reeve (Canada) of Pembroke Township (Canada) in 1870. He first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative Party of Canada (historical) candidate in the Canadian federal election, 1872 in the riding of Renfrew North but was defeated. He won election in the Canadian federal election, 1874, but his victory was overturned by the courts, and he lost the subsequent by-election that was held later that year. He again won election in the Canadian federal election, 1878, and sat in the Canadian House of Commons for the next twenty years. A supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald, White was a believer in the National Policy. Following the Canadian federal election, 1891, Macdonald nominated White to be Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. Macdonald died soon after, and White presided over a tumultuous period in the House of Commons as a succession of Conservative Prime Minister of Canada attempted to hold the party and government together in the absence of the party's long time leader. Debates over the Manitoba Schools Question were particularly divisive, and brought down the government of Sir Mackenzie Bowell. White opposed the government's policy that favoured Catholic education rights as he believed that it interfered with the provincial government's right to set education policy, but, as Speaker, remained silent on the issue until the Canadian federal election, 1896 campaign. Despite his independence on the issue, White lost his seat in the election and failed in several attempts to return to the House until the Canadian federal election, 1904 when he finally regained his seat. By this time, he was in declining health, and was unable to regularly attend House sittings. He died in office in 1906. == External links == *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41264 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']
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Peter White (August 30 1838 – May 3 1906) was a Canada parliamentarian. White was born into a family that had established its homestead at the junction of the Muskrat and Ottawa Rivers where the town of Pembroke, Ontario was soon established. His family established several businesses including a lumberyard, general store and blacksmith's shop. As a young man, Peter White and his brother took over the family lumber business and became wealthy as they supplied the railway and shipbuilding industries. He also became a major shareholder and president of the Pembroke Electric Light Company. White entered politics and became reeve (Canada) of Pembroke Township (Canada) in 1870. He first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative Party of Canada (historical) candidate in the Canadian federal election, 1872 in the riding of Renfrew North but was defeated. He won election in the Canadian federal election, 1874, but his victory was overturned by the courts, and he lost the subsequent by-election that was held later that year. He again won election in the Canadian federal election, 1878, and sat in the Canadian House of Commons for the next twenty years. A supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald, White was a believer in the National Policy. Following the Canadian federal election, 1891, Macdonald nominated White to be Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. Macdonald died soon after, and White presided over a tumultuous period in the House of Commons as a succession of Conservative Prime Minister of Canada attempted to hold the party and government together in the absence of the party's long time leader. Debates over the Manitoba Schools Question were particularly divisive, and brought down the government of Sir Mackenzie Bowell. White opposed the government's policy that favoured Catholic education rights as he believed that it interfered with the provincial government's right to set education policy, but, as Speaker, remained silent on the issue until the Canadian federal election, 1896 campaign. Despite his independence on the issue, White lost his seat in the election and failed in several attempts to return to the House until the Canadian federal election, 1904 when he finally regained his seat. By this time, he was in declining health, and was unable to regularly attend House sittings. He died in office in 1906. == External links == *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41264 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']
| Preceded by: Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet 1887-1891 | Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons 1891-1896 | Followed by: James David Edgar 1896-1899 |
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