Fred J. White
| Frederick James White | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Calgary | |
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In office 1921–1935 |
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| Preceded by |
William Henry Cushing Thomas Tweedie |
| Succeeded by |
Edith Gostick Ernest Manning Fred Anderson John Hugill |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 27, 1886 Port Credit, Ontario |
| Died | October 10, 1967 (aged 80) Guelph, Ontario |
| Political party |
Dominion Labor Co-operative Commonwealth |
Frederic "Fred" James White (October 27, 1886 – October 10, 1967) was a provincial level politician and labour activist in Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 holding a seat in the electoral district of Calgary.
Frederick James White was born in September 1886, at Port Credit, Ontario. He resided in Hamilton, Ontario until 1898. He moved to Guelph with his family and got his first job at the age of 15 working at the Guelph Mercury.
In 1905, he went to work for the Harley Watkins Printing Co. in Brantford as a printer. In 1907 he decided to travel, visiting Montreal and the United Kingdom. In 1910, White decided to travel to western Canada. He found work as a printer in Calgary.
White became involved in the Calgary Labor movement. He decided in 1918 to run for municipal council and elected to serve his stint in office from January 2, 1919 to January 3, 1927. He returned to city council January 29, 1929 to December 31, 1935. His third stint on council was from January 1, 1940 to September 30, 1941.
White ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election. He won the third seat in the electoral district running under the Dominion Labor banner in the Calgary electoral district taking 8.21% of the popular vote. White continued to hold his seat on Calgary city council.
White became leader of the Dominion Labor party and led the group into the 1926 Alberta general election. He was elected on the tenth vote count taking fifth place in the polling. Overall in the province 5 out of 12 Dominion Labor Party candidates were elected to the Legislature. He continued on as leader and led the party into the 1930 Alberta general election. The Dominion Labor party lost a seat, White was re-elected in fourth place in the Calgary district on the 7th count.
In 1932 White was a delegate to the founding meeting of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. He became a founding member of the party when it was established in 1933.
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