Peter White (Canadian politician)

The Hon. Peter White P.C.
6th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
In office July 29, 1891 – August 18, 1896
Monarch	Victoria
Governor General	The Lord Stanley of Preston The Earl of Aberdeen
Prime Minister	Sir John A. Macdonald (nominated), Sir John Abbott, Sir John Thompson, Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Preceded by	Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet
Succeeded by	James David Edgar
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Renfrew North
In office 1874–1874
Preceded by	James Findaly
Succeeded by	William Murray
In office 1876–1896
Preceded by	William Murray
Succeeded by	Thomas Mackie
In office 1904–1906
Preceded by	Thomas Mackie
Succeeded by	Gerald Verner White
Personal details
Born	(1838-08-30)August 30, 1838 Pembroke, Upper Canada
Died	May 3, 1906(1906-05-03) (aged 67)
Political party	Conservative

Peter White, PC (August 30, 1838 – May 3, 1906) was a Canadian 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, White and his brother took over the family business and became wealthy as they supplied the steam engine industries. He also became a major shareholder and president of the Pembroke Company.

White entered politics and became reeve of Pembroke Township in 1870. He first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the 1872 federal election in the riding of Renfrew North but was defeated. He won election in the 1874 election, but his victory was overturned by the courts, and he lost the subsequent by-election that was held later that year. He was elected in a subsequent 1876 by-election, again won election in the 1878 election, 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.

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