Ray White (politician)
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Ray White is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Ray White | |
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MLA for Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury | |
In office 1993–1999 | |
Preceded by | riding established |
Succeeded by | Ron Chisholm |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence | Canso, Nova Scotia |
White served five terms as mayor of Canso, Nova Scotia before resigning to enter provincial politics.[1] In the 1993 provincial election, White defeated finance minister Chuck MacNeil to win the Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury riding.[2] He served as a backbench MLA in John Savage's government. He was re-elected in the 1998 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Ron Chisholm by 721 votes.[3]
Following the election, White was named the government's caucus chairman.[4] On December 11, 1998, White was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs.[1] In the 1999 election, White and Chisholm did battle again, with Chisholm winning the seat by 134 votes.[5][6] White later returned to municipal politics, again becoming mayor of Canso. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 municipal election.[7]
In 2012, White was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[8]