Richard Smeaton White
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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.
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See also
- List of Bishop's College School alumni
- Photograph of Mr. White by William Notman
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- 1865 births
- 1936 deaths
- Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Bishop's College School alumni
- 19th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people)
- Montreal Gazette publishers (people)
- Canadian senators from Quebec
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators
- 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada