He was a United Australia Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1932 to 1943, representing the electorate of Bulla and Dalhousie.
White was born in North Melbourne, and attended Ascot Vale State School.
He relinquished his parliamentary roles that year due to his service in World War II, in which he was attached to an armoured division.
White ultimately attained the rank of major, but had a breakdown in health in 1943, and spent some months in a military hospital.
He did not contest the 1943 state election, at which his seat was won by Reginald James of the rival conservative Country Party.