John Edgar "Jack" White (July 10, 1925 - September 10, 2002[1]) was a Canadian labour union activist.
He was the first elected black representative of the Ironworkers, and one of the first Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) national staff representatives from a minority background.
[2] Born in Truro, Nova Scotia, White was one of the first black Canadians to run for election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1959.
[3] He stood as an Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in Dovercourt in the 1963 election.
In the early 1960s, White was involved with a Toronto-based newspaper.