John White (9 November 1853 – 13 June 1922) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] As the son of Alexander and his wife Ellen (née Anderson), White was born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

[3] White, representing the Ministerialists, won the 1903 by-election for the seat of Musgrave in the Queensland Assembly, replacing William O'Connell who had died in March of that year.

[4] He only held the seat until the next year at the 1904 state election when he was defeated by Labour's Charles Nielson.

[6] He remained a member of Musgrave until 1915 when he was once again beaten, this time by Thomas Armfield of the Labor Party.