Richard Smeaton White

Richard Smeaton White (March 17, 1865 – December 17, 1936) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and political figure.

He sat for Inkerman division in the Senate of Canada as a Conservative from 1917 to 1936.

[1][2] 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.

[4] The town of Smeaton, Saskatchewan was named after him.

This article about a Quebec Member of the Canadian Senate is a stub.

Richard Smeaton White
Photograph of building's cornerstone
Cornerstone of the former Gazette building at 1000 Saint-Antoine Street West, erected in 1925 while White was the Gazette's president.