Robert Smeaton White (March 15, 1856 – December 5, 1944) was a Canadian journalist and political figure.
In the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, he represented Cardwell from 1888 to 1895, Mount Royal from 1925 to 1935 and Saint-Antoine—Westmount from 1935 to 1940 as a Conservative member.
[1][2] He was born in Peterborough, Canada West in 1856,[1] the son of Thomas White and Esther Vine,[3] and studied at McGill University.
[4] He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1888 by-election held in Cardwell after the death of his father.
White ran unsuccessfully as a member of the National Government Party in Saint-Antoine—Westmount in 1940.