Register entry 203 - Thomas White
Visited the Bell Farm on Oct. 25, 1885 with his assistant Lyndwode Charles Pereira (see: Visitor Register entry 204).
Thomas White (1830-1888) was born in Montreal, Lower Canada (Quebec) and married Esther Vine of Quebec City in 1853. They had seven daughters and three sons.
In 1850 be began working in the Ontario publishing industry, and in 1853, with his brother-in-law Robert Romain, founded the "Peterborough Review".
In 1869 White moved to England to work as an Immigration Agent for the Ontario government.
By 1870 he was back in Canada, and, with one of his sons, Richard, acquired the "Montreal Gazette".
Thomas had been interested in provincial and federal politics since the mid 1860s, but lost in a number of elections. He eventually succeeded in 1878, when he was elected to Parliament for the Ontario constituency of Cardwell. In 1885 he was appointed to the Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
In mid April 1888, Thomas White contracted pneumonia and died shortly thereafter, at age 58.
SOURCES:
"Industries of Canada: City of Montreal: Historical and Descriptive Review",1886, p. 98, by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Argyll, Duke of, Historical Publishing Company (Montreal, Québec) - https://books.google.ca/books?id=F3gWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98&dq=%22Thomas+White%22+%22montreal+gazette%22&hl=en&ei=QrSjTc2zHdPAgQeFkNWxCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Thomas%20White%22%20%22montreal%20gazette%22&f=false
“A Legal Hand-book and Law-list for the Dominion of Canada” , by L.H. Tache, 1888, p. 48 - http://books.google.ca/books?id=JPMPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=%22+pereira%22+%22Thomas+White%22+%22interior%22&hl=en&ei=z7anTfTeKcXUgAfoquXzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22%20pereira%22%20%22Thomas%20White%22%20%22interior%22&f=false
Dictionary of Canadian Biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/white_thomas_1830_88_11E.html
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.