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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name             = Gerald Verner White
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image            = Gerald Verner White.jpg
| constituency_MP1 = [[Renfrew North (federal electoral district)|Renfrew North]]
| parliament1      = Canadian
| term_start1      = 1906
| term_end1        = 1917
| predecessor1     = [[Peter White (Canadian politician)|Peter White]]
| successor1       = [[Herbert John Mackie]]
| office2          = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] from [[Ontario]]
| term_start2      = 1919
| term_end2        = 1948
| appointed2       = [[Robert Borden]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1879|07|06}}
| birth_place      = [[Pembroke, Ontario|Pembroke]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1948|10|24|1879|07|06}}
| death_place      =
| relations        = [[Peter White (Canadian politician)|Peter White]], father
| profession       =
| occupation       = Mining engineer
| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
| cabinet          =
| portfolio        = Opposition Whip in the Senate
| footnotes        =
| religion         =
| spouse           =
|}}
'''Gerald Verner White''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (July 6, 1879 &ndash; October 24, 1948) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.
Born in [[Pembroke, Ontario]], the son of [[Peter White (Canadian politician)|Peter White]] and Janet Reid White, White was educated at Pembroke Public and High Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering degree in 1901 from [[McGill University]]. He entered the lumber business, eventually becoming president of the Cunningham Lumber Company and the Pembroke Standard, Limited.
He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[Renfrew North (federal electoral district)|Renfrew North]] in a 1906 by-election after the death of his father. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911. During [[World War I]], he was a Colonel, Officer Reserve in the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]]. He was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1918 New Year Honours]] for his efforts during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30460 |date=7 January 1918 |page=371 |supp=y}}</ref>
He was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] for the [[senatorial division]] of Pembroke, Ontario on the advice of [[Robert Borden]] in 1917. He served until his death in 1948.
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==Notes==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7206}}
* {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopdiaofcan00charuoft|title=A cyclopædia of Canadian biography|work=[[Internet Archive]]}}
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