Edward Alexander White (born 18 April 1949) is a former Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004.

Ted White
Member of Parliament
for North Vancouver
In office
25 October 1993 – 28 June 2004
Preceded byChuck Cook
Succeeded byDon Bell
Personal details
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Southampton, England
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Reform Party, Canadian Alliance

Born in Southampton, England, White was first elected in the British Columbia riding of North Vancouver in 1993 as a Reform Party of Canada candidate. He was re-elected in 1997 and 2000. While he was a member of parliament, Reform became known as the Canadian Alliance, then merged with the Progressive-Conservatives into the Conservative Party of Canada. White was defeated in the 2004 federal election by Liberal candidate Don Bell, therefore serving in the 35th through 37th Canadian Parliaments.[citation needed]

In the 1983 British Columbia general election, he was a candidate for the separatist Western Canada Concept party in the North Vancouver-Seymour riding.[1][2]

Achievements

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In June 1994, White became the first MP in Canada to use electronic voting to sample the opinions of constituents. He was criticized by opponents at the time because there was a charge to place the call to vote, but White defended the charge as the only way to pay for the services being provided by Maritime Tel.

White was the Official Opposition Critic for a major overhaul of the Elections Act in late 1999. The only Official Opposition amendment to the Bill, C-2, permitted by the Minister at the time, the Hon. Don Boudria, was the insertion of Clause 18.1, which permitted Elections Canada to experiment with electronic voting methods. Throughout the Committee hearings, White had ardently pushed for the provision, but Minister Boudria opposed it. Agreement for the insertion of the clause was reached on the evening of 1 December 1999, during a telephone discussion between White and Boudria. The clause remains intact with a minor wording change in Bill C-23, which was introduced during the 41st Parliament to amend the Elections Act.[3]

Electoral history

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2004 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Don Bell 22,619 40.02 +7.26 $72,712
Conservative Ted White 20,548 36.36 -20.61 $60,651
New Democratic John Nelson 8,967 15.86 +10.93 $21,278
Green Peggy Stortz 4,114 7.28 $3,241
Canadian Action Andres Esteban Barker 181 0.32 -1.24 $400
Marxist–Leninist Michael Hill 77 0.13 -0.01
Total valid votes 56,506 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 158 0.28 -0.01
Turnout 56,664 68.16 -0.64
Liberal gain from Alliance Swing +13.94
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Ted White 27,920 49.87 +1.01 $60,178
Liberal Bill Bell 18,343 32.76 -1.18 $50,482
Progressive Conservative Laurence Putnam 3,975 7.10 +2.16 $1,278
New Democratic Sam Schechter 2,760 4.93 -4.22 $2,769
Marijuana Tunya Audain 1,008 1.80 $23
Canadian Action Diana Jewell 877 1.56 +1.20 $547
Independent Dallas Collis 760 1.35 +0.70 $1,134
Independent Rusty Corben 253 0.45
Marxist–Leninist Michael Hill 80 0.14 $33
Total valid votes 55,976 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 164 0.29 -0.01
Turnout 56,140 68.80 -3.03
Alliance hold Swing +1.10
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Ted White 27,075 48.86 +8.85 $63,443
Liberal Warren Kinsella 18,806 33.94 +2.87 $62,704
New Democratic Martin Stuible 5,075 9.15 +2.77 $11,938
Progressive Conservative Dennis Prouse 2,740 4.94 -11.00 $14,159
Green Peggy Stortz 982 1.77 $173
Independent Dallas Lindley Collins 365 0.65
Canadian Action Wayne Mulherin 203 0.36 $1,359
Natural Law Ken Chawkin 162 0.29 -0.59
Total valid votes 55,408 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 167 0.30
Turnout 55,575 71.83
Reform hold Swing +2.99
1993 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ted White 20,407 40.01 +31.09
Liberal Mobina Jaffer 15,951 31.27 +4.06
Progressive Conservative Will McMartin 7,900 15.49 -22.16
New Democratic Graeme Bowbrick 3,254 6.38 -17.48
National Dallas Collis 2,234 4.38
Green Arne B. Hansen 534 1.05 +0.11
Natural Law Bradford Cooke 447 0.88
Independent Clarke L. Ashley 144 0.28
Libertarian Anthony Jasich 116 0.23
Commonwealth of Canada Paul Fraleigh 22 0.04
Total valid votes 51,009 100.0  
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.52

References

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  1. ^ The Tyee: "Martin's Strange 'Dream'" 14 June 2004
  2. ^ 1983 BC provincial election results
  3. ^ "Bill C-23". Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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