predecessor appointed successor birth_place death_date death_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
william owens robert borden adrian knatchbull-hugessen hamilton , canada west 17 december 1936 montreal , quebec conservative senator for inkerman , quebec 17 march 1865 1917 richard smeaton white
 1936 richard smeaton white
richard smeaton white

richard smeaton white -lrb- march 17 , 1865 -- december 17 , 1936 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
he was publisher of the `` montreal gazette '' and editor from 1886 to 1896 .
white was also director of stelco , the international paper company , the anglo-american paper company and the montreal trust company .
he never married .
white died in office in 1936 in montreal .
the town of smeaton , saskatchewan was named after him .
