predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession office born_date order term_start article_title term_end name
none robert isaac dey gray 4 january 1800 hicks hall , middlesex , england york , upper canada lawyer , politician , government minister treasurer of the law society of upper canada 1761 1st 1797 john white -lrb- frontenac county -rrb-
 1798 john white
john white -lrb- frontenac county -rrb-

john white -lrb- `` c. '' 1761 -- january 4 , 1800 -rrb- was a lawyer and politician in upper canada .
he was the first attorney general for upper canada .
he wrote and was responsible for the legislation of the new province , which stemmed from the partition of quebec in the constitutional act of 1791 .
his act to limit slavery , which relied on christian argument , was the first such enactment ever in the world .
