WHITE, Thomas, Canadian statesman, born in Montreal, 7 August, 1830; died in Ottawa, 21 April, 1888. His father, a native of Ireland, carried on business as a merchant in Montreal for many years. The son was educated at the high-school of that city, afterward engaged for several years in mercantile pursuits, and then became attached to the editorial staff of the Quebec " Gazette." In 1853, with Robert Romaine, he established the Peter-borough "Review," with which he remained connected till 1860, when he entered upon the study of law at Cobourg. In 1864, with his brother Richard, he became proprietor of the "Spectator" at Hamilton, where he remained till 1870. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ontario legislature in 1867, and for the Dominion parliament three times, being first elected for Cardwell in 1878. He was re-elected in 1882, and again in February, 1887. In 1885 Mr. White became a member of Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet, with the portfolio of minister of the interior, and soon afterward he visited the northwest in his official capacity, instituted an inquiry into the causes of the insurrection under Louis Riel, and arranged for the restoration of the functions of government, which had been temporarily suspended. He was managing editor at one time of the Montreal "Gazette," representative for several years of the Montreal board of trade in the Dominion board, member for three years of the executive committee of the Dominion board, and represented that body for five years in the National board of trade of the United "States. He was in favor of such special trade relations between different parts of the British empire as would strengthen the bond of union between the mother country and the colonies. He was one of the most popular members of the cabinet, and was highly regarded even by his political opponents.--His brother, Richard, born in Montreal, 14 May, 1834, established with Thomas the Peterborough "Review" in 1853, purchased the Hamilton " Daily Spectator" in 1864, and in 1870 the Montreal " Gazette," the oldest newspaper in the Dominion. He is the managing director of the "Montreal Gazette" printing company. In addition to the daily and weekly editions of the " Gazette," the company publishes the "Legal News," the "Montreal Law Reports," the " Montreal Medical and Surgical Journal," and the "Educational Record." Mr. White is actively connected with various financial and industrial associations, has been a member of the city government of Montreal, and during the prevalence of small-pox in that city did much to alleviate the condition of the people and to stop the progress of the epidemic.