Clinton Oliver White

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1928–2020)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

Clinton Oliver White (December 28, 1928 – December 31, 2020) was an educator and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina Wascana from 1978 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

He was born in Endeavour, Saskatchewan, the son of Henry Donald White and Jennie Olivia Sofia Anderson, and was educated there, in Yorkton, at the University of Saskatchewan and at the University of Minnesota. In 1952, White married Matilda Schmeiser.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G |year=1981}} He was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Regina.{{cite web |url=https://www.uregina.ca/gencal/ugcal/facultyofArts/ugcal_177.shtml |title=Department of History |publisher=University of Regina |accessdate=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606072609/http://www.uregina.ca/gencal/ugcal/facultyofArts/ugcal_177.shtml |archive-date=2009-06-06 |url-status=dead }} White was defeated by Gordon Currie when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }} After leaving politics, White returned to teaching Canadian history at Campion College.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j5lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L0ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1002,257963 |title=Politicians turn to books, buns and crops |newspaper=Leader-Post |date=August 17, 1982 |page=4 |accessdate=2012-09-01}}

White is the author of Power for a Province: A History of Saskatchewan Power published in 1976.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/powerforprovince0005whit |url-access=registration |title=Power for a Province: A History of Saskatchewan Power |year=1976 |isbn=088977000X |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center |last=White |first=Clinton O |accessdate=2012-08-31}} He died in 2020, three days after his 92nd birthday.{{cite web |title=Clinton White |url=https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obituary/clinton-white-1081352621 |publisher=Regina Leader-Post |access-date=19 February 2021}}