Alfred White (politician)

Sir Alfred John White (2 February 1902 31 August 1987) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Melbourne. In 1941 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison. He had a long career in Tasmanian state politics, serving as a state minister, before he resigned in 1959 to become Agent-General in London. On his retirement from that position in 1971 he was granted a knighthood. White died in Hobart in 1987. His son, John, was also a state politician.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "White, Sir Alfred John". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 November 2013.


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