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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