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About Solomon White
- Solomon White, (October 8, 1836 – November 11, 1911) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure.
- He represented Essex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1878 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Conservative member. He was born on the Huron reserve near Amherstburg, Upper Canada and was the son of Joseph White, a chief of the Wyandot.
- White was called to the bar in 1865 and entered practice at Windsor with John O'Connor.
- He married Mary L.
- Drew in 1867.
- In 1868, he moved to Cooksville, where he purchased the Claire House vineyards and established a winery.
- White ran unsuccessfully in Peel for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1873.
- In 1876, he returned to Windsor where he resumed the practice of law and also operated a farm.
- He was first elected in an 1878 by-election held after James Colebrooke Patterson was elected to the federal parliament.
- White was defeated by Gaspard Pacaud in 1886 but elected again in 1890.
- He married Elizabeth Whitmore in 1898. Unlike other Conservatives, White supported French language instruction in Ontario schools and annexation to the United States.
- He also defended native land claims in Ontario and voting rights for native peoples.
- White served as mayor of Windsor in 1890. In 1905, White moved to the silver mining town of Cobalt and set up a law practice there.
- He was named a King's Counsel in 1908.
- In 1911, he was elected mayor of Cobalt but died later that year.
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