Drummond White

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Drummond White (born March 19, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.

White worked as a family counsellor and social worker before entering political life. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Allan Furlong by over 2,000 votes in the Greater Toronto Area riding of Durham Centre. The NDP won an unexpected majority in this election, and White served as the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs on three occasions between 1992 and 1995.

The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and lost much of their previous support base in the Greater Toronto Area. White was defeated in his bid for re-election, finishing a distant third against Progressive Conservative Jim Flaherty.

White now resides in Whitby, Ontario. He continues to work as a social worker and works as a psychotherapist in Whitby. In 2005, he was chosen as the Ontario recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers' Distinguished Service Award. Drummond represents the social workers in Ontario on the board of the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW).