Robert Howard WhiteQSOCStJJP (25 December 1914 – 4 January 2006) was a New Zealand local-body politician.
Biography
Born in Auckland on 25 December 1914, White was the son of Amy Charlotte and Alfred Horace White.[2] He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College from 1927 to 1930.[2] In 1941, he married Kitty Gwendolyn Mawkes, and the couple went on to have three children.[2]
White was mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986.[3] During his tenure in the 1970s, he advocated for a rapid-rail system connecting South Auckland with Auckland City. In 1981 he successfully called for the inclusion of photographs on drivers licenses in an effort to reduce fraud.[4]