15 Facts About Lance White

Lance Day White was born on August 31,1946 and is a former Canadian municipal and provincial level politician.

Lance White served on the Edmonton city council from 1983 until 1992.

Lance White then moved on to provincial politics and served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001.

Lance White won his first term on city council as a candidate running in Ward 4 of the 1983 Edmonton municipal election.

On election day Lance White won the second place seat, finishing well behind incumbent Ed Leger.

Lance White rode a white horse down Jasper Avenue a few days prior to election day, which was said to be one of the reasons for his winning the seat over very stiff competition from, among others, Brian Mason.

Lance White ran for his second term in office in the 1986 Edmonton municipal election, where he had an easy first place victory with incumbent Ed Leger going down to defeat, and Mel Binder won the second place seat.

Lance White was defeated but continued as a city councillor.

Lance White vacated his city council seat in the fall of 1992, after which he and his family spent four months on a backpacking tour around the world.

Lance White finished fifth in a field of seven candidates with three percent of the popular vote.

Lance White had ambitions of running for a seat in the Alberta Legislature.

Lance White was defeated by incumbent Christie Mjolsness of the New Democrats.

Lance White easily won the electoral district of Edmonton-Mayfield in his second attempt to gain a seat in the 1993 Alberta general election defeating two term incumbent New Democrat MLA Alex McEachern.

Lance White was re-elected in the 1997 Alberta general election.

Lance White would be narrowly defeated by Progressive Conservative Brent Rathgeber in the 2001 Alberta general election.