White first entered territorial politics in the
2006 election, when she ran in the riding of
Porter Creek Centre for the
Yukon New Democratic Party against incumbent
Yukon Party Cabinet minister
Archie Lang. She finished third. In 2011, she ran again for the NDP in the newly created riding of
Takhini-Kopper King, defeating former
Whitehorse City Councillor Samson Hartland to win the riding. She was part of the Official Opposition in the
33rd Legislative Assembly served on the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees. She was re-elected in
2016 election, defeating popular Yukon
Olympian and
Liberal candidate
Jeane Lassen. She was one of just two New Democrat caucus members to be re-elected in that election, which was the party's worst showing since 1978. Prior to assuming her current role, White was the party's critic for Community Services, Education, Health and Social Services, Environment, the Yukon Housing Corporation, the Women's Directorate, the French Language Services Directorate, the Yukon Development Corporation, the Yukon Energy Corporation, and the Yukon Lottery Commission. She was also the Third Party House Leader and sat on the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees. In May 2019, White was acclaimed as the new party leader, replacing Hanson. In the 2021 election, the Yukon NDP under White won three seats. On April 23, the incumbent Liberals were sworn in with a
minority government. On April 29, the Yukon Liberals and NDP announced that they had struck a formal
confidence and supply agreement to allow the Liberals to form a minority government. The deal was renewed and revised in 2023, after White apologized for a rent cap policy that led to no-cause evictions. She led her party into the
2025 Yukon general election, where the Yukon NDP formed the official opposition. ==Personal life==