David Smith (born September 25, 1963) is aCanadian politician.
A former member of theHouse of Commons of Canada, Smith served as a city councillor inManiwaki, Quebec until 2004. At this point, he ran in the2004 Canadian federal election for theLiberal Party of Canada in the riding ofPontiac where he won. He is a former business manager and public servant.
In the2006 election. he was not able to hold on to his seat, losing toConservative star candidateLawrence Cannon. Smith earned 24.2% of the popular vote, finishing third behind Cannon (33.7%) and the Bloc Québécois' Christine Émond Lapointe (28.7%).
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Pontiac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Lawrence Cannon | 16,067 | 33.63 | +11.48 | $71,020 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christine Emond Lapointe | 13,790 | 28.87 | -0.32 | $47,724 | |||
| Liberal | David Smith | 11,539 | 24.15 | -14.21 | $50,925 | |||
| New Democratic | Celine Brault | 4,759 | 9.96 | +4.17 | $23,543 | |||
| Green | Moe Garahan | 1,512 | 3.16 | +2.84 | $4,974 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Benoit Legros | 107 | 0.22 | -0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,774 | 100.00 | $89,728 | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | -12.8 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election:Pontiac | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | David Smith | 15,358 | 38.36 | -7.03 | $68,705 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | L. Hubert Leduc | 11,685 | 29.19 | -2.89 | $15,853 | |||
| Conservative | Judith Grant | 8,869 | 22.15 | +3.70 | $62,101 | |||
| New Democratic | Gretchen Schwarz | 2,317 | 5.79 | +3.94 | $2,580 | |||
| Green | Thierry Vicente | 1,673 | 4.18 | +2.76 | $1,213 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Benoit Legros | 132 | 0.33 | +0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,034 | 100.00 | $87,529 | |||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.07 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPontiac 2004-2006 | Succeeded by |
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