David Smith (Quebec politician)

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David Smith (born September 25, 1963) is a Canadian politician.

A former member of the House of Commons of Canada, Smith served as a city councillor in Maniwaki, Quebec until 2004. At this point, he ran in the 2004 Canadian federal election for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac where he won. He is a former business manager and public servant.

In the 2006 election. he was not able to hold on to his seat, losing to Conservative star candidate Lawrence 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
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.07

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

External links

• David Smith – Parliament of Canada biography
• CBC Radio One investigation of David Smith (courtesy of Angry in the Great White North)
• Report on David Smith by the Ethics Commissioner