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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%).

Canadian federal election, 2006: 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


Canadian federal election, 2004: 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.

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