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- Fraser & Beatty Barristers and Solicitors DAVID P. SMITH, P.C.,Q.C. Chairman Direct Dial (416) 863-4787, Fax (416) 863-4592 Internet: David_Smith@fraserbeatty.ca P.O.Box 100, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Canada M5X 1B2
David Paul Smith, PC , QC (born May 16, 1941) is a Canadian lawyer, politician and Senator .
Smith was an alderman on Toronto City Council in the 1970s. He served a period as deputy mayor and president of city council. He ran for Mayor of Toronto in 1978, but was defeated by John Sewell in a three-way split. Smith became a backroom lobbyist for developers and was instrumental in helping Art Eggleton defeat Sewell in 1980.
After his defeat in municipal politics, Smith ran for and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1980 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Don Valley East in a suburb of Toronto.
In 1982, he became Deputy Government House Leader , and joined the Canadian Cabinet in 1983 as Minister of State for Small Businesses and Tourism. Smith was appointed to the same position when John Turner became Prime Minister of Canada in 1984. Smith but was defeated in the subsequent 1984 election .
Smith returned to the legal profession and serves as Chairman Emeritus of Fraser Milner, and Fraser Milner Casgrain, one of Canada's five largest law firms.[1] In the 1990s, he worked as a senior backroom adviser to Liberal leader Jean Chr?tien , playing a leading role in the party's election campaigns. A Chr?tien loyalist, Smith was appointed to the Senate in 2002, and was outspoken in his support for Chr?tien against attempts by Paul Martin to force the Prime Minister to retire. Since Martin became Liberal leader, Smith has urged party unity.
He was a key backer of former Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff . Subsequently, he was appointed by Liberal Leader St?phane Dion to serve as party's National Campaign Co-Chair with Mark Marissen and Nancy Girard .
Smith also serves on the cabinet of the capital campaign of Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto.[2]
David Smith Liberal Cobourg June 25, 2002 Chr?tien May 16, 2016 mandatory retirement
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The Hon. David P. Smith, P.C., Q.C., B.A. LL.B.
Appointed to the Senate by the Rt. Honourable Jean Chr?tien, Senator David Smith represents Ontario, and has served in the Senate since June 25, 2002.
He is a member of the following Senate Standing Committees: Rules, Procedures and Rights of Parliament (Chair); Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
In addition to being a respected lawyer, David Smith has a distinguished record of public service.
Mr. Smith earned a B.A. in Political Science from Carleton University in 1964 and an LL.B from Queen's University in 1970. He was called to the Bar in 1972. During his legal career, Mr. Smith became a leading practitioner of municipal, administrative and regulatory law.
At the time of his Senate appointment, Mr. Smith was Chairman and Partner of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, one of Canada's oldest and largest law firms, with over 500 lawyers in seven cities. Previously, Mr. Smith was Chairman of Fraser & Beatty.
Senator Smith's political activities commenced while an undergraduate and he served as president of the Carleton University Liberal Club, National Youth Director of the Liberal Party (fulltime), and National President of the Young Liberals. Mr. Smith also served as executive assistant to two cabinet ministers, the Hon. Walter Gordon and the Hon. John Turner, during the Pearson years.
In 1972, he was elected to Toronto City Council, and he served for three two year terms until 1978. During his last term he also served as President of Toronto City Council and Deputy Mayor of Toronto.
From 1980-84, Mr. Smith sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for the riding of Don Valley East and he also served in Prime Minister Trudeau's cabinet as Minister of Small Business and Tourism.
Senator Smith's single most satisfying project during his time in Parliament occurred from 1980 to 1982 when he was appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau as Chairman of the House of Commons Special Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped. This Committee was established to identify key obstacles faced by disabled persons in Canada and its recommendations contained in its report, entitled "Obstacles", formed the basis of Canada's efforts during 1981, which the United Nations declared as "The Year of Disabled Persons".
The Committee heard over 600 witnesses in 18 locations throughout Canada. Senator Smith identified 12 Canadians, with various disabilities, used many photographs in the report which illustrated their difficulties, and over 400,000 copies of this report had to be printed. High schools all over Canada requested copies.
Mr. Smith has lent his time to numerous voluntary and philanthropic organizations. He has sat on the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, the Salvation Army, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and George Brown College. He also served as Chairman of the Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation and as Vice Chairman of the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts. He currently sits on the boards of the Corporation for Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Habitat for Humanity, and the Alzheimer's Society of Toronto. Mr. Smith has also served on numerous corporate boards, including two banks.
Mr. Smith and his wife Heather, who is Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Ontario, have raised three children: Alexander, Kathleen and Laura. Senator Smith was born on May 16th, 1941.
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1941 - 2020 (78 years)
