David Smith (Scarborough MPP)
Canadian politician
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David Smith MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Scarborough Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1]
David Smith | |
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Smith in 2023 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Centre | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Christina Mitas |
| Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 19/17) Scarborough Centre | |
| In office December 1, 2014 – June 22, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Harrison |
| Succeeded by | Neethan Shan |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Smith was previously a trustee with the Toronto District School Board.[2]
Electoral history
| 2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Smith | 13,363 | 44.03 | +8.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Mazhar Shafiq | 12,839 | 42.31 | +11.94 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sonali Chakraborti | 2,628 | 8.66 | –17.57 | ||||
| Green | Dean Boulding | 918 | 3.02 | +0.22 | ||||
| New Blue | Gus Prokos | 379 | 1.25 | +0.14 | ||||
| Centrist | Haseeb Qureshi | 211 | 0.73 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 30,348 | 98.99 | –0.23 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 310 | 1.01 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,658 | 38.81 | –2.44 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,005 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –1.95 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | David Smith | 11,471 | 35.99 | -2.46 | $20,592 | |||
| Liberal | Mazhar Shafiq | 9,678 | 30.37 | +8.23 | $96,601 | |||
| New Democratic | Neethan Shan | 8,358 | 26.23 | -7.14 | $79,499 | |||
| Green | Fatima Faruq | 892 | 2.80 | +0.48 | $381 | |||
| Libertarian | Serge Korovitsyn | 392 | 1.23 | -1.39 | $84 | |||
| New Blue | Hidie Jaber | 355 | 1.11 | $1,292 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Raphael Rosch | 297 | 0.93 | $887 | ||||
| Independent | Kostadinos Stefanis | 196 | 0.62 | $0 | ||||
| Independent | Paul Beatty | 156 | 0.49 | $579 | ||||
| Moderate | Maria Tzvetanova | 74 | 0.23 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 31,869 | 99.22 | +0.33 | $109,001 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 251 | 0.78 | −0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 32,120 | 41.25 | −11.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,114 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −5.34 | ||||||
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