David Smith (Toronto politician)

For the MPP from Peterborough-Kawartha, see Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician).

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 MPP
Smith in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Centre
Incumbent
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
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Scarborough, Ontario

Smith was previously a trustee with the Toronto District School Board.^[2]

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre
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]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre
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	$59,477
	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
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.