David Paul Smith, PC , QC , BA , LL.B (born May 16, 1941) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the ceremonial council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on... The official portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, who was made Queens Counsel as Justice Minister in 1992. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

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. An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... John Sewell was the mayor of Toronto, Canada from 1978-1980. ... Senator The Honourable Arthur (Art) C. Eggleton, PC (born September 29, 1943, Toronto, Ontario) is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and Mayor of Toronto, and is currently a Senator representing Ontario. ...

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. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The House of Commons after the 1980 election The 1980 Canadian federal election was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party positioned around the centre of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ...

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. The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, more commonly known as the Government House Leader, is the Cabinet minister responsible for planning and managing the governments legislative program in the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ... In the Canadian Cabinet a minister of state is a junior cabinet minister, usually given specific responsibilities to assist a senior cabinet minister in a specific area. ... John Napier Turner (born June 7, 1929) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada from June 30, 1984 to September 17, 1984. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ... The Canadian federal election of 1984 was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ...

Smith returned to the legal profession and served as Chairman of Fraser & Beatty and its successor firms, Fraser Milner, and Fraser Milner Casgrain, one of Canada's five largest law firms, until his appointment to the Senate. In the 1990s, he worked as a senior backroom adviser to Liberal leader Jean Chrétien, playing a leading role in the party's election campaigns. A Chrétien loyalist, Smith was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2002, and was outspoken in his support for Chrétien against attempts by Paul Martin to force the Prime Minister to retire. Since Martin became Liberal leader, Smith has urged party unity. Jean Chrétien (born January 11, 1934), was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003. ... The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... For other uses, see Paul Martin (disambiguation). ...

He is a key backer of Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff. Following the defeat of his Liberal government in the 2006 federal election, Paul Martin announced that he would not lead the party into another election, prompting a Liberal leadership convention to replace him. ... Michael Ignatieff Michael Grant Ignatieff, M.P., B.A., M.A., Ph. ...

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See also

• List of Ontario senators

This is a list of past and present Canadian senators representing the province of Ontario. ...

External links

• Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament