David Smith (Australian Capital Territory politician)

David Smith
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Bean
Assumed office
18 May 2019
Preceded byDivision created
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
In office
23 May 2018 – 11 April 2019
Preceded byKaty Gallagher
Succeeded byKaty Gallagher
Personal details
Born (1970-03-25) 25 March 1970
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
PartyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseLiesl Centenera
Children3
EducationMarist College Canberra
Alma materAustralian National University
OccupationTrade unionist
Public servant
Websitewww.davidsmith.org.au
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

David Philip Benedict Smith (born 25 March 1970) is an Australian politician. On 23 May 2018, the High Court of Australia declared him elected as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory after Labor senator Katy Gallagher was found ineligible to have been elected. Before his election, Smith was the ACT director of the Professionals Australia union. He was sworn in to the Australian Senate on 18 June 2018. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of Bean, ACT, at the 2019 federal election.