David Smith — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

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.

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Date of birth: 1970-03-25
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia
APH identifier: 276714

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

Open in full network

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Chris Bowen · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Jana Stewart · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Alison Byrnes · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Alison Byrnes · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Cassandra Fernando · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Tania Lawrence · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Louise Miller-Frost · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Jerome Laxale · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

31 May 2022–presentGovernment Whip — in the — House of Representatives

Committee service

28 July 2022–presentJoint Select — Parliamentary Standards
28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Selection
11 November 2020–11 April 2022Joint Standing — Parliamentary Library
23 July 2019–presentJoint Statutory — Public Works
28 June 2018–11 April 2022Joint Standing — National Capital and External Territories
27 June 2018–30 January 2019Senate Select — Electric Vehicles

Qualifications

Date not recordedBA(Hons)

Occupations

1 January 2007–1 January 2018Director at Professionals Australia (ACT) from 2007 to 2018.
1 January 2005–1 January 2007Manager of Industrial Relations at the Australian Federal Police Association from 2005 to 2007.
1 January 2002–1 January 2005Senior Policy Officer at the Chief Minister's Directorate (ACT) from 2002 to 2005.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Elected to the House of Representatives for Bean, Australian Capital Territory, 2019.Source
2018 — 2019Declared elected 23.5.2018 as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory by the High Court of Australia, vice K Gallagher (disqualified under section 44(i) of the Constitution). Resigned 11.4.2019 to contest the House of Representatives division of Bean, ACT, 2019.Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history.WikipediaBiography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information.WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.