| 词条 | David William Smith |
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| name = David Smith | image = | imagesize = 174px | caption = | office = Ontario MPP | term_start = 1985 | term_end = 1990 | predecessor = Lorne Henderson | successor = Ellen MacKinnon | constituency = Lambton | party = Liberal | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|12|30}} | birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario | residence = | occupation = Farmer | spouse = | children = }} David William Smith (born December 30, 1938) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 representing the southwestern riding of Lambton. BackgroundSmith was educated at Ridgetown Agricultural School, and worked as a farmer before entering political life.[1] PoliticsHe served as reeve of Plympton Township, and was Warden of Lambton County in 1983.[1] He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Bob Boyd by 860 votes in the southwestern riding of Lambton.[2] He was re-elected with an increased majority in the 1987 election.[3] During his time in the legislature, Smith served as a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government. Shortly after his election in 1985, Smith was appointed to a committee to study funding for Roman Catholic schools. During one session in July 1985, he made some controversial remarks where he appeared to support some of the views of holocaust denier James Keegstra. After the meeting he told reporters that he did not know whether Keegstra was right or wrong in denying the mass murder of Jews during the Second World War. He later resigned from the committee.[1] David Peterson distanced himself from the comments in a letter to the Canadian Jewish Congress in which he called Smith's remarks unconscionable.[4] Roger Pazey, a rabbi in Sarnia said that Smith's remarks were naive. Pazey said, "[Smith] is a little naive and doesn't really know much about the general background of the Jewish people." Smith later recanted his remarks.[5] The Liberals were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, and Smith finished third against NDP candidate Ellen MacKinnon in his bid for re-election.[6] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=MPP remarks elicit surprise |last=Matas |first=Robert |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=July 26, 1985 |page=1}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Smith view not shared by Lambton residents, former minister says |last=Matas |first=Robert |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=July 27, 1985 |page=15}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Ontario Liberal who sympathized with Keegstra 'a little confused': rabbi |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=July 27, 1985 |page=A8 }} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} External links
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