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APPOINTMENT TO THE SENATE

June 25, 2002
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced today that Her Excellency the Governor General has agreed to summon the Honourable David Smith of Ontario to the Senate.

This appointment is effective immediately.

A biography is attached.

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The Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Q.C.

In addition to being a most able and respected lawyer, the Honourable David Smith has a distinguished record of public service.

Mr. Smith earned a B.A. in Political Science from Carleton University in 1964 and an LL.B from Queen’s University in 1970. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1972. During a very distinguished career, Mr. Smith has become a foremost practitioner of municipal, administrative and regulatory law.

At the time of this appointment, Mr. Smith was Chairman and Partner of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, one of Canada’s oldest and largest law firms. In 1998, with formation of Fraser Milner, Mr. Smith was named the firm’s first Chairman. Previously, Mr. Smith was Chairman of Fraser & Beatty.

From 1980-84 Mr. Smith sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for the riding of Don Valley East where he also served as Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism). In 1972, he was elected to Toronto City Council. After his re-election in 1974, he was appointed to the Executive Committee of the City of Toronto and Metro Toronto Council. He was re-elected again in 1976 and was subsequently appointed President of Toronto City Council and Deputy Mayor of Toronto.

Mr. Smith has lent his time to numerous voluntary and philanthropic organizations. He has sat on the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, as well as on the boards of the Salvation Army, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and George Brown College. He has served as Chairman of the Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation and as Vice Chairman of the O’Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts.

Mr. Smith and his wife, Heather, have raised three children: Alexander, Kathleen and Laura. He is 61 years of age.


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