David Smith (Toronto politician)

For the MPP from Peterborough-Kawartha, see Dave Smith (Peterborough, Ontario politician).

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2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre

David Smith MPP
Smith in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Smith	13,363	44.03	+8.04
	Liberal	Mazhar Shafiq	12,839	42.31	+11.94
	New Democratic	Sonali Chakraborti	2,628	8.66	–17.57
	Green	Dean Boulding	918	3.02	+0.22
	New Blue	Gus Prokos	379	1.25	+0.14
	Centrist	Haseeb Qureshi	211	0.73	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,348	98.99	–0.23
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			310	1.01	+0.23
Turnout			30,658	38.81	–2.44
Eligible voters			79,005
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–1.95
Source: Elections Ontario [3]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election : Scarborough Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	David Smith	11,471	35.99	−2.46	$20,592
	Liberal	Mazhar Shafiq	9,678	30.37	+8.23	$96,601
	New Democratic	Neethan Shan	8,358	26.23	−7.14	$59,477
	Green	Fatima Faruq	892	2.80	+0.48	$381
	Libertarian	Serge Korovitsyn	392	1.23	−1.39	$84
	New Blue	Hidie Jaber	355	1.11		$1,292
	Ontario Party	Raphael Rosch	297	0.93		$887
	Independent	Kostadinos Stefanis	196	0.62		$0
	Independent	Paul Beatty	156	0.49		$579
	Moderate	Maria Tzvetanova	74	0.23		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,869	99.22	+0.33	$109,001
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			251	0.78	−0.33
Turnout			32,120	41.25	−11.94
Eligible voters			77,114
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.34
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References

1. Mike Adler (June 2, 2022). "'I believe in the premier': Progressive Conservative David Smith keeps Scarborough Centre blue". Toronto.com .
2. Cohen, Ben (June 2, 2022). "New MPP David Smith continues PC hold on Scarborough Centre". Toronto Star . Retrieved June 3, 2022.
3. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.