David Nathan Alward (born December 2, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 32nd premier of New Brunswick, 2010 to 2014.

The son of a minister, Alward moved to Atlantic Canada in his youth where he graduated from high school in Nackawic, New Brunswick.

[4] Alward received his post-secondary education in psychology in the United States at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee.

He also volunteered as an emergency medical technician and lab instructor with the St. John Ambulance and as a firefighter with the Meductic Fire Department.

He resigned from the legislature on May 22, 2015, after accepting a federal appointment as Canada's Consul General in Boston, and renounced U.S. citizenship to take up the position.