David A. Anderson, PC OC OBC (born August 16, 1937) is a former Canadian cabinet minister.

His posts included Indochina (International Supervisory And Truce Commissions) 1963–64, Assistant Canadian Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, 1964–1967, and China Desk Officer in Ottawa 1967–68.

His environmental work focused on coastal and wetland protection and marine pollution from oil exploration and transportation.

[4] In the cabinet shuffle of 1999 midway through the 36th Canadian Parliament, Chrétien appointed Anderson Environment Minister.

In this period Anderson's work largely centered on the Rio Summit conventions on biodiversity and climate change.

Anderson implemented the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change in tandem with Paul Martin's 2000 Canadian federal budget.

and, despite strong objections from the governments of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario and the federal Official Opposition, in securing Canadian ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002.

In international work, Anderson was the first Canadian elected as president of the governing council of the United Nations Environment Programme, a post he held for two years.