Col. David Carnegie CBE, FRSE, MInstCE, MInstME, JP (15 February 1868 – 14 March 1949), was a British scientist, engineer and Liberal Party politician who worked for the Canadian government.

[8] When the Committee was replaced by the Imperial Munitions Board in December 1915, he was appointed as one of its members,[9] and continued to serve as such until 1919.

[1] In 1915 he was appointed by the Canadian Government to chair a Commission to inquire into the feasibility of refining zinc and copper in Canada,[10] and he also conducted an inquiry into what coke oven capacity existed in Canada for the production of toluol (a key component of trinitrotoluene).

[16] He was a Canadian employers' representative to the International Labour Organization who was also named by the ILO to sit on the Temporary Mixed Commission for the Reduction of Armaments at the League of Nations from 1921–24.

[citation needed] Carnegie took a particular interest in international affairs through the League of Nations Union which was formed in 1918.