David Anthony Edward Scaife (born 16 December 1988)[1] is an Australian politician, who was elected as a Labor member for Cockburn in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2021 state election.
He joined the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union in 2008, making him part of the Labor Left faction.
[3] From August 2016 until March 2017, he worked as a legal practise director for Eureka Lawyers.
[5][6] Scaife contested the electoral district of Murray-Wellington for Labor in 2013, but lost.
[6] Scaife grew up in regional Western Australia and is married to Ellie Whiteaker, the State Secretary of WA Labor.