David Philip Benedict Smith (born 25 March 1970) is an Australian politician.

He completed his schooling at Marist College Canberra, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the Australian National University in 1993.

[3] On 1 September 2018, Smith was preselected to run for the Australian Labor Party in the House of Representatives seat of Bean.

[10] He was returned to Parliament in the 2022 Australian federal election, now to the Government benches, keeping a substantial margin, winning 62.9% in the two-party preferred count.

He also serves on the Standing Committee for Selection and co-chairs the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship with Senator Matt O'Sullivan.