Ferdinand David (May 30, 1824 – July 16, 1883) was a building contractor and political figure in Quebec.
He was educated locally, also learning the trade of carpentry, and later worked as a painter and coach-builder in Montreal.
David then worked as a building contractor before joining a firm with Sévère Rivard, lawyer Gustave-Adolphe Drolet and architect Michel Laurent which specialized in real estate and house construction.
He was married twice: to Olive Boyer, dit Quintal in 1844 and to Sophie Homier, the widow of Joseph Papin, in 1868.
He died in Montreal at the age of 59 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.