Editing David Christopherson (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name             = David Christopherson
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = David Christopherson.jpg
| office2          = [[Deputy Leader]] of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]
| term_start2      = April 19, 2012
| term_end2        = March 11, 2019
| alongside2       = [[Libby Davies]] and [[Megan Leslie]] from 2012 to 2015
| leader2          = [[Thomas Mulcair]]<br />[[Jagmeet Singh]]
|predecessor2      = [[Libby Davies]]<br />[[Thomas Mulcair]]
|successor2        = [[Alexandre Boulerice]]<br />[[Sheri Benson]]
| riding           = [[Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| term_start       = June 28, 2004
| term_end         = September 11, 2019
| predecessor      = ''Riding Established''
| successor        = [[Matthew Green (Canadian politician)|Matthew Green]]
| riding3          = [[Hamilton West (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton West]]
| parliament3      = Ontario Provincial
| term_start3      = May 5, 1999
| term_end3        = September 2, 2003
| predecessor3     = [[Lillian Ross (politician)|Lillian Ross]]
| successor3       = [[Judy Marsales]]
| riding4          = [[Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]
| parliament4      = Ontario Provincial
| term_start4      = September 6, 1990
| term_end4        = May 5, 1999
| predecessor4     = [[Lily Oddie]]
| successor4       = ''Riding Abolished''
| office5          = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] City Councillor
| alongside5       = Geraldine Copps
| term_start5      = December 1, 1985
| term_end5        = September 6, 1990
| predecessor5     = Don Gray and [[Vince Scott]]
| successor5       = Geraldine Copps and Dave Wilson
| constituency5    = Ward Four
| office6          = [[#Cabinet positions|More...]]
| office7       = [[President of the Treasury Board (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />Public Accounts]]
| minister7  = [[Tony Clement]]
| term_start7    = June 15, 2011
| term_end7       = August 2, 2015
| predecessor7    = [[Joe Volpe]]
| successor7      = [[Kevin Sorenson]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1954|10|05}}
| birth_place      = [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            = [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]
| spouse           = Denise Christopherson (née Doyle)
| residence        = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]]
| profession       = director, political assistant, union officer
| footnotes        =
}}

'''David Christopherson''' (born October 5, 1954) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]]. From 2004 until 2019, he represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. He previously served in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1990 to 2003, and was a [[cabinet minister]] in the provincial government of [[Bob Rae]]. Christopherson is a member of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]].