David Pratt - Definition and Overview

The Honourable David Pratt (born January 3, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nepean—Carleton from 1997 until 2004.

Pratt served as Canada's 36th Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada from December 12, 2003 to July 19, 2004. In the 2004 Canadian federal election, he lost his seat to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative candidate, forcing his departure as Defence Minister a month later.

Following his loss, he was appointed by Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada as Canada's Ambassador to the International Red Cross on behalf of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross.

Before federal politics

Before Pratt got into federal politics, he served public office municipally. In 1988 and re-elected in 1991, he was elected to the Nepean City Council. In his re-election, he was also elected to the Ottawa Carleton Regional Council. Pratt served a term as Deputy Mayor and chaired the commitees of Public Works and Parks and Recreation. On Regional Council, he worked on transportation and environment issues and was a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board and the OC Transpo Commission. He served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

External links

• David Pratt's Parliamentary Bio (http://shrinkalink.com/1868)
• Announcement of his appointment (http://www.redcross.ca/print.asp?id=010983)
• David Pratt's Red Cross Bio (http://shrinkalink.com/1869)

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