David Lametti

David Lametti MP
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Hélène LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-10) August 10, 1962 Port Colborne, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Geneviève Saumier
Children	3
Residence	Montreal, Quebec
Alma mater	University of Toronto McGill University Yale University Oxford University
Profession	Law professor

David Lametti (born August 10, 1962) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He was a Professor of Law at McGill University, a Member of the Institute of Comparative Law, and a founding member of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP). Lametti was elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in the 2015 federal election.

Early life and career

Lametti was born on August 10, 1962 in Port Colborne, Ontario, to Italian immigrants. Lametti earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Toronto in 1985, and his Common and Civil law degrees at McGill University in 1989. He then served as a clerk to Justice Peter deCarteret Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989-90. In 1991, Lametti obtained a Masters in Law (L.L.M.) from Yale Law School and in 1999, he received his Doctorate of Philosophy in law from Oxford University (Exeter College), with a thesis on the ethics and obligations of private property ownership.

In 1995, after having been a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick, Lametti accepted a lecturing position at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, where he has continued to teach and conduct research. Lametti became an Assistant Professor in 1998, an Associate Professor in 2003, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2015. He lectures and writes on subjects related to Civil and Common law property, intellectual property, property theory and ethics. His work led to the creation of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, which he co-founded in 2003 and for which he served as director from 2009 to 2011.

Lametti is the author of many academic publications on the subjects of property, intellectual property, and social norms. He has lectured in English, French and Italian in major universities around the world.

Lametti was Associate Dean (Academic) of the McGill law faculty from 2008–2011, was a member of McGill University’s Senate from 2012 to 2015, and is a Governor of the Fondation du Barreau du Québec.

Lametti served as co-captain of the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club alongside Mark Carney, and was a competitive soccer coach in Montreal leagues for six years.

Political career

David Lametti became interested in politics as a teenager, when he worked as a volunteer for the Liberal Party in the 1979 Canadian federal election, and then subsequent provincial and federal elections for Liberal candidates. Among candidates for whom he volunteered are former Canadian member of Parliament and Speaker of the House, the Honourable Gilbert Parent. Lametti co-founded the Erie Riding New Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada in southern Niagara.

On June 16, 2014, Lametti launched his bid to become the official candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the new riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun. Lametti won the contested nomination race on February 8, 2015 and won the riding's seat in Parliament in the 2015 Canadian federal election. On December 2, 2015, Lametti was named parliamentary secretary to Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland.

Personal life

He is married to Geneviève Saumier, a professor at the Faculty of Law, McGill University. They have three children.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Lametti	23,603	43.90	+25.6	–
	New Democratic	Hélène LeBlanc	15,566	28.95	-16.22	–
	Bloc Québécois	Gilbert Paquette	9,164	17.05	-6.39	–
	Conservative	Mohammad Zamir	3,713	6.91	-2.83	–
	Green	Lorraine Banville	1,717	3.19	+0.63	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,763	100.00		$221,667.78
Total rejected ballots			823	1.51	–
Turnout			54,586	65.12	–
Eligible voters			83,824
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Official Website