Anthony Housefather
Anthony Housefather MP (born January 25, 1973) is a Canadian Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal. From 2015 to 2019, Housefather served as the Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee. Following the 2019 election, he was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour. Following the 2021 federal election, Housefather was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, a position he held until fall 2023. In 2024, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board.
Anthony Housefather MP | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board | |
| Assumed office January 30, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement | |
| In office December 3, 2021 – September 16, 2023 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour | |
| In office December 12, 2019 – August 15, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rodger Cuzner |
| Chair of the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee | |
| In office February 26, 2016 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Wallace |
| Member of Parliament for Mount Royal | |
| Assumed office November 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Irwin Cotler |
| Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc | |
| In office November 7, 2005 – November 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Libman |
| Succeeded by | Mitchell Brownstein |
| Councillor for the Borough of Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montreal West | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| President of Alliance Quebec | |
| In office 2000–2001 | |
| Preceded by | William Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Brent Tyler |
| Town Councillor in Hampstead | |
| In office 1994–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1973 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Côte-Saint-Luc, Quebec |
| Alma mater | McGill University Concordia University |
| Website | Liberal Party of Canada |
He was first elected to office in 1994 as a municipal councillor in the Town of Hampstead. When Hampstead and all the other cities on the Montreal island were forced to merge into the City of Montreal by the Parti Quebecois government in 2001, he was elected as a municipal councilor in the borough of Côte-Saint-Luc-Hampstead-Montreal West. Housefather then led the demerger movement in his borough. Following the successful demerger of all three municipalities as determined in a referendum on June 20, 2004, he was elected Mayor of the City of Côte-Saint-Luc, and served from 2005 until 2015, when he resigned following his election to Parliament.
Housefather was first elected to Parliament in the Canadian federal election of October 2015. On February 16, 2016, Housefather was unanimously elected Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. After the 2021 election, Housefather was named to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and the Standing Committee on Operations and Estimates.
Housefather holds two law degrees (B.C.L. and LL.B.) from McGill University, and an MBA from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business. Before his election to federal office, he served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, at Dialogic Corporation, a multinational technology company.
Housefather was a nationally ranked athlete as a student. He returned to competitive swimming in 2010, and earned seven medals (two silver, and five bronze) in swimming masters events at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and five at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.