Anthony Housefather
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Anthony Housefather MP |
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| Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights | |
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Assumed office February 16, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Wallace |
| Member of Parliament for Mount Royal |
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Assumed office November 4, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Irwin Cotler |
| Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc | |
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In office November 7, 2005 – November 4, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Libman |
| Succeeded by | Mitchell Brownstein |
| Councillor for the Borough of Côte-Saint-Luc–Hampstead–Montreal West | |
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In office 2001–2005 |
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| President of Alliance Quebec | |
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In office 2000–2001 |
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| Preceded by | William Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Brent Tyler |
| Town Councillor in Hampstead | |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| Personal details | |
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January 25, 1971 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
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McGill University Concordia University |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Website | Liberal Party of Canada |
Anthony Housefather (born January 25, 1971) is a Canadian Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal in the west end of the island of Montreal. He is the Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Housefather was first elected to Parliament in the Canadian federal election of October 19, 2015. Born in Montreal, 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 as Mayor of the City of Côte-Saint-Luc and served from 2005 until 2015, when he resigned following his election to Parliament.
On February 16, 2016, Housefather was unanimously elected as Chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
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 at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He advocates for athletics and physical fitness as a Member of Parliament, serving as the Liberal Party lead on the Parliamentary fitness initiative started by former MP John Weston.
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