Anthony Housefather
Anthony Housefather | |
|---|---|
| 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, 1970 Montreal, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | McGill University Concordia University |
| Website | Liberal Party of Canada |
Anthony Housefather (born January 25, 1970) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and athlete who has served as a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal since 2015.
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 Québécois government in 2001, he was elected as a municipal councillor 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. 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. Housefather was also named to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and the Standing Committee on Operations and Estimates in 2021. In 2024, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board.