Anthony Housefather was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal on October 19, 2015.  From 2015 to 2019, he was the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Following his re-election in 2019, he was appointed to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour. Following his re-election in 2021 he was appointed to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement. He also serves on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.  In 2021 he sat on a Special Committee reviewing Canada’s economic relationship with the United States and currently serves as the Chair of the Canada-Israel Friendship Group.  He also co-founded the International Task Force of Parliamentarians to Combat Online Antisemitism, a bipartisan group consisting of legislators from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel. He co-chairs the Task Force with US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. He is also the North American Co-Chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians.

Anthony has two Law Degrees (B.C.L. and LL.B.) from McGill University and an MBA from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business. Until he was elected as a Member of Parliament, he served as Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs and General Counsel at a multinational technological company. He was first elected as a Municipal Councillor in his early 20s and served consecutively as a Councillor and then as Mayor of Cote Saint-Luc from 2005 to 2015 until his election to the federal Parliament.

On a personal level, Anthony participates in numerous activities in his community and is a 12 time medal winner in swimming at the Maccabiah Games in Israel and in 2020 held the top national ranking in swimming in his age group in the 100 fly.