Ali Ehsassi
Ali Ehsassi is a Canadian politician currently serving as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Willowdale, elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. Ali’s victory marked a historical milestone, as he is one of the first two Canadians of Iranian heritage to be elected to Canada’s federal Parliament, the other being Majid Jowhari.
Ali was born in 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of three, his family relocated to New York City and at age 15, Ali moved to North York, Ontario with his family. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a Master’s of Science from the London School of Economics. He attended York University Osgoode Hall Law School where he obtained his LL.B. Ali then went on to Georgetown University Law School to pursue a master’s of international trade and arbitration law which he attended concurrently as a global and WTO fellow.
Main Contributions
- Elected in the 2015 federal election as the Liberal representative for Willowdale, Ontario
- Some preliminary activities
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and other Crimes against Humanity
- Co-Chair of the 416 Caucus, is on the Standing Committee for Citizenship and Immigration, and the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations
- Member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
- Member of several Parliamentary Associations and Interparliamentary groups
