Charles Sousa

Charles Sousa
Sousa in 2010
Member of Parliament
for Mississauga—Lakeshore
Assumed office
December 12, 2022
Preceded bySven Spengemann
Ontario Minister of Finance
In office
February 11, 2013 – June 29, 2018
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byDwight Duncan
Succeeded byVic Fedeli
Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
October 20, 2011 – November 13, 2012
PremierDalton McGuinty
Preceded byEric Hoskins
Succeeded byMichael Chan
Ontario Minister of Labour
In office
December 16, 2010 – October 20, 2011
PremierDalton McGuinty
Preceded byPeter Fonseca
Succeeded byLinda Jeffrey
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Mississauga South
In office
October 10, 2007 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byTim Peterson
Succeeded byRudy Cuzzetto
Personal details
Born
Anthony Charles Sousa

(1958-09-27) September 27, 1958 (age 66)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Ontario Liberal
SpouseZenaida Sousa
Children3
Residence(s)Clarkson, Mississauga, Ontario
Alma materWilfrid Laurier University (B.B.A.)
University of Western Ontario (M.B.A.)
OccupationPolitician, banker, small business owner

Anthony Charles Sousa[1] MP (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament from Mississauga-Lakeshore since December 12, 2022. He previously served as the Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Sousa was elected to represent Missisuaga South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2007. He joined the provincial cabinet as the minister of labour in 2010 and became Ontario's minister of citizenship and immigration in 2011. In 2022, Sousa ran as the federal Liberal candidate in the Mississauga-Lakeshore by-election which was held on December 12, 2022. Sousa won the election, defeating 39 other candidates.

In September 2023, Sousa was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867" (Tweet) – via Twitter.