page_title: Anita Anand
section_title: Political career (2019-present)
hierarchical_section_title: Anita Anand / Political career (2019-present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Anita Anand with her sisters on the night of her nomination victory for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination in Oakville.
context_page_description: Anita Indira Anand PC MP is the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Member of Parliament representing the riding of Oakville in the House of Commons of Canada. She is the first Indian Canadian of a Hindu background to become a federal minister in Canada and is the first female Hindu Member of Parliament.
  Anand became the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, having been sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada on November 20, 2019. On October 21, 2019, the 2019 Canadian election, Anand was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Oakville as the candidate from the Liberal Party of Canada.
  Prior to her political career, Anand was a Canadian law professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law specializing in corporate governance and the regulation of the capital markets. She was previously the J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. She was also Scholar-in-Residence at the law firm Torys LLP. As of October 2019, Anand is on leave from University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, for the duration of her time as an elected official.
caption: Anita Anand pictured with her sisters on June 12, 2019 when she won the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for the riding of Oakville.