to a change of attitude within mainstream Christian churches, particularly towards anti-Semitism De Corneille's activity earned him the respect of the Jewish community. In 1971 he was appointed national director of the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada where he worked until 1979. In the 1979 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Eglinton—Lawrence, serving in the House until 1988. Political career In parliament, he was the founding chairman of the Canada-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, and a chairman of the Canada-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 1980 to 1981 he was national chairman of the National Committee for a Human Rights Charter which lobbied parliament for the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He served for three terms in the House of Commons until he was challenged for the Liberal nomination by Joe Volpe and defeated in a bitter nomination meeting prior to the 1988 federal election. Electoral record Works De Corneille, Roland. Christians and Jews: The Tragic Past and the Hopeful Future. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. References Rev. Roland de Corneille Papers, Library and Archives Canada External links 1927 births 2014 deaths Amherst College alumni Canadian Anglican priests Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Swiss emigrants to Canada Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni