Politician

This is a single politician resource from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.

Notes

The other_info field is a direct copy of an internal catchall key-value store; beware that its structure may change frequently.

Content

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{
    "name": "Carol Skelton",
    "given_name": "Carol",
    "family_name": "Skelton",
    "gender": "female",
    "image": "/media/polpics/266.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "parl_id": [
            "78971",
            "79004",
            "78756",
            "117114",
            "3079",
            "55876"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "1831"
        ],
        "alternate_name": [
            "carol skelton"
        ],
        "parlinfo_id": [
            "1e7a0863-35c2-4ae6-93db-9f9a11425d40"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "children"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/266(1831)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/1537/",
            "start_date": "2004-10-04",
            "end_date": "2008-09-07",
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Conservative Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Conservative"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Conservative MP for Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar"
                },
                "province": "SK",
                "id": 47010
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/1839/",
            "start_date": "2001-01-29",
            "end_date": "2004-05-23",
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Canadian Alliance"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Canadian Alliance"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Canadian Alliance MP for Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar"
                },
                "province": "SK",
                "id": 47010
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/266/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=266",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=266",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=266",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/266/rss/activity/"
    }
}