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": "Burton Bailey",
    "given_name": "Burton",
    "family_name": "Bailey",
    "gender": "male",
    "image": "/media/polpics/burton-bailey.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "alternate_name": [
            "burton bailey"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office -  Red Deer\n100A-4315 55th avenue\nRed Deer, Alberta\nT4N 4N7\nPhone: 403-698-9300"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "123500"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "317650",
            "319770"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "liberal"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/burton-bailey(123500)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "burton.bailey@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "613-995-0590",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4822/",
            "start_date": "2025-04-28",
            "end_date": null,
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Conservative Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Conservative"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Conservative MP for Red Deer"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Red Deer"
                },
                "province": "AB",
                "id": 48034
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/burton-bailey/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=burton-bailey",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=burton-bailey",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=burton-bailey",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/14846/rss/activity/"
    }
}