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": "Darrell Samson",
    "given_name": "Darrell",
    "family_name": "Samson",
    "gender": "male",
    "image": "/media/polpics/darrell-samson_gDZwbKJ.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "alternate_name": [
            "darrell samson"
        ],
        "twitter": [
            "darrellsamson"
        ],
        "twitter_id": [
            "2789770741"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office -  Fall River\n2-2900 Highway 2\nFall River, Nova Scotia\nB2T 1W4\nPhone: 902-861-2311"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "help"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "88333"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "281241",
            "279308",
            "278125",
            "293794",
            "300686",
            "300829",
            "311649",
            "215887",
            "214334",
            "234523",
            "253804",
            "252496",
            "254757",
            "261789",
            "264339",
            "216091"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/darrell-samson(88333)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "darrell.samson@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "613-995-5822",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4242/",
            "start_date": "2015-10-19",
            "end_date": "2025-04-28",
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Liberal Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Liberal"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Liberal MP for Sackville\u2014Preston\u2014Chezzetcook"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Sackville\u2014Preston\u2014Chezzetcook"
                },
                "province": "NS",
                "id": 12008
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/darrell-samson/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=darrell-samson",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=darrell-samson",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=darrell-samson",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/9954/rss/activity/"
    }
}