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

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{
    "name": "Gagan Sikand",
    "given_name": "Gagan",
    "family_name": "Sikand",
    "gender": "male",
    "image": "/media/polpics/gagan-sikand.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "88858"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "215875",
            "213908",
            "215862",
            "254738",
            "239942",
            "253105",
            "264322"
        ],
        "alternate_name": [
            "gagan sikand"
        ],
        "twitter": [
            "gagansikand"
        ],
        "twitter_id": [
            "236395551"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "mentioned"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office - Mississauga\n6990 Financial Drive\nUnit 8G\nMississauga ON  L5N 8J4\nPhone: 1 905 812-1811"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/gagan-sikand(88858)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "Gagan.Sikand@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "1 613 943-1762",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4374/",
            "start_date": "2015-10-19",
            "end_date": "2021-09-20",
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Liberal Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Liberal"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Liberal MP for Mississauga\u2014Streetsville"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Mississauga\u2014Streetsville"
                },
                "province": "ON",
                "id": 35066
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/gagan-sikand/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=gagan-sikand",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=gagan-sikand",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=gagan-sikand",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/9927/rss/activity/"
    }
}