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": "Jagmeet Singh",
    "given_name": "Jagmeet",
    "family_name": "Singh",
    "gender": "male",
    "image": "/media/polpics/jagmeet-singh_XzWAIDS.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "alternate_name": [
            "jagmeet singh"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office -  Burnaby\n4940 Kingsway\nBurnaby, British Columbia\nV5H 2E2\nPhone: 604-291-8863"
        ],
        "twitter": [
            "theJagmeetSingh"
        ],
        "twitter_id": [
            "253340075"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "71588"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "246097",
            "278714",
            "253029",
            "261812"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "help"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/jagmeet-singh(71588)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "Jagmeet.Singh@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "613-996-5597",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4489/",
            "start_date": "2019-02-25",
            "end_date": "2025-04-28",
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "New Democratic Party"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "NDP"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "NDP MP for Burnaby South"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Burnaby South"
                },
                "province": "BC",
                "id": 59003
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/jagmeet-singh/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=jagmeet-singh",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=jagmeet-singh",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=jagmeet-singh",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/10636/rss/activity/"
    }
}