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": "Matt Strauss",
    "given_name": "Matt",
    "family_name": "Strauss",
    "gender": "male",
    "image": "/media/polpics/matt-strauss.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "alternate_name": [
            "matt strauss"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office -  Kitchener\n1114-100 Conestoga College Boulevard\nKitchener, Ontario\nN2P 2N6\nPhone: 519-571-3100"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "122994"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "318212",
            "319767"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "liberals"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/matt-strauss(122994)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "matt.strauss@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "613-992-1063",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4751/",
            "start_date": "2025-04-28",
            "end_date": null,
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Conservative Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Conservative"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Conservative MP for Kitchener South\u2014Hespeler"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Kitchener South\u2014Hespeler"
                },
                "province": "ON",
                "id": 35050
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/matt-strauss/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=matt-strauss",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=matt-strauss",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=matt-strauss",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/14368/rss/activity/"
    }
}