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": "Sima Acan",
    "given_name": "Sima",
    "family_name": "Acan",
    "gender": "female",
    "image": "/media/polpics/sima-acan.jpg",
    "other_info": {
        "alternate_name": [
            "sima acan"
        ],
        "constituency_offices": [
            "Main office -  Oakville\n306-700 Dorval Drive\nOakville, Ontario\nL6K 3V3\nPhone: 905-847-4907"
        ],
        "parl_mp_id": [
            "123092"
        ],
        "parl_affil_id": [
            "317808",
            "319675",
            "319740",
            "330859"
        ],
        "favourite_word": [
            "chair"
        ]
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/sima-acan(123092)",
            "note": "Page on ourcommons.ca"
        }
    ],
    "email": "sima.acan@parl.gc.ca",
    "voice": "613-992-1338",
    "memberships": [
        {
            "url": "/politicians/memberships/4769/",
            "start_date": "2025-04-28",
            "end_date": null,
            "party": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Liberal Party of Canada"
                },
                "short_name": {
                    "en": "Liberal"
                }
            },
            "label": {
                "en": "Liberal MP for Oakville West"
            },
            "riding": {
                "name": {
                    "en": "Oakville West"
                },
                "province": "ON",
                "id": 35076
            }
        }
    ],
    "url": "/politicians/sima-acan/",
    "related": {
        "speeches_url": "/speeches/?politician=sima-acan",
        "ballots_url": "/votes/ballots/?politician=sima-acan",
        "sponsored_bills_url": "/bills/?sponsor_politician=sima-acan",
        "activity_rss_url": "/politicians/14460/rss/activity/"
    }
}