`get_politician`

Pack: openparliament-ca · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp

Fetch a Canadian MP profile from OpenParliament.ca by politician slug — returns name, party, riding, province, election history, and links to their debate contributions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`slug`	string	yes	Politician slug

Example call

Arguments

{
  "slug": "justin-trudeau"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_politician","arguments":{"slug":"justin-trudeau"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_politician', {
  "slug": "justin-trudeau"
});

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Politician profile details"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openparliament-ca": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_politician