# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexa-mcdonough
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:01.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexa-mcdonough"
name: "Alexa McDonough"
slug: "alexa-mcdonough"
description: "Alexa Ann McDonough was a Canadian politician who was the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, at any level, when she was the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NSNDP) from 1980 to 1994. Subsequently, she served as leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) from 1995 to 2003."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1944–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mcdonoughalexa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-08-11"
deathDate: "2022-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             0.5338541666666666
  historical:           7.695790666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "الیکسا میک ڈونف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ألكسا ماكدونو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اليكسا ماكدونو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_McDonough"
    title: "Alexa McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_McDonough"
    title: "Alexa McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_McDonough"
    title: "Alexa McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Макдоно, Алекса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_McDonough"
    title: "Alexa McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_McDonough"
    title: "Alexa McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2604970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump