# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-mcknight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:12.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-mcknight"
name: "Bill McKnight"
slug: "bill-mcknight"
description: "William Hunter McKnight was a Canadian politician who served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1993. During the government of Brian Mulroney, he served in various cabinet roles such as Minister of National Defence and Minister of Agriculture. He also served as the Treaty Commissioner for the Province of Saskatchewan."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1940-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_McKnight.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-07-12"
deathDate: "2019-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339813333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E4%B9%83%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "麥乃德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "بيل مكنيجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McKnight"
    title: "Bill McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McKnight"
    title: "Bill McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McKnight"
    title: "Bill McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Макнайт, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McKnight"
    title: "Bill McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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