# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carolyn-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:35:06.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carolyn-bennett"
name: "Carolyn Bennett"
slug: "carolyn-bennett"
description: "Carolyn Ann Bennett is a Canadian diplomat, physician, and retired politician. A member of the Liberal Party, she represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2024, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau. She was the minister of State for Public Health from 2003 to 2006, the minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations from 2015 to 2021 and the minister of Mental Health and Addictions from 2021 to 2023. In 2024, she became the Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Denmark. Prior to entering politics, Bennett worked as a family physician for 20 years."
tagline: "Canadian politician and physician (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carolyn_Bennett_at_podium-Crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.757525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Carolyn_Bennett"
    handle:    "Carolyn_Bennett"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/carolyn.bennett.stpauls/"
    handle:    "carolyn.bennett.stpauls"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.bennett.stpauls"
    handle:    "carolyn.bennett.stpauls"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.carolynbennett.ca/"
sources:
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    title: "کیرولین بینیٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارولين بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارولين بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bennett"
    title: "Carolyn Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bennett"
    title: "Carolyn Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "کارولین بنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bennett"
    title: "Carolyn Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98"
    title: "קרוליין בנט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "കരോലിൻ ബെന്നറ്റ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Беннетт, Кэролин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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