# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-angus
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:34:01.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-angus"
name: "Charlie Angus"
slug: "charlie-angus"
description: "Charles Joseph Angus is a Canadian journalist, musician and politician who served the member of Parliament (MP) for Timmins—James Bay from 2004 to 2025 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He is the author of Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower and has hosted MeidasCanada since 2025. Angus was a candidate for leadership of the federal NDP in the 2017 New Democratic Party leadership election, where he received 19.4% of the vote."
tagline: "Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlie_Angus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           70.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.244609333333333
  currentAttention:     81.81818181818181
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  152
  category: null
totalFollowers: 244000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/CharlieAngusNDP"
    handle:    "CharlieAngusNDP"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/charlieangus.ndp.npd/"
    handle:    "charlieangus.ndp.npd"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/charlieangusMP"
    handle:    "charlieangusMP"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6766830/"
    handle:    "nm6766830"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://charlieangus.ca"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVkpuJWrzgyRGRvi7iVspA"
    handle:    "@meidascanada"
    followers: 244000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2679748"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلي بيتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلى بيتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Angus"
    title: "Charlie Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Angus"
    title: "Charlie Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Angus"
    title: "Charlie Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Angus"
    title: "Charlie Angus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlie_Angus"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48334657-f00e-41d1-8a3c-deb7104c6669"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3121195"
    title: "Charlie Angus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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