# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-emerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:41:49.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-emerson"
name: "David Emerson"
slug: "david-emerson"
description: "David Lee Emerson is a Canadian politician and economist who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Kingsway from 2004 to 2008. First elected as a Liberal, Emerson served as minister of industry from 2004 to 2006 under Prime Minister Paul Martin. After the Conservatives formed government in the 2006 general election, Emerson crossed the floor and went on to serve as the minister of international trade from 2006 to 2008 and minister of foreign affairs in 2008 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper."
tagline: "Canadian businessman and politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1945-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.685422666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "David Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%89%BE%E6%B0%91%E4%BF%A1"
    title: "艾民信"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Emerson"
    title: "David Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Emerson"
    title: "David Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338628"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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