# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-broadbent
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:13.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-broadbent"
name: "Ed Broadbent"
slug: "ed-broadbent"
description: "John Edward Broadbent was a Canadian social-democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 1975 to 1989, and a member of Parliament from 1968 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2006. He led the NDP through four federal elections. He oversaw a period of growth for the party with its parliamentary representation rising from 17 to 43 seats as of the 1988 federal election."
tagline: "Canadian politician and political scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Broadbent.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-03-21"
deathDate: "2024-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.68
  momentum:             0.3084688726864835
  historical:           9.466168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110356/"
    handle:    "nm0110356"
sources:
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    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "اد بروادبينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4"
    title: "Бродбент, Эд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Broadbent"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234461"
    title: "Ed Broadbent"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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