# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-fast
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:51:37.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-fast"
name: "Ed Fast"
slug: "ed-fast"
description: "Edward D. Fast is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Abbotsford from 2006 to 2025. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Minister for International Trade and Minister for the Asia–Pacific Gateway from 2011 to 2015 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Fast_visits_University_of_the_Fraser_Valley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.810116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HonEdFast"
    handle:    "HonEdFast"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hon_edfast/"
    handle:    "hon_edfast"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/EdFastMP"
    handle:    "EdFastMP"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://edfast.ca/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "إد فاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "اد فاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Fast"
    title: "Ed Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Fast"
    title: "Ed Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Ед Фаст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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