# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-cockburn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:53:25.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-cockburn"
name: "James Cockburn"
slug: "james-cockburn"
description: "James W. Cockburn was a Canadian politician and a father of Canadian Confederation. He served as the first speaker of the House of Commons."
tagline: "Canadian Conservative politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation (1819-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Cockburn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1819-02-13"
deathDate: "1883-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.538661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Коберн, Джеймс (политик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس كوكبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس كوكبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cockburn"
    title: "James Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cockburn_(Ontario_politician)"
    title: "James Cockburn (Ontario politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cockburn_(homme_politique_ontarien)"
    title: "James Cockburn (homme politique ontarien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cockburn"
    title: "James Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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