# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-fitzgerald
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:00:19.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-fitzgerald"
name: "James FitzGerald"
slug: "james-fitzgerald"
description: "James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first premier, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his successor should properly be given that title. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-governance. He was the first Superintendent of the Canterbury Province."
tagline: "New Zealand politician (1818–1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Edward_Fitzgerald_1890.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1818-03-04"
deathDate: "1896-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.143881333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس فيتزجيرالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_FitzGerald_(Politiker)"
    title: "James FitzGerald (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_FitzGerald_(New_Zealand_politician)"
    title: "James FitzGerald (New Zealand politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_FitzGerald_(homme_politique)"
    title: "James FitzGerald (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6133918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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