# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynn-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:27.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynn-mcdonald"
name: "Lynn McDonald"
slug: "lynn-mcdonald"
description: "Lynn McDonald is a Canadian academic, climate activist and former Member of Parliament. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for Broadview—Greenwood from 1982 until 1988. McDonald is professor emerita of Sociology at the University of Guelph. In 2025, Dr. McDonald was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Lynn_McDonald_fmr_MP_Broadview--Greenwood_2009-bw.jpg/330px-Lynn_McDonald_fmr_MP_Broadview--Greenwood_2009-bw.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.941757333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Lynn McDonald CM"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لين مكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_McDonald"
    title: "Lynn McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_McDonald"
    title: "Lynn McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_McDonald"
    title: "Lynn McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ലിൻ മക്ഡൊണാൾഡ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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