# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-de-bane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:14:02.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-de-bane"
name: "Pierre de Bané"
slug: "pierre-de-bane"
description: "Pierre De Bané was a Canadian politician who served in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Matane in 1968, he was the first Palestinian, the first person of Middle Eastern descent, and the first visible minority person not born in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr. Ministry."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1938-2019)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-08-02"
deathDate: "2019-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340713333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%84%E5%BD%AC"
    title: "狄彬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "بيير دي باني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پير د بان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ban%C3%A9"
    title: "Pierre de Bané"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ban%C3%A9"
    title: "Pierre de Bané"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ban%C3%A9"
    title: "Pierre de Bané"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Ban%C3%A9"
    title: "Pierre de Bané"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2094001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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