# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/svend-robinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:37:02.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/svend-robinson"
name: "Svend Robinson"
slug: "svend-robinson"
description: "Svend Robinson is a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2004, representing suburban Vancouver-area constituencies in the city of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He was the first member of Parliament in Canadian history to come out as gay while in office. In 2004, he pleaded guilty to stealing an expensive ring and decided not to run in the June 2004 election. At the time, he was one of the longest-serving members in the House of Commons, having been elected and re-elected for seven consecutive terms. In the 2019 Canadian federal election, Robinson was the NDP candidate for the riding of Burnaby North—Seymour but lost to Liberal incumbent Terry Beech by 1,560 votes."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svend_Robinson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.441328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E6%80%9D%E5%AE%89"
    title: "羅思安"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سفيند روبنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سفيند روبنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Robinson"
    title: "Svend Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Robinson"
    title: "Svend Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Robinson"
    title: "Svend Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Робинсон, Свенн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Robinson"
    title: "Svend Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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