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Paula Simons

Politician

Paula Simons is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Paula Simons · Paula Simonsová · Simons, Paula				[sources]
Alias	Simons, Paula				[sources]
Birth date	1964-09-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Edmonton				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Canada				[sources]
Country	Canada				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Paula.Simons@sen.parl.gc.ca				[sources]
First name	Paula				[sources]
Last name	Simons				[sources]
Phone	+16139438242				[sources]
Political association	ISG · Independent Senators Group				[sources]
Title	The Honourable				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · senatorpaulasimons.ca · twitter.com · www.senatorpaulasimons.ca				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q56879415				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Canada (2018-)				[sources]
Education	Stanford University · University of Alberta				[sources]
Address	Alberta				[sources]
Source link	sencanada.ca				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-12	Last processed	2026-02-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Canadian senator

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate of Canada	2018-10-03	2039-09-07

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Canada Members of the Senate99

Current Members of the Canadian upper chamber, the Senate

Canada · Senate of Canada

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b32cd745-a24c-4817-af74-b488ebd3eadf · ca-senate-7a6b4cff1e319497d159ce9ccca61e19b283aa63

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