Search Canadian Elected Officials by Name (Represent, Open North)

representopennorth/representatives-search

Searches Canadian elected officials at every level of government by the start of their last name, optionally narrowed by the start of the first name or by office (MP, MPP, MLA, Mayor, Councillor and others). Returns up to 50 records per call, each with name, office, district, party, email, website, photo URL, office addresses and phone numbers and the source page; page with offset. Data compiled by Open North, passed through unmodified and served by Eden Engine; not an official Open North product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

Represent by Open North

Data from Represent by Open North (represent.opennorth.ca), which compiles the published data of Canadian legislatures and municipalities; each representative record names its own source_url. No credit is required; credit to Open North is given as a courtesy. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Open North product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "representopennorth/representatives-search" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "representopennorth/representatives-search" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "representopennorth/representatives-search", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "representopennorth/representatives-search", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "last_name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Records per call, 1 to 50. Default 20."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 5000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Records to skip, for the next page: add the limit to the previous offset."
    },
    "last_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[^\\x00-\\x1f]+$",
      "maxLength": 40,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Start of the last name, case-insensitive, at least two characters, for example Trud."
    },
    "first_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[^\\x00-\\x1f]+$",
      "maxLength": 40,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Optional start of the first name, case-insensitive."
    },
    "elected_office": {
      "enum": [
        "MP",
        "MPP",
        "MLA",
        "MNA",
        "MHA",
        "Mayor",
        "Councillor",
        "Regional councillor",
        "Deputy mayor",
        "Chair",
        "Reeve",
        "Alderman"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional office held, exactly as Represent records it."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "objects"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Paging: offset, limit, total_count, and `next` / `previous` links (null at the ends).",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "objects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "email": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "extra": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "gender": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "offices": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "description": "Office addresses and phone numbers: type, postal, tel, fax."
          },
          "related": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "representative_set_url and boundary_url.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "last_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "photo_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "first_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "party_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Where Open North read this record."
          },
          "personal_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "district_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "elected_office": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "MP, MPP, MLA, Mayor, Councillor and so on."
          },
          "representative_set_name": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The matching representatives, empty when none match."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}