- Born
- May 8, 1940
2
Sources- 1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2017-10-09
- May 8, 1940
- Birthplace
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- lawyer
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2024-10-01
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , politician
1
- , human rights defender
- +3 more
- lawyer
- Positions held
- member of the House of Commons of Canada(2011–2015)
1
- , member of the House of Commons of Canada(2008–2011)
1
- , member of the House of Commons of Canada(2006–2008)
1
- +4 more
- member of the House of Commons of Canada(2011–2015)
- Employer
- McGill University(1973–1999)
- , Yale University
- , Osgoode Hall Law School
- Languages spoken, written or signed
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69 statements · 43% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Sex or gender
- male
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
- male
- Candidacy in election
- 2008 Canadian federal election votes received: 19,702 · electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada
2
Sources- 1.lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/ElectionsRetrieved 2019-03-16
- 2.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2025-12-01
- 2011 Canadian federal election votes received: 16,151 · electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada
2
Sources- 1.lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/ElectionsRetrieved 2019-03-16
- 2.Stated in Library of ParliamentRetrieved 2025-12-01
- 2000 Canadian federal election electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada · votes received: 33,118
1
- 2004 Canadian federal election electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada · votes received: 28,670
1
- 2006 Canadian federal election electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada · votes received: 24,248
1
- 2008 Canadian federal election votes received: 19,702 · electoral district: Mount Royal · member of political party: Liberal Party of Canada
- Social media followers
- 14,607(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1241724194
- 13,951(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1241724194
- 12,417(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1241724194
- Relative
- Michal Cotler-Wunsh kinship to subject: stepdaughter
- Name in native language
- Irwin Cotler
On other databases
28 identifiers linking Irwin Cotler across the web's reference databases
- Akadem person IDirwin-cotler
- Akadem person ID (former scheme)442
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID150186328
- CiNii Research ID1140282266788374528
- Facebook usernameirwin.cotler
- Freebase ID/m/0261m0
- Geni profile ID6000000047334571821
- GND ID1283618591
- IdRef ID079376134
- ISNI0000000110064196
- J9U entity ID987007299117205171
- JRC Names ID95796
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn78010133
- Library of Parliament of Canada person ID13250
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA09415366
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810644874005606
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID269521755
- NUKAT IDn2008090144
- OpenSanctions IDQ983119
- Order of Canada recipient ID146-3562
- Ordre national du Québec ID642
- Parsifal cluster ID272544
- SHARE Catalogue author ID612002
- SNAC ARK IDw69f1d7k
- VIAF cluster ID114600570
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJk8VbXFTxyJrHgJxvVV4q
- X (Twitter) usernameIrwinCotler
- Yale LUX IDperson/4d16be29-2505-4ea5-8a91-3ee76e17abf4
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