Logan Kanapathi

Logan Kanapathi is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Markham—Thornhill, and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1] He was first elected as a Markham city councillor for Ward 7 in the 2006 Markham municipal election and re-elected as the Ward 7 Councillor in both the 2010 Markham municipal election and the 2014 Markham municipal election. In 2014, Kanapathi sought the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination in the riding for Scarborough North. He was defeated by TDSB Trustee Shaun Chen, who won the federal election in 2015.

Logan Kanapathi
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Markham—Thornhill
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byRiding established
City of Markham Councillor for Ward 7
In office
2006–2018
Preceded byKhalid Usman
Succeeded byKhalid Usman
Personal details
BornJaffna, Sri Lanka
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Markham, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Jaffna (BA)
ProfessionSmall Business Owner
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Electoral record

Provincial

2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeLogan Kanapathi18,94350.45
LiberalJuanita Nathan9,16024.40
New DemocraticCindy Hackelberg8,01021.33
GreenCaryn Bergmann8592.29
LibertarianDavid Nadler4081.09
IndependentJeff Kuah1680.45
Total valid votes 37,548100.0  
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

Municipal

2014 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidateVotesVote %
Logan Kanapathi5,67348.25
Khalid Usman3,53930.10
Shusmita Sharma1,30811.12
Sothy Sella1,0789.17
Vasu Murugesu1601.36
Vote total: 11,758
2010 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidateVotesVote %
Logan Kanapathi4,02736.21
Debbie Wong3,16828.49
Adnan Khan1,17310.55
Raman Virk1,1009.89
Mohammed Rahman1,0509.44
Inderjit Basra3933.53
Senthil Varatharajah2101.89
Vote total: 11,121
2006 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidateVotesVote %
Logan Kanapathi3,08833.54
Tessa Benn-Ireland1,56917.04
Mohammed Rahman1,27213.82
Yahya Qureshi1,22413.30
William Jeyaveeran7758.41
Jeffry Ruo5956.46
Manpreet Minhas3433.72
Syed Zaidi3403.69
Vote total: 9,206

References

  1. "Markham-Thornhill goes PC, electing Logan Kanapathi". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018.
  2. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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