Logan Kanapathi
MPP
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

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.

Electoral record

Provincial

2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Logan Kanapathi 18,943 50.45
Liberal Juanita Nathan 9,160 24.40
New Democratic Cindy Hackelberg 8,010 21.33
Green Caryn Bergmann 859 2.29
Libertarian David Nadler 408 1.09
Independent Jeff Kuah 168 0.45
Total valid votes 37,548 100.0  
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

Municipal

2014 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidate Votes Vote %
Logan Kanapathi 5,673 48.25
Khalid Usman 3,539 30.10
Shusmita Sharma 1,308 11.12
Sothy Sella 1,078 9.17
Vasu Murugesu 160 1.36
Vote total: 11,758
2010 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidate Votes Vote %
Logan Kanapathi 4,027 36.21
Debbie Wong 3,168 28.49
Adnan Khan 1,173 10.55
Raman Virk 1,100 9.89
Mohammed Rahman 1,050 9.44
Inderjit Basra 393 3.53
Senthil Varatharajah 210 1.89
Vote total: 11,121
2006 Markham election
Ward 7 (Armadale—Box Grove)
Councillor candidate Votes Vote %
Logan Kanapathi 3,088 33.54
Tessa Benn-Ireland 1,569 17.04
Mohammed Rahman 1,272 13.82
Yahya Qureshi 1,224 13.30
William Jeyaveeran 775 8.41
Jeffry Ruo 595 6.46
Manpreet Minhas 343 3.72
Syed Zaidi 340 3.69
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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