Logan Kanapathi | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Markham—Thornhill | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| City of Markham Councillor for Ward 7 | |
| In office 2006–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Khalid Usman |
| Succeeded by | Khalid Usman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Markham, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Jaffna (BA) |
| Profession | Small Business Owner |
| Ethnicity | Sri 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
- ↑ "Markham-Thornhill goes PC, electing Logan Kanapathi". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "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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