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 MPP 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.