Logan Oxenham

Logan Oxenham
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kirkfield Park
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 3, 2023
Preceded byKevin Klein
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Children1[1]

Logan Jax Oxenham is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. He represents the district of Kirkfield Park as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party.[2]

He previously ran in the district in the 2022 by-election, losing narrowly to Kevin Klein.[3]

He is Canada's first transgender politician elected to either a provincial, territorial or federal elected office.[4] Fellow New Democrat Uzoma Asagwara, elected in 2019, is non-binary and preceded him as the first non-cisgender MLA in Manitoba.

Prior to being elected, he was a juvenile correctional officer and counsellor at the Manitoba Youth Centre.[5]

  1. ^ "Kirkfield Park". Manitoba New Democratic Party. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Petz, Sarah (October 3, 2023). "Health Minister Audrey Gordon among Winnipeg PC cabinet ministers losing seats to NDP". CBC News. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Nathan Liewicki, "Kevin Klein wins tight Kirkfield Park byelection to hang on to legislature seat for Manitoba PCs". CBC News Manitoba, December 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Kevin Rollason, "Notable landmarks on election landscape". Winnipeg Free Press, October 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "About Logan Oxenham". Winnipeg Free Press