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 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 MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Markham—Thornhill
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	first member
City of Markham Ward 7 Councillor
In office 2006–2018
Preceded by	Khalid Usman
Succeeded by	Khalid Usman
Personal details
Born	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative Liberal Party of Canada
Residence	Markham
Occupation	Small Business Owner

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.