| Logan Kanapathi | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MPP |
| Parliament1: | Ontario Provincial |
| Term Start1: | June 7, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Riding established |
| Riding1: | Markham—Thornhill |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Birth Place: | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Alma Mater: | University of Jaffna (BA) |
| Residence: | Markham, Ontario, Canada |
| Office2: | City of Markham Councillor for Ward 7 |
| Term Start2: | 2006 |
| Term End2: | 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Khalid Usman |
| Successor2: | Khalid Usman |
| Profession: | Small Business Owner |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | 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.
| 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 | |||