Logan Oxenham | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kirkfield Park |
Term Start: | October 3, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Kevin Klein |
Party: | New Democratic |
Honorific Suffix: | MLA |
Children: | 1[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]