Logan Jax Oxenham is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the
2023 Manitoba general election
The 2023 Manitoba general election is scheduled to occur on October 3, 2023 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba will attempt to win a third term in government, having w ...
. He represents the district of
Kirkfield Park as a member of the
Manitoba New Democratic Party.
He previously ran in the district in the
2022 by-election, losing narrowly to
Kevin Klein
Kevin R. Klein (born December 13, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers and the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 37th overal ...
.
He is Canada's first
transgender politician elected to either a provincial, territorial or federal elected office. Fellow New Democrat
Uzoma Asagwara, elected in
2019
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, 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.
"About Logan Oxenham"
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Electoral history
References
Living people
New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs
Canadian LGBTQ people in provincial and territorial legislatures
21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Canadian transgender men
Canadian transgender politicians
Transgender male politicians
Politicians from Winnipeg
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Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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