Logan Kanapathi is a

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politician who was elected to the

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during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of

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, and is a member of the

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. He was first elected as a

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city councillor for Ward 7 in the

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and re-elected as the Ward 7 Councillor in both the

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and the 2014 Markham municipal election. In 2014, Kanapathi sought the

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's nomination in the riding for Scarborough North. He was defeated by TDSB Trustee

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, who won the federal election in 2015.

Electoral record

Provincial

Municipal

References

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