Juanita Nathan

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Juanita Nathan
MP
Member of Parliament
for Pickering—Brooklin
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
Preceded byJennifer O'Connell
Markham City Councillor for Ward 7
In office
November 15, 2022 – May 14, 2025
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
Alma materBrock University
Websitejuanitanathan.liberal.ca

Juanita Nathan MP is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. She was elected Member of Parliament for Pickering—Brooklin in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[1]

Political career

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Nathan ran for her party's nomination in the 2017 Markham—Thornhill federal by-election but withdrew in protest of the Liberal Party's handling of the nomination process.[2][3]

She was chair and current York Region District School Board (YRDSB) trustee.[4] She was a city councillor for Markham City Council from November 15, 2022 to May 14, 2025.[5][6]

Personal life

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She is of Tamil Canadian heritage.[7]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Pickering—Brooklin
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Juanita Nathan 38,578 54.16 +6.00
Conservative Alicia Vianga 29,320 41.16 +6.90
New Democratic Jamie Nye 1,838 2.58 -10.90
People's Lisa Robinson 639 0.90 -2.95
Green Andrea Wood 535 0.75 +0.50
Centrist Zainab Rana 322 0.45 N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 71,232
Total rejected ballots 371
Turnout 71,603 71.12
Eligible voters 100,681
Liberal notional hold Swing -0.45
Source: CBC[8], Elections Canada[9]
2022 Markham election, Ward 7[10]
Council candidate Vote %
Juanita Nathan 5,388 47.75
Nimisha Patel 2,648 23.47
Shahzad Habib 1,955 17.33
Neetu Gupta 1,292 11.45


2018 Ontario general election: Markham—Thornhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Logan Kanapathi 18,943 50.45 +15.60
Liberal Juanita Nathan 9,160 24.40 –26.97
New Democratic Cindy Hackelberg 8,010 21.33 +11.14
Green Caryn Bergmann 859 2.29 –0.04
Libertarian David Nadler 408 1.09 N/A
Independent Jeff Kuah 168 0.45 N/A
Total valid votes 37,548 100.0  
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +21.29
Source: Elections Ontario[11]

References

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  1. ^ Team, Torstar Open Data (2025-04-29). "Pickering—Brooklin live federal election results". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ^ Rana, Abbas (February 27, 2017). "Liberal candidates revolt in Markham-Thornhill as retroactive deadline seen as favouring top Trudeau aide Ng". The Hill Times. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Candidate withdraws from Liberal nomination for Ontario byelection race". National Newswatch. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Former YRDSB Chair Juanita Nathan seeks representation for residents of Ward 7 in the City of Markham". Uthayan News. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ^ Calis, Kristen (2025-04-29). "CANADA VOTES 2025: New Pickering-Brooklin riding is red with Juanita Nathan as new MP". DurhamRegion.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  6. ^ "Markham announces vacancy for Ward 7 Councillor". Markham Review. 2025-06-02. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  7. ^ "Biography | Juanita Nathan | Federal Liberal Candidate for Pickering–Brooklin". juanitanathan.liberal.ca. Archived from the original on 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  8. ^ "Canada Votes 2025". CBC. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  9. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  10. ^ "2022 Markham Municipal Election Results". electionsmarkham.ca. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  11. ^ "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.
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