Juanita Nathan

Juanita Nathan
MP
Member of Parliament
for Pickering—Brooklin
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
Preceded byJennifer O'Connell
Markham City Councillor
In office
November 15, 2022 – May 14, 2025
Preceded byKhalid Usman
Succeeded byNimisha Patel
ConstituencyWard 7
Personal details
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]

Early life & education

Nathan has a BA from Brock University in Psychology and an MA in Tamil Literature and Linguistics from Anamalai University.[2]

Political career

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.[3][4]

She was chair and current York Region District School Board (YRDSB) trustee.[5] She was a city councillor for Markham City Council from November 15, 2022 to May 14, 2025.[6][7]

Personal life

She is of Tamil Canadian heritage.[8]

Electoral record

2025 Canadian federal election: Pickering—Brooklin
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJuanita Nathan38,57854.16+6.00
ConservativeAlicia Vianga29,32041.16+6.90
New DemocraticJamie Nye1,8382.58-10.90
People'sLisa Robinson6390.90-2.95
GreenAndrea Wood5350.75+0.50
CentristZainab Rana3220.45N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 71,232
Total rejected ballots 371
Turnout 71,60371.12
Eligible voters 100,681
Liberal notional hold Swing -0.45
Source: CBC[9], Elections Canada[10]
2022 Markham election, Ward 7[11]
Council candidate Vote %
Juanita Nathan5,38847.75
Nimisha Patel2,64823.47
Shahzad Habib1,95517.33
Neetu Gupta1,29211.45
2018 Ontario general election: Markham—Thornhill
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeLogan Kanapathi18,94350.45+15.60
LiberalJuanita Nathan9,16024.40–26.97
New DemocraticCindy Hackelberg8,01021.33+11.14
GreenCaryn Bergmann8592.29–0.04
LibertarianDavid Nadler4081.09N/A
IndependentJeff Kuah1680.45N/A
Total valid votes 37,548100.0  
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +21.29
Source: Elections Ontario[12]

References

  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. ↑ "About — Juanita Nathan". juanitanathan.libparl.ca. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Markham announces vacancy for Ward 7 Councillor". Markham Review. 2025-06-02. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  8. ↑ "Biography | Juanita Nathan | Federal Liberal Candidate for Pickering–Brooklin". juanitanathan.liberal.ca. Archived from the original on 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  9. ↑ "Canada Votes 2025". CBC. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "2022 Markham Municipal Election Results". electionsmarkham.ca. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "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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