Ward 7 (Markham, Ontario)

Ward 7
Constituency
for the Markham City Council
Location of Ward 7 in Markham
CityMarkham
Current constituency
CouncillorNimisha Patel

Ward 7 is a municipal ward in the southeast corner of Markham, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to Markham City Council.

Ward 7 is bounded on the north by Highway 407, on the west by McCowan Road, and on the south and east by the city limits.[1]

The ward includes the neighbourhoods of Box Grove, Cedar Grove, Cedarwood, Legacy, Middlefield, Rouge Fairways, and Rouge River Estates.

History

The ward has been based in the southeast part of Markham since 1997.[2] Prior to that, it was located in Thornhill.[3]

Councillors

  1. Tony C. Wong (1997–2000)
  2. Khalid Usman (2000–2006)
  3. Logan Kanapathi (2006–2018)
  4. Khalid Usman (2018–2022)
  5. Juanita Nathan (2022–2025)
  6. Nimisha Patel (2025–present)

Election results

2025 by-election

A by-election will be held in the ward on September 29, 2025, following the election of Juanita Nathan as Liberal Member of Parliament for Pickering—Brooklin in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[4]

Candidates[5][6]
  • Kristian Chan
  • Killi Chelliah, real estate agent. Ran in this Ward in 2018.
  • Jenny Chen, York Region District School Board Trustee for Wards 1 & 8. Worked for MPP Logan Kanapathi's constituency office.
  • Abdul Samad Katawazy, York Region District School Board assessor, and business owner.
  • Vicky McGrath, business owner. Ran for Aurora Town Council in 2018.
  • Aranee Murugananthan, human resources partner.
  • Nimisha Patel, Box Grove Residents Association Co-Chair.[7] Ran in this ward in 2022.
  • Omar Ullah
Results[8]
Council candidate Vote %
Nimisha Patel2,95436.10
Killi Chelliah2,09825.64
Aranee Murugananthan2,05525.11
Jenny Chen6998.54
Vicky McGrath1411.72
Kristian Chan1201.47
Abdul Samad Katawazy650.79
Omar Ullah510.62

2022

Council candidate Vote %
Juanita Nathan5,38847.75
Nimisha Patel2,64823.47
Shahzad Habib1,95517.33
Neetu Gupta1,29211.45

2018

Council candidate Vote %
Khalid Usman3,30824.14
Kethika Logan Kanapathi2,63519.23
Sundy Huang2,07915.17
Killi Chelliah1,96114.31
Malar Varatharaja1,58711.58
Mohammed Rahman1,0657.77
Sothy Sella4813.51
Johnson Irimpan3502.55
Mike Srinathan2361.72

2014

Council candidate Vote %
Logan Kanapathi5,67348.25
Khalid Usman3,53930.10
Shusmita Sharma1,30811.12
Sothy Sella1,0789.17
Vasu Murugesu1601.36

2010

Council candidate Vote %
Logan Kanapathi4,02736.21
Debbie Wong3,16828.49
Adnan Khan1,17310.55
Raman Virk1,1009.89
Mohammed Rahman1,0509.44
Inderjit Basra3933.53
Senthil Varatharajah2101.89

2006

Council candidate Vote %
Logan Kanapathi3,08833.54
Tessa Benn-Ireland1,56917.04
Mohammed Rahman1,27213.82
Yahya Qureshi1,22413.30
William Jeyaveeran7758.42
Jeffry Ruo5956.46
Manpreet Minhas3433.73
Syed Zaidi3403.69

2003

Council Candidate Vote[9] %
Khalid Usman2,91338.27
Mohan Nadarajah2,29030.09
Sunny Dosanjh2,04326.84
Ernest Onyido3654.80

2000

Council Candidate Vote[10] %
Khalid Usman3,23167.31
Jas Dhanjal1,56932.69

1997

Council Candidate Vote[11] %
Tony C. Wong1,40633.56
Lily Chauhan63215.08
Sydney Zaidi52412.51
Marlene Mogado50111.96
Joe Sealey43410.36
Jean Boutsis3548.45
Jim Blackwin1784.25
Mike Annamunthodo1613.84

References

  1. ↑ "Ward 7 Councillor". City of Markham.
  2. ↑ "Markham". Toronto Star. November 6, 1997. p. 142. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Markham". Toronto Star. November 10, 1994. p. 23. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ "List of candidates set for Markham Ward 7 byelection Sept. 29". Markham Economist & Sun. August 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Who's running for office". City of Markham.
  6. ↑ "Ward 7 by-election occurring Sept. 26 to 29". Markham Review. September 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ratepayer Associations". City of Markham.
  8. ↑ "Unofficial election results for the 2025 Markham Ward 7 By-Election". City of Markham. September 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Vote 2003 Official Results". Town of Markham (via Internet Archive). Archived from the original on October 7, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "Ward 7 - Councillors". Town of Markham (via Internet Archive). Archived from the original on August 24, 2003. Retrieved September 28, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "Markham". Toronto Star. November 11, 1997. p. 39. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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