Logan Oxenham
Logan Jax Oxenham is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. He represents the district of Kirkfield Park as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party.[2]
Logan Oxenham | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kirkfield Park | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Klein |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Children | 1[1] |
He previously ran in the district in the 2022 by-election, losing narrowly to Kevin Klein.[3]
He is Canada's first transgender politician elected to either a provincial, territorial or federal elected office.[4] Fellow New Democrat Uzoma Asagwara, elected in 2019, 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.[5]
Electoral history
| 2023 Manitoba general election: Kirkfield Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Logan Oxenham | 5,067 | 44.55 | +18.87 | $23,228.82 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Klein | 4,406 | 38.74 | -11.62 | $59,804.69 | |||
| Liberal | Rhonda Nichol | 1,696 | 14.91 | -0.76 | $13,290.09 | |||
| Green | Dennis Bayomi | 205 | 1.80 | -6.48 | $2,776.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 11,374 | 99.63 | – | $69,804.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 42 | 0.37 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 11,416 | 63.76 | +2.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,906 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +15.24 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, December 13, 2022: Kirkfield Park Resignation of Scott Fielding | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Klein | 2,357 | 37.04 | -13.32 | ||||
| New Democratic | Logan Oxenham | 2,196 | 34.51 | +8.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Rhonda Nichol | 1,741 | 27.36 | +11.68 | ||||
| Green | Dennis Bayomi | 70 | 1.10 | -7.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,364 | 99.86 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 11 | 0.17 | -0.58 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,375 | 36.50 | -24.75 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,468 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[9] | ||||||||
References
- "Kirkfield Park". Manitoba New Democratic Party. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- Petz, Sarah (October 3, 2023). "Health Minister Audrey Gordon among Winnipeg PC cabinet ministers losing seats to NDP". CBC News. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- Nathan Liewicki, "Kevin Klein wins tight Kirkfield Park byelection to hang on to legislature seat for Manitoba PCs". CBC News Manitoba, December 13, 2022.
- Kevin Rollason, "Notable landmarks on election landscape". Winnipeg Free Press, October 3, 2023.
- "About Logan Oxenham". Winnipeg Free Press
- "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- "2022 KIRKFIELD PARK BYELECTION RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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