Vijay Thanigasalam

Vijay Thanigasalam is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Scarborough—Rouge Park as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Vijay Thanigasalam MPP
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation
Incumbent
Assumed office June 26, 2019
Minister	Caroline Mulroney
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Riding established
Personal details
Born	1989 Sri Lanka
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Residence	Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Financial Adviser

Thanigasalam was educated at Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School until 2007.

Electoral record

2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Rouge Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Vijay Thanigasalam	16,224	38.61
	New Democratic	Felicia Samuel	15,261	36.32
	Liberal	Sumi Shan	8,785	20.91
	Green	Priyan De Silva	1,014	2.41
	Libertarian	Todd Byers	582	1.39
	Trillium	Amit Mahendra Pitamber	149	0.35
Total valid votes			42,015	99.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			372	0.88
Turnout			42,387
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

References

1. Zlomislic, Diana (June 7, 2018). "Battle between first-timers in Scarborough-Rouge Park ends with PC victory". Toronto Star.
2. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.