Juanita Nathan

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]

Juanita Nathan MP
Member of Parliament for Pickering—Brooklin
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	Jennifer O'Connell
Markham City Councillor for Ward 7
In office November 15, 2022 – May 14, 2025
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Brock University
Website	juanitanathan.liberal.ca

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.^[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

She is of Tamil Canadian heritage.^[7]

Electoral record

v t e 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

v t e 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]