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Vijay Thanigasalam
Canadian politician (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vijay Thanigasalam MPP is a Canadian politician who is the Associate Minister of Housing. He has sat as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) since 2018, representing the riding of Scarborough—Rouge Park as a member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Thanigasalam is the first Tamil Canadian to be appointed a Minister in Ontario.
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Vijay Thanigasalam | |
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Associate Minister of Housing | |
Assumed office June 6, 2024 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Rob Flack |
Associate Minister of Transportation | |
In office September 22, 2023 – June 6, 2024 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Todd McCarthy |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure | |
In office June 29, 2022 – September 22, 2023 | |
Minister | Kinga Surma |
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation | |
In office June 26, 2019 – June 1, 2022 | |
Minister | Caroline Mulroney |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Riding established |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
Residence(s) | Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
Alma mater | Ontario Tech (BComm) Queen's University (MBA) |
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