Vijay Thanigasalam
Vijay Thanigasalam | |
|---|---|
| Ontario Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions | |
| Assumed office March 19, 2025 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Michael Tibollo |
| Ontario Associate Minister of Housing | |
| In office June 6, 2024 – March 19, 2025 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Rob Flack |
| Succeeded by | Graydon Smith |
| Ontario Associate Minister of Transportation | |
| In office September 22, 2023 – June 6, 2024 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Todd McCarthy |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1989 Jaffna District, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Residence(s) | Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Ontario Tech |
Vijay Thanigasalam MPP (born March 8, 1989) is a Sri Lankan born Canadian politician who has served as the Ontario associate minister of mental health and addictions since March 19, 2025. Thanigasalam sits as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park, representing the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Thanigasalam was elected in 2018 and has been in the provincial cabinet since 2023, first as the associate minister of transportation, then as associate minister of housing, before moving to the Ministry of Health as the associate minister of mental health and addictions. He is the first Tamil-Canadian to sit in the provincial cabinet in Ontario.