Mayor of Mississauga

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Mayor of
Mississauga
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Municipal logo
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Incumbent
Carolyn Parrish
since June 24, 2024
Style Mayor, His/Her Worship
Member of City Council
Reports to City Council
Seat Mississauga Civic Centre
(Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Appointer Direct election by residents of Mississauga
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holder Robert Speck
Formation1967;58 years ago (1967)
Salary$146,198 + $31,219 in benefits
Website Mayor's Office City Website

The mayor of Mississauga is the head of Mississauga City Council and chief executive officer of the municipal government. The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. [1] While in office, mayors are styled His/Her Worship .

Contents

The office is currently held by Carolyn Parrish, who assumed office on June 24, 2024, following her election in the by-election on June 10 to succeed former mayor Bonnie Crombie.

Mayors of Mississauga

This list includes the two mayors of the Town of Mississauga (existing from 1968 to 1973), and the five mayors of the City of Mississauga (1974 to present):

Town of Mississauga

Before 1968, Mississauga (excluding the then-independent towns of Port Credit and Streetsville) was known as Toronto Township, and led by a reeve.

No.MayorIn officeNotes
1 Robert Speck 19681972Former reeve of Toronto Township. Died in office.
2 Chic Murray 19721973Interim mayor, appointed by Council following Speck's death.

City of Mississauga

In 1974, the City of Mississauga was formed when the Town of Mississauga was amalgamated with Port Credit and Streetsville:

No.MayorIn officeNotes
3 Martin Dobkin 19731976First mayor of the City of Mississauga.
4 Ron Searle 19761978Former town councillor and city councillor.
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Hazel McCallion December 1, 1978November 30, 2014Former mayor of Streetsville. Longest-serving mayor of Mississauga.
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Bonnie Crombie December 1, 2014January 12, 2024Former city councillor and Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville. Resigned the mayoralty after being elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in the 2023 OLP leadership election
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Carolyn Parrish June 24, 2024presentFormer city councillor and Member of Parliament for various ridings in Mississauga. Elected mayor in the June 10, 2024 by-election prompted by Crombie's resignation. [2] [3]

Deputy mayor

City councillor(s) may be appointed by the mayor on an honorary basis.

PortraitDeputy mayorTerm beganConstituency as councillor
Matt MahoneyJune 27, 2024Ward 8 Erin Mills [4]

Election results

2024

2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election
Resignation of Bonnie Crombie
CandidatePopular voteExpenditures
Votes%±%
Carolyn Parrish 43,49431.06–$524,816.30
Alvin Tedjo 35,00525.00–$300,278,25
Dipika Damerla 27,11919.37–$576,469.83
Stephen Dasko 22,40816.00–$291,998.83
David Shaw 2,8432.03-6.80$4,511.51
Brian Crombie2,2421.60–$9,888.92
Frank Fang1,6941.21–$17,269.65
George Tavares 9620.69-4.63$163.42
Xiao Hua Gong 5980.43–$45,166.50
Diya Atassi5450.39–$8,522.66
Zulfiqar Ali5280.38–$971.23
Mike Matulewicz4240.30–none listed
Sinisa Mandrapa4170.30–$25,534.00
Sara Iqbal3590.26–$0.00
Jamie Dookie3020.22–$846.00
Nathalie Xian Yi Yan2970.21–$1,200.00
Mitchell MacEachern2380.17–$0.00
Winston Harding2060.15–$1,575.00
Mohsin Khan1700.12–$0.00
Syed Jaffery1690.12–$8,116.00
Total valid votes140,02099.89
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes1610.11
Turnout140,18125.67+3.83
Eligible voters545,512
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Mississauga [5] [6]

2022

CandidateVote%
Bonnie Crombie 82,73678.47
David Shaw7,2026.83
George Tavares5,6135.32
Derek Ramkissoon4,0123.81
Mohsin Khan2,8662.72
Melodie J. Petty1,4641.39
Jayesh Trivedi1,1691.11
Bobie Taffe3700.35

2018

Mayoral CandidateVote [7] %
Bonnie Crombie 91,42276.68
Kevin J. Johnston16,07913.49
Scott E. W. Chapman4,5633.83
Andrew Lee2,9702.49
Mohsin Khan1,4581.22
Yasmin Pouragheli9960.84
Tiger Meng Wu9890.83
Syed Qumber Rizvi7520.63

2014

Mayoral CandidateVote [8] %
Bonnie Crombie 102,34663.49
Steve Mahoney 46,22428.68
Dil Muhammad2,4291.51
Stephen King1,8741.16
Masood Khan1,2540.78
Donald Barber1,2250.76
Derek Ramkissoon1,0440.65
Scott E. W. Chapman8680.54
Riazuddin Choudhry7900.49
Paul Fromm 7750.48
Kevin Jackal Johnston7410.46
Andrew Seitz5070.31
Joe Lomangino4150.26
Grant Isaac3920.24
Sheraz Siddiqui3150.20

2010

Mayoral CandidateVote [9] %
Hazel McCallion 107,64376.40
Dave Cook10,7447.63
George Winter4,7833.39
Ranjit Chahal4,1992.98
Ghani Ahsan3,7442.66
Ram Selvarajah2,2411.59
Peter Orphanos2,1401.52
Donald Barber1,5131.07
Paul Fromm 9170.65
Martin Marinka6440.46
Bryan Robert Hallett5750.41
Shirley Vanden Berg5160.37
Ursula Keuper-Bennett3290.23
Andy Valenton2930.21
Antu Maprani Chakkunny2490.18
Andrew Seitz2330.17
Innocent Watat1390.10

2006

Mayoral CandidateVote [10] %
Hazel McCallion 98,29391.41
Donald Barber5,5715.18
Roy N. Willis3,6673.41

2003

Mayoral CandidateVote [11] %
Hazel McCallion 74,71991.64
Masood Khan2,3042.83
Charles Cooper1,6131.98
Larry J. Mancini1,4781.81
Dyal Chanderpaul1,4191.74

2000

Mayoral CandidateVote [12] %
Hazel McCallion 89,32592.06
Kanwaljit Singh Kanwal3,1113.21
Donald Barber2,7262.81
Rod P. Stewart1,8661.92

1997

Mayoral CandidateVote [13] %
Hazel McCallion 65,67894.34
Donald Barber2,0842.99
James Archibald Girvin1,0631.53
Wyman Parker7921.14

1994

Mayoral CandidateVote [14] %
Hazel McCallion 67,52490.81
Dianna Priestman1,8982.55
Donald Barber1,6482.22
Michael John Charette1,3731.85
James Girvin1,2061.62
Ernie DesJardine7110.96

1991

91% of polls reporting

MacCallion ended up winning by a plurality of 54,158 votes. [15]

Mayoral CandidateVote [16] %
Hazel McCallion 52,02286.74
Dianna Hostan3,0105.02
Steve Dunn2,5604.27
Glenn R. Dean2,3833.97

1988

Mayoral CandidateVote [17] %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1985

Mayoral CandidateVote [18] %
Hazel McCallion 42,22074.61
Robert Taylor7,60413.44
Rick Drennan6,76111.95

1982

Mayoral CandidateVote [19] %
Hazel McCallion 48,97671.08
Ron Searle 16,71124.25
Doug Eland3,2154.67

1980

Mayoral CandidateVote [20] %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1978

Mayoral CandidateVote [21] %
Hazel McCallion 28,00551.51
Ron Searle 25,02946.04
Michael Zita1,3322.45

1976

Mayoral CandidateVote [22] %
Ron Searle 15,40533.63
Martin Dobkin 11,73125.61
Gerry Townsend11,34024.76
David Culhan6,73714.71
Douglas Campbell5911.29

1973

Mayoral CandidateVote [23] %
Martin Dobkin 18,17952.62
Chic Murray 15,20944.03
Douglas Campbell7952.30
Eberhard Matsuchka3621.05

1970

Mayoral CandidateVote [24] %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

1967

Mayoral CandidateVote [25] %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

References

  1. ↑ "AMO – Ontario Municipal Elections". www.amo.on.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Carolyn Parrish will be Mississauga's mayor, CBC News projects". CBC News Toronto. Toronto ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Carolyn Parrish wins Mississauga mayoral race in closer-than-expected vote". CP24. Toronto ON: BellMedia. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "City of Mississauga Council appoints new Deputy Mayor". 27 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "City of Mississauga 2024 By-election - Official 2024 By-election results". City of Mississauga. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "City of Mississauga 2024 By-election - Financial Statements". City of Mississauga. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "2018-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  8. ↑ "2014-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Election Results - Detail" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ "2006-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  11. ↑ "2003-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ "2000-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  13. ↑ "1997-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 15, 1994. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Incumbents win 131 of 225 mayoral races in province". Ottawa Citizen. November 14, 1991. p. 11. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 13, 1991. p. 9. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Incumbents leading in Mississauga--only one new councillor expected". Toronto Star. November 15, 1988. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 13, 1985. p. 49. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 9, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  20. ↑ "3 of 12 mayors unseated in areas around Metro". Toronto Star. November 11, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  21. ↑ "McCallion win stuns establishment". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  22. ↑ "Searle topples Dobkin in Mississauga upset". Toronto Star. December 7, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  23. ↑ "'Big blue machine' upset in Mississauga Dobkin new mayor". Toronto Star. October 2, 1973. p. 7. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  24. ↑ "Mississauga Reeve keeps seat". Toronto Star. December 8, 1970. p. 26. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  25. ↑ "Vote today at Oakville". Hamilton Spectator. December 11, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
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