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Mayor of
Mississauga
Municipal logo
since June 24, 2024
StyleMayor, His/Her Worship
Member ofCity Council
Reports toCity Council
SeatMississauga Civic Centre
(Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
AppointerDirect election by residents of Mississauga
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderRobert Speck
Formation1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Salary$146,198 + $31,219 in benefits
WebsiteMayor'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.

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

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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

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Before 1968, Mississauga was led by the reeves for the townships of Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Erindale, Lakeview, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Sheridan, and Toronto Township.

No. Mayor In office Notes
1 Robert Speck 1968 1972 Former reeve of Toronto Township. Died in office.
2 Chic Murray 1972 1973 Interim mayor, appointed by Council following Speck's death.

City of Mississauga

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The City of Mississauga was formed with the merger of the towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville:

No. Mayor In office Notes
3 Martin Dobkin 1973 1976 First mayor of the City of Mississauga.
4 Ron Searle 1976 1978 Former town councillor and city councillor.
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Hazel McCallion December 1, 1978 November 30, 2014 Former mayor of Streetsville. Longest-serving mayor of Mississauga.
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Bonnie Crombie December 1, 2014 January 12, 2024 Former 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, 2024 present Former 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

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

Portrait Deputy mayor Term began Constituency as councillor
Matt Mahoney June 27, 2024 Ward 8 Erin Mills [4]

Election results

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2024

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Main article: 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election
2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election
Resignation of Bonnie Crombie
Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Carolyn Parrish 43,494 31.06 –
Alvin Tedjo 35,005 25.00 –
Dipika Damerla 27,119 19.37 –
Stephen Dasko 22,408 16.00 –
David Shaw 2,843 2.03 -6.80
Brian Crombie 2,242 1.60 –
Frank Fang 1,694 1.21 –
George Tavares 962 0.69 -4.63
Xiaohua Gong 598 0.43 –
Diya Atassi 545 0.39 –
Zulfiqar Ali 528 0.38 –
Mike Matulewicz 424 0.30 –
Sinisa Mandrapa 417 0.30 –
Sara Iqbal 359 0.26 –
Jamie Dookie 302 0.22 –
Nathalie Xian Yi Yan 297 0.21 –
Mitchell MacEachern 238 0.17 –
Winston Harding 206 0.15 –
Mohsin Khan 170 0.12 –
Syed Jaffery 169 0.12 –
Total valid votes 140,020
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes
Turnout 25.67 +3.83
Eligible voters 545,512
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:

2022

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Main article: 2022 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Candidate Vote %
Bonnie Crombie 82,736 78.47
David Shaw 7,202 6.83
George Tavares 5,613 5.32
Derek Ramkissoon 4,012 3.81
Mohsin Khan 2,866 2.72
Melodie J. Petty 1,464 1.39
Jayesh Trivedi 1,169 1.11
Bobie Taffe 370 0.35

2018

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Main article: 2018 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[5] %
Bonnie Crombie 91,422 76.68
Kevin J. Johnston 16,079 13.49
Scott E. W. Chapman 4,563 3.83
Andrew Lee 2,970 2.49
Mohsin Khan 1,458 1.22
Yasmin Pouragheli 996 0.84
Tiger Meng Wu 989 0.83
Syed Qumber Rizvi 752 0.63

2014

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Main article: 2014 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[6] %
Bonnie Crombie 102,346 63.49
Steve Mahoney 46,224 28.68
Dil Muhammad 2,429 1.51
Stephen King 1,874 1.16
Masood Khan 1,254 0.78
Donald Barber 1,225 0.76
Derek Ramkissoon 1,044 0.65
Scott E. W. Chapman 868 0.54
Riazuddin Choudhry 790 0.49
Paul Fromm 775 0.48
Kevin Jackal Johnston 741 0.46
Andrew Seitz 507 0.31
Joe Lomangino 415 0.26
Grant Isaac 392 0.24
Sheraz Siddiqui 315 0.20

2010

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Main article: 2010 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[7] %
Hazel McCallion 107,643 76.40
Dave Cook 10,744 7.63
George Winter 4,783 3.39
Ranjit Chahal 4,199 2.98
Ghani Ahsan 3,744 2.66
Ram Selvarajah 2,241 1.59
Peter Orphanos 2,140 1.52
Donald Barber 1,513 1.07
Paul Fromm 917 0.65
Martin Marinka 644 0.46
Bryan Robert Hallett 575 0.41
Shirley Vanden Berg 516 0.37
Ursula Keuper-Bennett 329 0.23
Andy Valenton 293 0.21
Antu Maprani Chakkunny 249 0.18
Andrew Seitz 233 0.17
Innocent Watat 139 0.10

2006

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Main article: 2006 Mississauga municipal election
Mayoral Candidate Vote[8] %
Hazel McCallion 98,293 91.41
Donald Barber 5,571 5.18
Roy N. Willis 3,667 3.41

2003

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[9] %
Hazel McCallion 74,719 91.64
Masood Khan 2,304 2.83
Charles Cooper 1,613 1.98
Larry J. Mancini 1,478 1.81
Dyal Chanderpaul 1,419 1.74

2000

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[10] %
Hazel McCallion 89,325 92.06
Kanwaljit Singh Kanwal 3,111 3.21
Donald Barber 2,726 2.81
Rod P. Stewart 1,866 1.92

1997

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[11] %
Hazel McCallion 65,678 94.34
Donald Barber 2,084 2.99
James Archibald Girvin 1,063 1.53
Wyman Parker 792 1.14

1994

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[12] %
Hazel McCallion 67,524 90.81
Dianna Priestman 1,898 2.55
Donald Barber 1,648 2.22
Michael John Charette 1,373 1.85
James Girvin 1,206 1.62
Ernie DesJardine 711 0.96

1991

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91% of polls reporting

MacCallion ended up winning by a plurality of 54,158 votes.[13]

Mayoral Candidate Vote[14] %
Hazel McCallion 52,022 86.74
Dianna Hostan 3,010 5.02
Steve Dunn 2,560 4.27
Glenn R. Dean 2,383 3.97

1988

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[15] %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1985

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[16] %
Hazel McCallion 42,220 74.61
Robert Taylor 7,604 13.44
Rick Drennan 6,761 11.95

1982

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[17] %
Hazel McCallion 48,976 71.08
Ron Searle 16,711 24.25
Doug Eland 3,215 4.67

1980

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[18] %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1978

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[19] %
Hazel McCallion 28,005 51.51
Ron Searle 25,029 46.04
Michael Zita 1,332 2.45

1976

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[20] %
Ron Searle 15,405 33.63
Martin Dobkin 11,731 25.61
Gerry Townsend 11,340 24.76
David Culhan 6,737 14.71
Douglas Campbell 591 1.29

1973

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[21] %
Martin Dobkin 18,179 52.62
Chic Murray 15,209 44.03
Douglas Campbell 795 2.30
Eberhard Matsuchka 362 1.05

1970

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[22] %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

1967

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Mayoral Candidate Vote[23] %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

References

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  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. ^ "2018-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "2014-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Election Results - Detail" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "2006-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  9. ^ "2003-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  10. ^ "2000-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "1997-Municipal-Election-Official-Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 15, 1994. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  13. ^ "Incumbents win 131 of 225 mayoral races in province". Ottawa Citizen. November 14, 1991. p. 11. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 13, 1991. p. 9. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  15. ^ "Incumbents leading in Mississauga--only one new councillor expected". Toronto Star. November 15, 1988. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 13, 1985. p. 49. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  17. ^ "Mississauga". Toronto Star. November 9, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "3 of 12 mayors unseated in areas around Metro". Toronto Star. November 11, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  19. ^ "McCallion win stuns establishment". Toronto Star. November 14, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  20. ^ "Searle topples Dobkin in Mississauga upset". Toronto Star. December 7, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  21. ^ "'Big blue machine' upset in Mississauga Dobkin new mayor". Toronto Star. October 2, 1973. p. 7. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  22. ^ "Mississauga Reeve keeps seat". Toronto Star. December 8, 1970. p. 26. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  23. ^ "Vote today at Oakville". Hamilton Spectator. December 11, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
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