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):
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 .
The City of Mississauga was formed with the merger of the towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville :
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]
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:
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
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
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
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
Mayoral Candidate
Vote[ 8]
%
Hazel McCallion
98,293
91.41
Donald Barber
5,571
5.18
Roy N. Willis
3,667
3.41
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
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
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
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
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
Mayoral Candidate
Vote[ 16]
%
Hazel McCallion
42,220
74.61
Robert Taylor
7,604
13.44
Rick Drennan
6,761
11.95
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
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