Mayor of Mississauga

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.

Mayor of
Mississauga
Municipal logo
Incumbent
Carolyn Parrish
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 (1967)
Salary$146,198 + $31,219 in benefits
WebsiteMayor's Office City Website

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 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

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.
5 Hazel McCallion December 1, 1978 November 30, 2014 Former mayor of Streetsville. Longest-serving mayor of Mississauga.
6 Bonnie Crombie December 1, 2014 January 12, 2024 Former city councillor and Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville.
7 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]

Election results

2024
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
Main article: 2022 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Candidate Vote  %
Bonnie Crombie82,73678.47
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
Main article: 2018 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[4]  %
Bonnie Crombie91,42276.68
Kevin J. Johnston16,07913.49
Scott E. W. Chapman4,563 3.83
Andrew Lee2,9702.49
Mohsin Khan1,4581.22
Yasmin Pouragheli9960.84
Tiger Meng Wu9890.83
Syed Qumber Rizvi7520.63

2014
Main article: 2014 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[5]  %
Bonnie Crombie102,34663.49
Steve Mahoney46,22428.68
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 Fromm7750.48
Kevin Jackal Johnston7410.46
Andrew Seitz5070.31
Joe Lomangino4150.26
Grant Isaac3920.24
Sheraz Siddiqui3150.20

2010
Main article: 2010 Peel Region municipal elections § Mississauga
Mayoral Candidate Vote[6]  %
Hazel McCallion107,64376.40
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 Fromm9170.65
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
Main article: 2006 Mississauga municipal election
Mayoral Candidate Vote[7]  %
Hazel McCallion98,29391.41
Donald Barber5,5715.18
Roy N. Willis3,6673.41

2003
Mayoral Candidate Vote[8]  %
Hazel McCallion74,71991.64
Masood Khan2,3042.83
Charles Cooper1,6131.98
Larry J. Mancini1,4781.81
Dyal Chanderpaul1,4191.74

2000
Mayoral Candidate Vote[9]  %
Hazel McCallion89,32592.06
Kanwaljit Singh Kanwal3,1113.21
Donald Barber2,7262.81
Rod P. Stewart1,8661.92

1997
Mayoral Candidate Vote[10]  %
Hazel McCallion65,67894.34
Donald Barber2,0842.99
James Archibald Girvin1,0631.53
Wyman Parker7921.14

1994
Mayoral Candidate Vote[11]  %
Hazel McCallion67,52490.81
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.[12]

Mayoral Candidate Vote[13]  %
Hazel McCallion52,02286.74
Dianna Hostan3,0105.02
Steve Dunn2,5604.27
Glenn R. Dean2,3833.97

1988
Mayoral Candidate Vote[14]  %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1985
Mayoral Candidate Vote[15]  %
Hazel McCallion42,22074.61
Robert Taylor7,60413.44
Rick Drennan6,76111.95

1982
Mayoral Candidate Vote[16]  %
Hazel McCallion48,97671.08
Ron Searle16,71124.25
Doug Eland3,2154.67

1980
Mayoral Candidate Vote[17]  %
Hazel McCallion Acclaimed

1978
Mayoral Candidate Vote[18]  %
Hazel McCallion28,00551.51
Ron Searle25,02946.04
Michael Zita1,3322.45

1976
Mayoral Candidate Vote[19]  %
Ron Searle15,40533.63
Martin Dobkin11,73125.61
Gerry Townsend11,34024.76
David Culhan6,73714.71
Douglas Campbell5911.29

1973
Mayoral Candidate Vote[20]  %
Martin Dobkin18,17952.62
Chic Murray15,20944.03
Douglas Campbell7952.30
Eberhard Matsuchka3621.05

1970
Mayoral Candidate Vote[21]  %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

1967
Mayoral Candidate Vote[22]  %
Robert Speck Acclaimed

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