The 2022 Mississauga municipal elections were part of the larger Peel Region and Ontario municipal elections, that took place on Monday, October 24, 2022. The election saw one of the highest turnovers in history, with the retirements of Pat Saito and George Carlson, and the resignation of Karen Ras; her appointed replacement, Patricia Mullin, also did not run. Accusations against incumbent Ron Starr led the media to suggest his position was vulnerable.
Voter turnout for the 2018 election was 27%.
Mayor
Bonnie Crombie was the incumbent, and won re-election. She won the 2018 election with 76.68% of the vote.
The only other competitor to place in the double digits was Kevin J. Johnston, who in the months prior to his candidacy been charged by Peel Regional Police for "willfully promoting hatred." (Johnston has since been sentenced to jail in two provinces, and ran for Mayor of Calgary in 2021.)
Crombie launched her campaign on September 7. In 2014, Trivedi was candidate for Mississauga City Council Ward 5. CandidateVote%Bonnie Crombie (X)82,73678.47David Shaw7,2026.83George Tavares5,6135.32Derek Ramkissoon4,0123.81Mohsin Khan2,8662.72Melodie J. Petty1,4641.39Jayesh Trivedi1,1691.11Bobie Taffe3700.35
Council
Ward 1 Stephen Dasko won in the 2018 election with 47.59% of the vote. CandidateVote%Stephen Dasko (X)5,55270.06Deborah Goss1,60220.21Andrew Gassmann7719.73
Ward 2 Former Ward 2 councillor Patricia Mullin (1985–2014) was appointed as Ward 2 councillor, February 2. Mullin's appointment was supported by nine of eleven councillors, with Mayor Crombie among those contesting the process of selection.
Mullin's appointment was made after the resignation of Karen Ras in January 2022. Ras revealed in February that her resignation was following a three-year period of her car being keyed, allegedly by fellow councillor Ron Starr. Police did not lay charges, and the city's integrity commissioner refused to investigate.
Ras won the 2018 election with 92.77% of the vote.
Registered candidates
Gulraiz Bajwa Chris Cunningham Silvia Gualtieri Syed Jaffery Reead Rahamut, Green Party of Ontario candidate in the 2022 provincial election Sue Shanly Ayushe Sharman Alvin Tedjo, former Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidate, former MPP candidate
CandidateVote%Alvin Tedjo3,73341.12Sue Shanly2,55928.19Silvia Gualtieri1,52416.79Chris Cunningham4995.50Ayushe Sharman4645.11Syed Jaffery1481.63Gulraiz Bajwa1311.44Reead Rahamut200.22
Ward 3 Registered candidates
Chris Fonseca (incumbent) Winston Harding, 2014 councillor candidate for Mississauga Ward 1, 2018 councillor candidate for Mississauga Ward 7 Robert Kielek Sarah Szymanski, part-time autoworker and teacher's assistant, running as a candidate for the Municipal Socialist Alliance Athina Tagidou Robina Yasmeen
CandidateVote%Chris Fonseca (X)6,76772.30Athina Tagidou1,53516.40Sarah Szymanski3503.74Robert Kielek2873.07Winston Harding2462.63Robina Yasmeen1751.87
Ward 4 Registered candidates
Michelle Bilek John Kovac (incumbent) Joan Pace Jakobsen, project manager
CandidateVote%John Kovac (X)5,74867.82Joan Pace Jakobsen1,64219.37Michelle Bilek1,08612.81
Ward 5 CandidateVote%Carolyn Parrish (X)5,63167.79Hamid Akbar1,00612.11Domenica Laura Simone93511.26Bradley MacDonald7358.85 Bob Singh previously appeared on the list of registered candidates; it is presumed that he withdrew. Ahmad Khan withdrew to run for Ward 5 Peel District School Board trustee.
Ward 6 The first registered candidate was Joe Horneck. Incumbent Ron Starr sought re-election to a fifth term, amid an unsettled investigation.
Incumbent Ron Starr was in his fourth term on Mississauga council. During the 2018 election, Starr registered to run for Region of Peel Chair — at that point intended to be a directly elected position — leaving his original ward vacant. Faced with a crowded slate of nominees, Starr withdrew that nomination and returned to his original ward. Starr had suggested that the 2018–2022 term might be his last. Starr filed for re-election on June 27.
Between 2019 and 2021, incumbent councillor Ron Starr was alleged to have keyed the car of councillor Karen Ras eight times. Starr has denied that he is the person pictured in the footage. Ras filed a complaint into the matter, but police did not lay charges, "in consultation with the complainant and the Crown's office." Ras asked the City integrity commissioner Robert Swayze to investigate it as a violation of the council's code of conduct, however the code prevented investigation of possibly criminal acts. According to Ras, Mayor Crombie declined to address the issue. As a result, Ras resigned in January 2022, taking a job elsewhere. After Ras later revealed details of the issue to the media, Mississauga City Council held an "hour-long" closed meeting, resulting in a motion to ask the integrity commissioner to investigate, and asking Starr to take a leave of absence. CandidateVote%Joe Horneck7,08560.24Ron Starr (X)2,97025.25Muhammad Kamil1,70714.51 Sachin Ryan Kharbanda previously appeared on the list of candidates; Kharbanda has withdrawn.
Ward 7 Incumbent Dipika Damerla ran unsuccessfully for provincial office, during the previous term, receiving criticism for taking a leave of absence.
Additional candidates included Leslie Zurek-Silvestri, former Art Gallery of Mississauga president. An unreleased third-party investigation found her involved in "psychological harassment of others" and "workplace violence," which led to a series of events culminating in her being banned from Mississauga City Hall.
Registered candidates
Amir Ali Ranjit Chahal, 2000 Mississauga Ward 5 council candidate, 2010 Mississauga mayoral candidate Dipika Damerla (incumbent) Mark Freeland, construction worker and unionist, candidate from the Municipal Socialist Alliance Iain McCallum Maisa Salhia, freelance marketing consultant Leslie Zurek-Silvestri
CandidateVote%Dipika Damerla (X)4,96955.24Leslie Zurek-Silvestri1,98122.02Amir Ali6587.32Mark Freeland5806.45Iain McCallum3694.10Maisa Salhia3103.45Ranjit Chahal1281.42
Ward 8 Councillor Matt Mahoney was the incumbent.
In 2018, Mahoney was unopposed until the final week of the nomination period.
Registered candidates
Irfan Farooq Matt Mahoney (incumbent) Rahul Mehta
CandidateVote%Matt Mahoney (X)8,00280.31Rahul Mehta1,17411.78Irfan Farooq7887.91
Ward 9 Incumbent Pat Saito announced plans to retire by at least January 2019, offering to mentor those interested in becoming a candidate. In 2018, Saito was unopposed until the final week of the nomination period.
Martin Reid received the endorsement of Saito.
Syed Jaffery was previously registered, but withdrew.
Registered candidates
Chacko Athanasius Isaiah Bryant Scott E. W. Chapman, 2014 and 2018 candidate for Mayor of Mississauga Nokha Dakroub, Peel District School Board trustee Bob Delaney, Member of Provincial Parliament from 2003 to 2018 Frank Fang Len Little, restaurant owner, 2014 candidate for city councillor Ward 9, 2022 MPP candidate for Mississauga-Streetsville (None of the Above Party) Peter McCallion Nicholas Rabba, 2022 MPP candidate for Mississauga-Streetsville (Ontario NDP) Martin Reid Mohammad Shabbeer
Charbel Bassil was a candidate, but withdrew to run for French separate school trustee. Jacob Chacko was previously on the list. CandidateVote%Martin Reid2,79326.00Nokha Dakroub2,55223.76Bob Delaney1,31812.27Frank Fang1,0349.62Len Little9989.29Peter McCallion6365.92Mohammad Shabbeer5845.44Nicholas Rabba5685.29Isaiah Bryant1241.15Chacko Athanasius840.78Scott E.W. Chapman520.48
Ward 10 Mississauga News sent a survey to all candidates, and all replied.
Registered candidates
Hamza Bajwa Brennan Bempong, former orthopedic technician Khalid Mahmood, realtor Sue McFadden (incumbent)
CandidateVote%Sue McFadden (X)6,96061.04Brennan Bempong3,29728.92Hamza Bajwa9378.22Khalid Mahmood2081.82
Ward 11 Incumbent councillor George Carlson has retired from the ward. He endorsed Brad Butt.
Of the candidates, Imran Hasan twice ran to unseat George Carlson. In 2014, he came second with 17.2% to Carlson's 68.2%, and second in 2018 with 22.1% to Carlson's 69.0%.
Registered candidates
Brad Butt, former Conservative MP for Mississauga—Streetsville Annurag Chawla, real estate broker Kulbir Gill, transit operations supervisor Imran Hasan, 2014 and 2018 city council candidate for Ward 11, non-profit volunteer Brian Rylance Kushagr Dutt Sharma
CandidateVote%Brad Butt3,86441.19Imran Hasan2,33724.91Kulbir Gill1,37014.60Kushagr Dutt Sharma8509.06Annurag Chawla6757.20Brian Rylance2853.04
References
External links City of Mississauga: General information, Registered candidates