Mississauga voters let it be known on Monday they want change at the top, but they’re just fine with their city councillors.

While Alvin Tedjo soundly defeated incumbent Carolyn Parrish and her predecessor Bonnie Crombie in a mayoral victory that several months ago not many political watchers would’ve predicted, all incumbent Mississauga councillors who ran for reelection were successful.

The only new faces who’ll be on city council when it convenes for its next term in mid-November are those who’ll occupy the wards 2 and 7 seats vacated by Tedjo and Dipika Damerla, respectively.

Damerla, with 11,500 votes, finished in fourth place in the mayoral race, well back of Tedjo (74,479 votes), Parrish (51,853 votes) and Crombie (43,191 votes).

Those votes represent all tallies as 100 per cent of the polls had reported by shortly after 11:30 p.m. Monday.

Here are the winners in the city council races:

Ward 1 — Stephen Dasko (incumbent)
Ward 2 — Tom Ellard
Ward 3 — Chris Fonseca (incumbent)
Ward 4 — John Kovac (incumbent)
Ward 5 — Natalie Hart (incumbent)
Ward 6 — Joe Horneck (incumbent)
Ward 7 — Lucas Alves
Ward 8 — Matt Mahoney (incumbent)
Ward 9 — Martin Reid (incumbent)
Ward 10 — Sue McFadden (incumbent)
Ward 11 — Brad Butt (incumbent)

The other 10 mayoral candidates to earn votes during the 2026 election were:

David Shaw — 1,587
Mike Matulewicz — 1,188
Amjad Jilani — 537
Frank Fang — 1,822
Fadi Naami — 311
Karam Ahmed — 1,058
Aamir Bhatti — 604
Gord Elliott — 876
Mohsin Khan — 388
Ana Luisa Vasquez De Espinal — 560

The City of Mississauga said late Monday night that while 100 per cent of polls had reported, the results remain unofficial until further notice.

The city added that voter turnout was 33.9 per cent of eligible voters, a significant increase from 21.8 per cent in the 2022 municipal election, one of the lowest in Ontario.

Mississauga’s 2024 mayoral byelection, by comparison, drew 25.7 per cent to the polls.

This election season, the City of Mississauga said 44,049 advance votes were cast during the six days of early voting Oct. 6-11. That number set a new all-time mark for the city and represents a 57 per cent increase compared to advance voting in the 2022 municipal election.


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