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\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nFormer Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie has officially entered the race to get her old job back. <\/p>\n
Crombie left the mayor\u2019s office in 2024 to become the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. She ran in the 2025 provincial election in Mississauga East\u2014Cooksville and lost, later resigning as Liberal leader in Jan. 2026.<\/p>\n
Now she\u2019s back. \u201cI\u2019m staying, and I will see it through. This is the job that I chose over any other, and I\u2019m going to complete it. And I have something to prove,\u201d said Crombie shortly after officially registering to become a mayoral candidate in the October municipal election.<\/p>\n
She said during the process of leaving to join provincial politics that she learned that \u201ceverything I care about is right here.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked what makes it different this time around, Crombie said she was just looking ahead and not backward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that last time I ran here in Mississauga for mayor, I received 78 per cent of the vote. I know that I\u2019m not the incumbent. I know that I\u2019m not the front runner. But what I do know is that I have the experience and the leadership, and I\u2019m going to work very hard to earn people\u2019s trust,\u201d Crombie shared.<\/p>\n
She was the mayor of Mississauga from 2014 to 2024, succeeding Hazel McCallion who was the city\u2019s longest serving mayor. <\/p>\n
Carolyn Parrish won the byelection to replace Crombie in 2024 and is running for relection.<\/p>\n
Since Crombie\u2019s annoncement, Parrish has shared a video taken from the night she was elected of Crombie, showing Crombie state she would be \u201ca formiable mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBonnie Crombie announced today at a community BBQ, that Mississauga needs stable leadership. I agree! I believe in fact we have that now! No aspirations to other levels of government. Total dedication to our city,\u201d read Parrish\u2019s post on X.<\/p>\n
In response, the former mayor said she had hoped for the best in the beginning. \u201cYou want to set up your successor for success, but unfortunately, the city has been adrift and lacking in direction since that time,\u201d said Crombie.<\/p>\n
Crombie was also asked about her relationship with Premier Doug Ford who she traded barbs with repeatedly during the Ontario election, saying they both have the same goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe premier and I have had our differences in the past, but we have also proven that we can work very collaboratively together,\u201d said Crombie. \u201cI want a strong, prosperous, affordable Mississauga, and he wants the same for the province of Ontario, and so we have aligned interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parrish and Crombie will also be up against Ward 7 Councillor Dipika Damerla and Ward 2 Councillor Alvin Tedjo.<\/p>\n
The municipal election is scheduled for Oct. 26. <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tMississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie speaks at the Ontario Liberal Party’s 2019 AGM in Toronto on Friday June 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS <\/p>\n
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