{"id":819123,"date":"2026-07-22T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819123\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:19:15","slug":"10-candidates-now-in-the-race-to-become-mayor-of-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819123\/","title":{"rendered":"10 candidates now in the race to become mayor of Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two more candidates for mayor of Mississauga have entered the race.<\/p>\n

With just over four weeks left until candidate nominations close for the 2026 municipal election, 10 hopefuls have now signed up for the mayoral contest in Canada\u2019s seventh-largest city.<\/p>\n

Frank Fang, who ran in the 2024 mayoral byelection in Mississauga, and Fadi Naami registered to run in the past week. Fang also competed for the Ward 9 council seat in the 2022 municipal election.<\/p>\n

The latest entrants join a field that includes incumbent Mayor Carolyn Parrish, former mayor Bonnie Crombie, who left the post in early 2024 to lead the Ontario Liberals and take a shot at unseating the premier, and two sitting city councillors \u2014 Alvin Tedjo (Ward 2) and Dipika Damerla (Ward 7).<\/p>\n

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Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish.<\/p>\n

David Shaw, Mike Matulewicz, Olivia Gannon and Amjad Jilani round out the field of candidates officially entered in the contest as of Wednesday. Shaw ran in both the 2024 mayoral byelection and the 2022 municipal election (for mayor) while Matulewicz was also among the 20 candidates to run in the city\u2019s mayoral byelection just over two years ago.<\/p>\n

The dynamic of the 2026 race for mayor of Mississauga changed dramatically eight days ago when Crombie officially entered the fray<\/a>. The move ended months of speculation as to whether the former mayor, who succeeded Hazel McCallion in 2014 and served until 2024, would once again seek the top elected position in the city.<\/p>\n

Crombie\u2019s candidacy sets up what promises to be a heated battle among the most well-known and established of the candidates in herself, Parrish, Tedjo and Damerla.<\/p>\n

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Former Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie.<\/p>\n

What was already shaping up to be an interesting mayoral competition in Mississauga is now set to be one of the most closely watched races in Ontario as voters prepare to head to the polls on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n

Under Crombie\u2019s leadership, the Ontario Liberals were defeated soundly by Premier Doug Ford\u2019s Progressive Conservatives in the February 2025 provincial election. Later that year, she first put the take-another-run-at-Mississauga-mayor notion out there when she said she wouldn\u2019t rule out another run for the position<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parrish, who won the mayoral byelection in June 2024<\/a> to succeed Crombie, told INsauga.com earlier she\u2019d look forward to debating the issues with her predecessor.<\/p>\n

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Mississauga Ward 7 Coun. Dipika Damerla.<\/p>\n

She said she\u2019d view such a development as \u201ca fabulous challenge,\u201d adding \u201cI\u2019d love it. We don\u2019t think alike.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 I would look forward to a debate with Bonnie Crombie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2026 municipal election will be held on Oct. 26. Candidate nominations opened May 1 and continue untl Aug. 21 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information on who\u2019s running, how to become a candidate and the election in general, visit the city\u2019s election page online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mississauga Ward 2 Coun. Alvin Tedjo.<\/p>\n

Candidates who\u2019ve registered to run for Mississauga city council ward seats, as of Wednesday afternoon (July 22), are:<\/p>\n

Stephen Dasko \u2014 Ward 1 (incumbent)
\nLeeann Cole \u2014 Ward 2
\nRoss Kutisker-Jacobson \u2014 Ward 2
\nAnanya Majumder \u2014 Ward 2
\nMichael Carroll \u2014 Ward 2
\nSyed Jaffery \u2014 Ward 2
\nSue Shanly \u2014 Ward 2
\nChris Fonseca \u2014 Ward 3 (incumbent)
\nKim Pines \u2014 Ward 3
\nStjepan Vukovic \u2014 Ward 3
\nMendi Kabashi \u2014 Ward 3
\nJohn Kovac \u2014 Ward 4 (incumbent)
\nNatalie Hart \u2014 Ward 5 (incumbent)
\nIsmail Bawa \u2014 Ward 5
\nMandeep Singh Dhaliwal \u2014 Ward 5
\nAruna Anand \u2014 Ward 5
\nRaghavan Babu Bhogaiah \u2014 Ward 5
\nVipan Singh Mehta \u2014 Ward 5
\nDanny Singh \u2014 Ward 5
\nJoe Horneck \u2014 Ward 6 (incumbent)
\nGurcharan Guleria \u2014 Ward 6
\nAmir Ali \u2014 Ward 7
\nJoel Binda \u2014 Ward 7
\nMaisa Salhia \u2014 Ward 7
\nLeslie Zurek-Silvestri \u2014 Ward 7
\nAsha Falinski \u2014 Ward 7
\nAhsan Khokhar \u2014 Ward 7
\nNaila Saeed \u2014 Ward 7
\nAmitabh Srivastava \u2014 Ward 7
\nGeorge Tavares \u2014 Ward 7
\nHazra Wade \u2014 Ward 7
\nGerald Adad \u2014 Ward 7
\nKeshav Mandadi \u2014 Ward 7
\nLucas Alves \u2014 Ward 7
\nTassawar Syed \u2014 Ward 7
\nMatt Mahoney \u2014 Ward 8 (incumbent)
\nRahul Mehta \u2014 Ward 8
\nViktoria Manzar \u2014 Ward 8
\nMartin Reid \u2014 Ward 9 (incumbent)
\nRamsha Haq \u2014 Ward 9
\nAnwar Knight \u2014 Ward 9
\nMohammad Shabbeer \u2014 Ward 9
\nSue McFadden \u2014 Ward 10 (incumbent)
\nSuha Hashim \u2014 Ward 10
\nBrad Butt \u2014 Ward 11 (incumbent)
\nDev Vashi \u2014 Ward 11<\/p>\n


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