\u201cThis is yet another example of how our city is drifting under her leadership,\u201d the former mayor\u2019s post continued. \u201cWe need a mayor who leads, makes her position known and is accountable for the tough decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayoral byelection in Mississauga was held in 2024<\/p>\n
Parrish, who won a mayoral byelection in June 2024<\/a> to succeed Crombie, responded to the initial post created by her opponent.<\/p>\n \u201cThe chair of a democratically conducted meeting is mandated not to influence the outcome of debate. Ergo, they don\u2019t speak and they don\u2019t vote,\u201d Parrish wrote in response. \u201cBut you never really understood that. You abandoned our city, failed to win a local riding and ended up turfed by your party. Nice attempt at giving me lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n In defending her position, Parrish cited both Robert\u2019s Rules of Order and Bourinot\u2019s Rules of Order, adding in her response that \u201cchairs vote to break ties or create ties \u2014 thereby defeating weakly endorsed results. In a democracy, every member should be free to vote according to conscience and directions of their constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n Crombie posted several more times Thursday night and added another on Friday morning.<\/p>\n In response to one of Crombie\u2019s subsequent posts late Thursday, Parrish replied, simply: \u201cLooking forward to the debates.\u201d<\/p>\n Parrish says she\u2019ll take part in three debates<\/p>\n Parrish told INsauga.com in an interview on Friday morning she plans to participate in no more than three mayoral debates in advance of the Oct. 26 election \u2014 and the debate stage is exactly where the issues should be discussed, she noted.<\/p>\n The incumbent said back-and-forth exchanges on social media can become \u201csilly\u201d and don\u2019t serve the best interests of the public.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you don\u2019t respond (to social media posts), it looks like what she\u2019s saying is right\u201d and if \u201cI do respond, it keeps it going,\u201d Parrish told INsauga.com, adding it\u2019s a \u201cno-win\u201d situation.<\/p>\n As far as the content of Thursday\u2019s posts is concerned, the mayor contends Crombie is \u201cgrasping at straws\u201d and \u201cshe\u2019s been sniping for the last two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n Parrish said she looks forward to locking horns with Crombie \u2014 and other mayoral candidates \u2014 during upcoming debates.<\/p>\n \u201cI will take her on with great joy and energy\u201d in debates, Parrish said, adding she\u2019s confident in what she has accomplished in two years as mayor versus Crombie\u2019s record over 10 years in the seat.<\/p>\n Yesterday, Carolyn Parrish chose not to vote on the data centre issue.<\/p>\n This is yet another example of how our city is drifting under her leadership. <\/p>\n We need a mayor who leads, makes her position known, and is accountable for the tough decisions.#onpoli<\/a> #cdnpoli<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bonnie Crombie \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@BonnieCrombie) July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The two mayoral candidates have gone head-to-head in a heated municipal election campaign prior to 2026, with Crombie defeating Parrish (2,479 votes to 2,239 votes) in a September 2011 byelection for the Ward 5 council seat.<\/p>\n \u201cThat (campaign) got really nasty in the last couple of weeks,\u201d Parrish told INsauga.com on Friday.<\/p>\n Several attempts to reach Crombie for comment weren\u2019t immediately returned.<\/p>\n 9 candidates running for mayor<\/p>\n To date, nine candidates for mayor of Mississauga have entered the race<\/a>, among them two sitting city councillors \u2014 Alvin Tedjo (Ward 2) and Dipika Damerla (Ward 7) \u2014 in addition to Parrish and Crombie. Former candidate Olivia Gannon withdrew her name on Friday morning.<\/p>\n Frank Fang, who ran in the 2024 mayoral byelection in Mississauga, and Fadi Naami registered to run in the past two weeks. Fang also competed for the Ward 9 council seat in the 2022 municipal election.<\/p>\n David Shaw, Mike Matulewicz and Amjad Jilani round out the field of candidates officially entered in the contest as of Friday. 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 Mississauga Ward 2 Coun. Alvin Tedjo.<\/p>\n 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 The dynamic of the 2026 race for mayor of Mississauga changed dramatically in mid-July 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 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 Mississauga Ward 7 Coun. Dipika Damerla.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Coun-Alvin-Tedjo-March-11-2026-council-1.jpg\")
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