{"id":947800,"date":"2026-10-27T05:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947800\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:42:16","slug":"new-mayor-in-mississauga-but-familiar-faces-return-to-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947800\/","title":{"rendered":"New mayor in Mississauga, but familiar faces return to city council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mississauga voters let it be known on Monday they want change at the top, but they\u2019re just fine with their city councillors.<\/p>\n

While Alvin Tedjo soundly defeated incumbent Carolyn Parrish and her predecessor Bonnie Crombie in a mayoral victory<\/a> that several months ago not many political watchers would\u2019ve predicted, all incumbent Mississauga councillors who ran for reelection were successful.<\/p>\n

The only new faces who\u2019ll be on city council when it convenes for its next term in mid-November are those who\u2019ll occupy the wards 2 and 7 seats vacated by Tedjo and Dipika Damerla, respectively.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

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

Here are the winners in the city council races<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Ward 1 \u2014 Stephen Dasko (incumbent)
\nWard 2 \u2014 Tom Ellard
\nWard 3 \u2014 Chris Fonseca (incumbent)
\nWard 4 \u2014 John Kovac (incumbent)
\nWard 5 \u2014 Natalie Hart (incumbent)
\nWard 6 \u2014 Joe Horneck (incumbent)
\nWard 7 \u2014 Lucas Alves
\nWard 8 \u2014 Matt Mahoney (incumbent)
\nWard 9 \u2014 Martin Reid (incumbent)
\nWard 10 \u2014 Sue McFadden (incumbent)
\nWard 11 \u2014 Brad Butt (incumbent)<\/p>\n

The other 10 mayoral candidates to earn votes during the 2026 election were:<\/p>\n

David Shaw \u2014 1,587
\nMike Matulewicz \u2014 1,188
\nAmjad Jilani \u2014 537
\nFrank Fang \u2014 1,822
\nFadi Naami \u2014 311
\nKaram Ahmed \u2014 1,058
\nAamir Bhatti \u2014 604
\nGord Elliott \u2014 876
\nMohsin Khan \u2014 388
\nAna Luisa Vasquez De Espinal \u2014 560<\/p>\n

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

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<\/a>, one of the lowest in Ontario.<\/p>\n

Mississauga\u2019s 2024 mayoral byelection, by comparison, drew 25.7 per cent to the polls.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> for the city and represents a 57 per cent increase compared to advance voting in the 2022 municipal election.<\/p>\n


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