Ward 5 (Mississauga)
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| Ward 5 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Mississauga City Council and Peel Regional Council | |
 Ward 5 within Mississauga | |
| Regional municipality | Peel |
| City | Mississauga |
| Population | About 76,000 |
| Current constituency | |
| Councillor | Vacant |
Ward 5 (Britannia Woods, Malton) is a municipal ward located in the northeast corner of the city of Mississauga, Ontario. Carolyn Parrish was the latest councillor that represented the ward's seat on Mississauga City Council and Peel Regional Council since her election in 2014. She resigned on March 15, 2024 in order to run for mayor in the 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election.
The ward contains the communities of Malton, and the part of Hurontario (the community of Britannia) north of Eglinton Avenue.
Toronto Pearson International Airport is located within the ward.
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2006 Canadian census, the total population of the ward was 75,415.
The largest ethnic group in the ward is South Asians who make up 39.3% of the population (primarily East Indians). 28% of the population is White, 11.4% Black, 6.2% Chinese, 3.3% Filipino, 3.3% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Latin American, and 1.7% Arab. The ward has the highest percentage of visible minorities in the city.
English is the largest mother tongue in the ward, with 40.4% of the ward speaking it as their native language. Punjabi is spoken by 16.5% of the ward.
The median individual income of the ward is $23,141.
Election results[edit]
2024 by-election[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Omer Abdalla[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 16, 2024
Hamid Akbar[edit]
- Candidacy registered: March 26, 2024
- Campaign website: hamidakbar.ca
Amir Ali[edit]
Previously registered as candidate for Mayor of Mississauga in the 2024 by-election. Ali tied for fourteenth place in the 2015 by-election for Ward 4 councillor, which was won by John Kovac,[1][2] and received third place in the 2022 election for Ward 7 councillor, which was won by Dipika Damerla.[3]
- Candidacy registered: March 25, 2024
Kristin Dattoo[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 15, 2024
Jordan Gray[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 5, 2024
- Campaign website: jordangrayward5.ca
Natalie Hart[edit]
General manager of the Malton Business Improvement Area.[4] Candidate for Mississauga Ward 1 councillor, 2018.[5] Former Ontario Liberal Party regional vice-president for central west.[6]
- Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024
- Campaign website: votehart.ca
Imran Hasan[edit]
Former chair of the Mississauga Board of Trade.[7] Candidate for Ward 11 in the 2018[8] and 2022.[7]
- Candidacy registered: March 25, 2024
Ehsan Khandaker[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 12, 2024
- Campaign website: khandaker.ca
Tazeen Rizvi[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 11, 2024
Manish Sawhney[edit]
- Candidacy registered: March 21, 2024
- Campaign website: manishsawhney.com
Shelly Scott-England[edit]
Black Caucus Alliance chair.[9]
- Candidacy registered: March 22, 2024
- Campaign website: silver-round-xcbm.squarespace.com
Danny Singh[edit]
- Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024
Rana Zia[edit]
- Candidacy registered: April 2, 2024
2022[edit]
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Parrish | 5,631 | 67.79 |
| Hamid Akbar | 1,006 | 12.11 |
| Domenica Laura Simone | 935 | 11.26 |
| Bradley MacDonald | 735 | 8.85 |
2018[edit]
| Candidate[10] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Parrish | 6,798 | 63.87 |
| David Broadway | 1,161 | 10.91 |
| Ram Pawar | 1,026 | 9.64 |
| Ahmad Khan | 892 | 8.38 |
| Marina Qureshi | 452 | 4.25 |
| Alex Itty | 315 | 2.96 |
2014[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Parrish | 6,025 | 39.18 |
| Dianne Douglas | 2,762 | 17.96 |
| Samantha Angel | 1,938 | 12.60 |
| Waseem Ahmed | 1,597 | 10.38 |
| Harman Singh | 1,310 | 8.52 |
| Crystal Mark | 552 | 3.59 |
| Herman Hacikyan | 482 | 3.13 |
| Jayesh Trivedi | 385 | 2.50 |
| Jas Mangat | 199 | 1.29 |
| Aayesha Arshad Aamir | 128 | 0.83 |
2011 by-election[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Crombie | 2,479 | 21.54 |
| Carolyn Parrish | 2,238 | 19.44 |
| Simmer Kaur | 1,662 | 14.44 |
| Peter Adams | 1,347 | 11.70 |
| Rick Williams | 728 | 6.32 |
| Kulvinder Bobbie Daid | 633 | 5.50 |
| Jake Dheer | 573 | 4.98 |
| Dianne Douglas | 542 | 4.71 |
| Mark Cashin | 242 | 2.10 |
| Barbara Hazel Tabuno | 221 | 1.92 |
| Mobeen Ali | 174 | 1.51 |
| Vlado Bertic | 130 | 1.13 |
| Glenn Barnes | 58 | 0.50 |
| Olive Rose Steele | 57 | 0.50 |
| Jimmy Ghimery | 51 | 0.44 |
| Sandeep Patara | 51 | 0.44 |
| Cheryl Rodricks | 42 | 0.36 |
| Frank Perrotta | 40 | 0.35 |
| Waqar Siddiqui | 36 | 0.31 |
| Jamie Dookie | 35 | 0.30 |
| Cecil Young | 34 | 0.30 |
| Mo Khan | 28 | 0.24 |
| Shirley Abraham | 26 | 0.23 |
| Grant Isaac | 25 | 0.22 |
| Catherine Soplet | 25 | 0.22 |
| Paul Keselman | 17 | 0.15 |
| Steve Bator | 16 | 0.14 |
2010[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Eve Adams | 9,795 | 66.75 |
| Simerjit Kaur | 2,678 | 18.25 |
| Ilyas Shaikh | 849 | 5.79 |
| Jagjit Grewal | 514 | 3.50 |
| David Brenn | 453 | 3.09 |
| Mahmood Malik | 385 | 2.62 |
2006[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Eve Adams | 5,704 | 45.77 |
| Karman Singh Punian | 2,352 | 18.87 |
| Sydney Weir | 1,369 | 10.99 |
| Ricardo C. Francis | 861 | 6.91 |
| Frank Perrotta | 528 | 4.24 |
| Rana Ahmad | 490 | 3.93 |
| Sam Hanna | 442 | 3.55 |
| Brad MacDonald | 441 | 3.54 |
| Stephen Largy | 203 | 1.63 |
| Said M. Aldajani | 71 | 0.57 |
2003[edit]
Two-time councillor Cliff Gyles was defeated in the election by Eve Adams; the incumbent placed a distant sixth. The election was held on November 10, roughly two months after Gyles was sentenced to 2.5 years in a federal penitentiary for accepting $35,000 in bribes.[11]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Eve Adams | 3,793 | 30.66 |
| Rick Falco | 2,282 | 18.45 |
| Roy Willis | 1,089 | 8.80 |
| Karam Singh Punian | 1,082 | 8.75 |
| Harji Bajwa | 898 | 7.26 |
| Cliff Gyles | 572 | 4.62 |
| Jim Sahdra | 508 | 4.11 |
| Frank Perrotta | 420 | 3.40 |
| Michelle Meghie | 333 | 2.69 |
| Nasir Majeed | 294 | 2.38 |
| Thomas Thomas | 290 | 2.34 |
| Sarbjit S. Bhatia | 193 | 1.56 |
| Gurjit Singh Bhatti | 173 | 1.40 |
| Sajjan Singh Sidhu | 94 | 0.76 |
| Fernando Tagalog | 71 | 0.57 |
| Chris Collier | 70 | 0.57 |
| Said M. Aldajani | 67 | 0.54 |
| Meena Hardatt | 59 | 0.48 |
| Greg Dell | 34 | 0.27 |
| James A. Girvin | 30 | 0.24 |
| Jay S. Kang | 18 | 0.15 |
2000[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Cliff Gyles | 6,050 | 52.69 |
| Ripsodhak Singh Grewal | 2,730 | 23.77 |
| Roy Willis | 1,945 | 16.94 |
| Ranjit S. Chahal | 387 | 3.37 |
| Mel Kell | 371 | 3.23 |
1997[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Cliff Gyles | 2,458 | 27.85 |
| Roy Willis | 1,762 | 19.96 |
| Carole Berry | 1,574 | 17.83 |
| Harry Singh Dhillon | 1,202 | 13.62 |
| Y. S. Dhaliwal | 909 | 10.30 |
| Colin McKechnie | 864 | 9.79 |
| Devinder Singh Bassi | 57 | 0.65 |
1994[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Frank McKechnie | 4,072 | 58.46 |
| Roy Willis | 1,824 | 26.19 |
| Veerendra D. Adhiya | 629 | 9.03 |
| Howard Baker | 440 | 6.32 |
References[edit]
- ^ Greer, Crystal (29 April 2015). "Mississauga Ward 4 By-election" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Mississauga ON: Corporation of the City of Mississauga. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Ward 4 byelection: Amir Ali". Mississauga News. Toronto ON: Metroland Media Group. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "2022 Official election results". City of Mississauga. Mississauga ON: Corporation of the City of Mississauga. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Gupta, Rahul (25 March 2020). "Mississauga and Brampton businesses plead for government support to avert bankruptcies". The Pointer. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Meet your Ward 1 councillor candidate for Mississauga: Natalie Hart". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland Media Group. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Former Cambridge mayor and MPP seeks new role as Ontario Liberal Party president". CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo. Kitchener ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b Jeffords, Shawn (2 October 2022). "Why diverse candidates are facing challenges breaking through in Ontario civic elections". CBC News Toronto. Toronto ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Meet your Mississauga Ward 11 councillor candidate: Imran Hasan". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland Media Group. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Finucane, Declan. "Education and celebration key parts of Black History Month in Mississauga". inSauga. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "City of Mississauga, Municipal Election Results". City of Mississauga. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Funston, Mike (11 September 2003). "Gyles jailed 2 1/2 years for taking bribes; Judge calls crimes 'insidious assault on democracy' Councillor gets bail pending request for appeal".