2022 Peel Region municipal elections

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Peel Region municipal elections, 2022 were part of the larger Ontario municipal elections, that took place on Monday, October 24, 2022.

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2022 municipal elections in Peel Region
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Brampton

Mayor

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2022 Brampton mayoral election
← 2018
October 24, 2022
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Turnout24.56%
 
Candidate Patrick Brown Nikki Kaur Bob Singh
Popular vote 50,652 21,693 7,166
Percentage 59.65% 25.55% 8.44%
Mayor before election

Patrick Brown

 Elected mayor

Patrick Brown

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Patrick Brown was the incumbent, and he won re-election. He won the 2018 election with 44.43% of the vote.

On March 13, 2022, Brown announced he was running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada but was disqualified by the party on July 5.[1]

Registered candidates

Withdrawn

  • Jermaine Chambers
  • Ramesh Sangha, former Liberal MP for Brampton Centre[13]
  • Cody Vatcher, 2018 Regional council candidate for Wards 7 & 8[14][15][5]

Declined

  • Martin Medeiros, Regional councillor, Wards 3 & 4[9]
  • Ruby Sahota, Liberal MP for Brampton North. A representative told Global News that she was "giving thought to a potential mayoral bid," as of late July 2022;[16] she announced on August 4 that she wouldn't run.[17][5]

Results

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Candidate Vote %
Patrick Brown (X)50,65259.65
Nikki Kaur21,69325.55
Bob Singh7,1668.44
Tony Moracci3,7754.45
Vidya Sagar Gautam1,3981.65
Prabh Kaur Mand2350.28
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Opinion polls

All polls during the election itself were paid for by campaigns: Mainstreet by Brown, Campaign Research by Kaur.

The October 13 poll was paid for by the Kaur campaign, and released the next day.[18] The September 23 poll was paid for by the Brown campaign, and released October 14.[19]

More information Polling firm, Link ...
Polling firm Link Last date
of polling		 Sample Size Margin
of error		 Patrick Brown Vidya Gautam Nikki Kaur Prabh Kaur Mand Tony Moracci Bob Singh Undecided
Mainstreet PDF October 19–21, 2022 398 ±4.9% 52 1 17 0 6 3 20
Campaign Research HTML October 21, 2022 505 ±4% 43 0 44 1 4 8 3
Mainstreet HTML October 15, 2022 536 ±4% 66 0 17 1 4 8 0
Campaign Research HTML October 13, 2022 258 ±6 32 32 3 6 25
Mainstreet HTML September 23, 2022 587 ±4.1 66.1 5.4 10.8 4.1 11 2.7
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More information Polling firm, Link ...
Polling firm Link Last date
of polling		 Sample Size Margin
of error		 Patrick Brown Gurpreet Dhillon Martin Medeiros Elaine Moore Gurratan Singh Other Undecided
Mainstreet PDF July 19, 2022 1,054 ±3% 41 3 7 5 4 8 33
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Regional council

Map of Brampton's wards

These members are elected via double direct election, serving both on Brampton City council and Peel Regional council.

Wards 1 & 5

Registered candidates

Results
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Candidate Vote %
Paul Vicente (X)7,83255.70
Idris Orughu3,64325.91
Seema Passi2,58718.40
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Wards 2 & 6

Registered candidates

  • Mansoor Ameersulthan, 2018 candidate for Mayor of Brampton[23]
  • Babita Gupta[24]
  • Azhar Hussain[25]
  • Gurpreet Singh Pabla, 2014 candidate for city councillor Wards 2 & 6[26]
  • Michael Paul Palleschi (incumbent)[27]
  • KebaTamara Thomas[28]
Results
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Candidate Vote %
Michael Paul Palleschi (X)9,67556.59
Gurpreet Singh Pabla2,09512.25
Keba Tamara Thomas1,92911.28
Azhar Hussain1,3377.82
Babita Gupta1,1906.96
Mansoor Ameersulthan8715.09
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Wards 3 & 4

The incumbent was Martin Medeiros.

Registered candidates

  • Andria Barrett[29]
  • Aquin George[30]
  • Martin Medeiros (incumbent)[31]
  • Ameek Singh[32]
  • Raman Vasudev

Ameek Singh Bali was registered and withdrew; it's unclear whether he is Ameek Singh. Raman Vasudev original registered to run as City Councillor, Wards 2 & 6.

Results
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Candidate Vote %
Martin Medeiros (X)7,69353.50
Andria Barrett2,92720.35
Ameek Singh1,95113.57
Aquin George1,1047.68
Raman Vasudev7054.90
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Wards 7 & 8

Registered candidates

  • Michael Dancy[33]
  • Ripudaman Singh Dhillon
  • Pat Fortini (incumbent)[34]
  • Matthew Johnson
  • Gurinder Sehgal
  • Cynthia Sri Pragash, affiliated with unincorporated citizens group BramptonMatters[35][36]
Results
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Candidate Vote %
Pat Fortini (X)6,91944.50
Ripudaman Singh Dhillon2,70717.41
Michael Dancy2,01112.93
Matthew Johnson1,57610.14
Cynthia Sri Pragash9175.90
Farooq Ishaq8255.31
Gurinder Sehgal5943.82
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Wards 9 & 10

The incumbent for this ward was Gurpreet Singh Dhillon.

Registered candidates

  • Andeep Dhade[37]
  • Gurpreet Singh Dhillon (incumbent)[38]
  • Azad Singh Goyat
  • Susan Joseph
  • Gagan Lal[39]
  • Mohammad Shoaib[40]
  • Gurpartap Singh Toor[41]
Results
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Candidate Vote %
Gurpartap Singh Toor6,08629.39
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon (X)5,85928.29
Susan Joseph3,20015.45
Gagan Lal2,49812.06
Mohammad Shoaib1,6037.74
Azad Singh Goyat1,0084.87
Andeep Dhade4542.19
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Brampton City Council

Wards 1 & 5

During the current term of council, Rowena Santos was given the city's additional Regional council position.

Registered candidates

  • Stacey Ann Brooks, realtor[42][43]
  • Harshmeet Dhillon
  • MD Rafiqul Islam
  • Omprakash Kapil
  • Steven Lee[44]
  • Tracy Pepe, business owner[45][46]
  • Rowena Santos, incumbent[47]
Results
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Candidate Vote %
Rowena Santos (X)5,14336.14
Stacey Ann Brooks3,09221.73
Tracy Pepe1,97313.86
Harshmeet Dhillon1,2418.72
MD. Rafiqul Islam1,1097.79
Steven Lee8896.25
Omprakash Kapil7845.51
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Wards 2 & 6

The incumbent in the wards was Doug Whillans; he did not run for re-election.

Registered candidates

  • Navjit Kaur Brar, respiratory therapist, NDP MPP candidate in 2022[48][49]
  • Jermaine Chambers, financial advisor, Conservative MP candidate in 2021[50][51]
  • Sirajul Islam
  • Vijay Mair[52]
  • Joe Oreskovic
  • Raghav Patel, 2018 candidate for Regional councillor Wards 2 & 6, during which he did not respond to a profile request from The Brampton Guardian[53]
  • Hardip Singh
  • Cody Vatcher, 2018 candidate for Regional councillor Wards 7 & 8[54][55]
  • Carmen Wilson[56]

Jermaine Chambers was a registered candidate, but withdrew to run for Mayor; he returned to the original nomination in the final week. Carmen Wilson was first registered as a candidate for city council in Wards 7 & 8. Raman Vasudev registered, but later withdrew to run in Wards 3 & 4 for Regional councillor.

Results
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Candidate Vote %
Navjit Kaur Brar4,98328.91
Jermaine Chambers3,88622.55
Carmen Wilson2,65815.42
Raghav Patel1,3117.61
Cody Vatcher1,2177.06
Joe Oreskovic1,0055.83
Sirajul Islam8534.95
Vijay Mair7144.14
Hardip Singh6083.53
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Wards 3 & 4

The incumbent in this position was Jeff Bowman. He registered as a candidate, later withdrawing.

Registered candidates

  • Cleopatra Gooden-Simms[57]
  • Carla Green
  • Dennis Kennan[58]
  • Jasmohan Singh Mankoo, realtor[59]
  • John Sanderson, former Regional councillor for Wards 3 & 4 (2006-2014), 2003 Brampton Business Person of the Year, 2005 Brampton Citizen of the Year[60][61]
  • Tejeshwar Soin, real estate agent[62][63]
Results
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Candidate Vote %
Dennis Keenan4,91234.13
John Sanderson4,59931.96
Carla Green1,80212.52
Jasmohan Singh Mankoo1,44210.02
Cleopatra Gooden-Simms1,0477.28
Tejeshwar Soin5884.09
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Wards 7 & 8

Incumbent Charmaine Williams was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre in the 2022 provincial election, as part of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Registered candidates

  • Fatima Faruq Ahmad[64]
  • Natalie Ballantyne
  • Kuljit Singh Batra
  • Baljit Bawa, People's Party of Canada candidate in Brampton Centre 2019 and Toronto Centre 2020[65][66]
  • Raymond Carle
  • Michael Farquharson[67]
  • Damindar Ghumman, 2014 candidate for city councillor Wards 7 & 8[68]
  • Rod Power[69]
  • Cheryl Rodricks, two-time trustee candidate for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Mississauga, including in 2010,[70] 2011 Mississauga by-election candidate,[71][72] 2014 candidate for Regional council Brampton Wards 7 & 8,[73] 2018 candidate for Mississauga City Council in Ward 4 by-election[74]
  • Jaskaran Sandhu[75]
  • Gagan Sandhu
  • Cindy-Ann Williams, former executive assistant to Brampton city councillor Charmaine Williams, but unrelated[76]
  • Donna Williams, sister of Charmaine Williams[77]

Cleopatra Gooden-Simms registered as a candidate, later withdrawing for City Wards 3, 4. Carmen Wilson registered as a candidate, later withdrawing for City Wards 2, 6. Rod Power registered and withdrew, before re-registering.

Results
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Candidate Vote %
Rod Power4,06926.09
Jaskaran Sandhu2,84918.27
Cindy-Ann Williams2,23714.34
Donna Williams1,84811.85
Fatima Faruq Ahmad1,0216.55
Baljit Bawa6894.42
Michael Farquharson5863.76
Raymond Carle5463.50
Cheryl Rodricks5253.37
Nataleigh Ballantyne4933.16
Gagan Sandhu3152.02
Kuljit Singh Batra2581.65
Damindar Ghumman1611.03
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Wards 9 & 10

The incumbent was Harkirat Singh.

  • Arsalan Baig, 2014 councillor candidate in Etobicoke North[78]
  • Janice Gordon-Daniels[79]
  • Jagdish Singh Grewal, Canadian Punjabi Post publisher[80]
  • Mahendra Gupta, Ward 9 & 10 city council candidate in the 2018 election[81]
  • Manpreet Othi, 2019 independent federal candidate in Brampton East[82][83]
  • Harikrat Singh (incumbent)
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Candidate Vote %
Harikrat Singh (X)9,07645.30
Janice Gordon-Daniels4,57722.84
Jagdish Singh Grewal2,31611.56
Arsalan Baig1,4006.99
Mahendra Gupta1,3416.69
Manpreet Othi1,3276.62
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Caledon

Caledon saw 34 people register for municipal office or as school trustee.[84] Six of the nine incumbents were registered as candidates, with Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves going head-to-head for Mayor. As such, only five incumbents were able to be re-elected, guaranteeing at least four new councillors.

The election saw the composition of Caledon council changed, with its four Regional councillors reduced to two, and area councillors increased to six.[84]

In the 2018 election, 32.8% of registered electors in Caledon voted.[84]

Mayor

Regional council incumbents Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves ran for the position, made empty by the retirement of Allan Thompson.

Registered candidates

Results

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Candidate Vote %
Annette Groves10,27057.72
Jennifer Innis7,52442.28
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Regional Councillor

Ward 1, 2, 3

The combined Wards 1, 2, 3 is be the largest geographic area represented by a single Region of Peel councillor, beginning 2022–2026.[87] The incumbent Regional councillors for Ward 1, Ian Sinclair, and Ward 2, Johanna Downey, both decided against running in this election. In the previous term of council, Ward 3 was paired with Ward 4; Wards 3/4 Regional councillor Jennifer Innis is running for Mayor.

Two Regional council incumbents in the former wards will not be standing for re-election. Ian Sinclair represented Caledon Ward 1, while Johanna Downey represented Caledon Ward 2.[88] (Downey had registered May 4, but withdrew June 21.)

Registered candidates for the ward were Christina Early, Ramat Gill,[89][90] Giacomo Giuliano,[91] and Tom Sweeney. Of them, Early was the incumbent for area councillor ward 2, and worked previously as a senior executive for an independently owned cooperative retail pharmacy.[87][92] Sweeney is a masonry business owner, and past president of Caledon Lions Club.[93][94][95]

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Christina Early3,91142.87
Ramat Gill2,81230.83
Tom Sweeney1,97221.62
Giacomo Giuliano4274.68
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Ward 4, 5, 6

The councillors for Wards 3/4 and Ward 5, Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves respectively, were both running for Mayor of Caledon. As such, there was no incumbent councillor.

Registered candidates were Anthony Caputo, Frank Di Cosola, Mario Russo, and Manjit Saini.[96] Caputo is a real estate agent, and former president of the Caledon Chamber of Commerce,[97][98] Di Cosola was the incumbent trustee for Dufferin/Caledon, Dufferin-Peel's Catholic District School Board,[99][100] and Russo formerly worked for the Ontario Land Tribunal,[101] ran for Regional council in Brampton Wards 1 & 5, 2018,[102] and served as chair of Brampton's Committee of Adjustment for four years[101][103]

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Mario Russo3,36541.36
Anthony Caputo2,59231.86
Frank Di Cosola1,77421.80
Bhondhi Manjit Saini4054.98
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Area Councillors

Map of Caledon's six new wards used for the first time in 2022

Ward 1

Registered candidates

  • Lynn Kiernan (incumbent), retired from investment banking[104]
  • Kate Hepworth, president, Caledon Village Association[105]
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Candidate Vote %
Lynn Kiernan (X)1,52451.57
Kate Hepworth1,43148.43
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Ward 2

Incumbent area councillor Christina Early ran for Regional councillor Wards 1, 2, 3, creating an open race in Ward 2.

Registered candidates

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Dave Sheen1,55941.03
Jagraj Sekhon1,10028.95
Hunar Kahlon86622.79
John Ruscetta2757.24
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Ward 3

This ward was previously combined with ward 4. Newly split, there was no incumbent in this ward.

Registered candidates

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Doug Maskell98041.33
Derek Clark73731.08
Arjun McNeill43318.26
Anna Murray2219.32
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Ward 4

The incumbent candidate in this ward was Nick deBoer.

Registered candidates

  • Nick deBoer (incumbent)[116]
  • Cheryl Connors, executive director of the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care, founder Palgrave Residents Association, 2018 candidate for Caledon Ward 3 & 4[117][118]
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Nick deBoer (X)1,08552.93
Cheryl Connors96547.07
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Ward 5

The incumbent candidate in this ward was Tony Rosa.

Registered candidates

  • Roberto Ricciardi, Bolton Village Residents Association[119]
  • Tony Rosa (incumbent)[120]
  • Stacie Roberts[121][122]
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Candidate Vote %
Tony Rosa (X)2,41466.59
Rob Ricciardi71519.72
Stacie Roberts49613.68
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Ward 6

Ward 6 was newly created in the wake of ward boundary changes. There was no incumbent.

Registered candidates

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Cosimo Napoli1,13144.51
Angela Panacci84933.41
Lucrezia Chiappetta36814.48
Mary Balinov1937.60
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Mississauga

Main article: 2022 Mississauga municipal election

The election saw one of the highest turnovers in history, with the retirements of Pat Saito and George Carlson, and the resignation of Karen Ras;[131] her appointed replacement, Patricia Mullin, also did not run. Accusations against incumbent Ron Starr led the media to suggest his position is vulnerable.[131]

Voter turnout for the 2018 election was 27%.

Mayor

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2022 Mississauga Mayoral election
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Turnout21.84%
 
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Candidate Bonnie Crombie David Shaw George Tavares
Popular vote 82,736 7,202 5,613
Percentage 78.47% 6.83% 5.32%
Mayor before election

Bonnie Crombie

 Elected mayor

Bonnie Crombie

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Bonnie Crombie was the incumbent, and won re-election. She won the 2018 election with 76.68% of the vote. Crombie did not serve the complete term, successfully running in the 2023 leadership election of the Ontario Liberal Party, triggering the 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election. She subsequently lost the provincial general election, and was removed in a party leadership review.

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Bonnie Crombie (X)82,73678.47
David Shaw7,2026.83
George Tavares5,6135.32
Derek Ramkissoon4,0123.81
Mohsin Khan2,8662.72
Melodie J. Petty1,4641.39
Jayesh Trivedi1,1691.11
Bobie Taffe3700.35
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Council

Incumbents Stephen Dasko (Ward 1), Chris Fonseca (Ward 3), John Kovac (Ward 4), Carolyn Parrish (Ward 5), Dipika Damerla (Ward 7), Matt Mahoney (Ward 8), Sue McFadden (Ward 10)

Open seats were Ward 2, won by Alvin Tedjo, Ward 9, won by Martin Reid, and Ward 11, won by Brad Butt.

Joe Horneck won Ward 6 against incumbent Ron Starr, who faced an unsettled investigation into alleged harassment of a fellow councillor.[132]

Peel District School Board

Retired college educator Stan Cameron was acclaimed to his position as Caledon school trustee, having faced no competition for the position.[133]

  • Brampton Wards 1, 5: Harparminderjit Singh Gadri, David Green (incumbent),[134] Sophia Jackson,[135] Shajinder Padda,[136] Ali Qamar,[137] Vipul Shah
  • Brampton Wards 2, 6: Arun Alex, Yvonne Azaglo, Daniella Balasal,[138] David W. Bosveld, Will Davies (incumbent), Mansoor Mirza, Nicardo Francis, Blair Nitchke, Abdul Raheem,[139] Paula Schulzke,[140] Nirpal Sekhon[141]
  • Brampton Wards 3, 4: Guillermo Dacosta Ferrer, Ranjit S. Dhaliwal,[142] Claudio Calvin Lewis, Kathy McDonald (incumbent)
  • Brampton Wards 7, 8: Karla Bailey,[143] Pushproop Brar, Michael J. Gyovai, Jamie Peddle,[144] Pardeep Kaur Sanghera, Enver Singh Sumbal, Raheel Yousaf
  • Brampton Wards 9, 10: Ravdeep Bassi, Taranvir Dhaliwal, Atif Ejaz, Yadwinder Gossal, Therese Guidolin,[145] Satpaul Singh Johal, Muhammad Idrees Khan, André S. Levy
  • Caledon: Stan Cameron (incumbent, acclaimed)[146]
  • Mississauga Ward 1, 7: Alexa Barkley, Vijay Bhosekar, LeeAnn Cole, Mohit Hardikar,[147] Areeb Jasper Kohkhar, Lina Pavlovic, Robert Pollard, Shivakumar Sethumadhavan, Paul Skippen, Scott Walker, Melanie Wilson-Nikolov
  • Mississauga Ward 2, 8: Shawn Abrahim, Brad Hutchinson,[148] Natalie Kwan, Brad MacDonald (incumbent),[149] Adam Parmentier,[150] Nicole Sutton
  • Mississauga Ward 3, 4: Mahmoud Ahmed, Lucas Alves, Jad Ghali,[151] Hameez Iqbal,[152] Bojan Mitrovic, Matt Riggs,[153] Mashkoor Sherwani
  • Mississauga Ward 5: Susan Benjamin (incumbent), Avtar Ghotra, Ryan Gurcharn,[154] Ahmad Khan, Van Nguyen, Romana Siddiqui[155]
  • Mississauga Ward 6, 11: Glynis D'Souza,[156] Bill McBain,[157] Bijay Paudel, Jill Promoli,[158][159] Audrey Simpson, Sharon Siriboe
  • Mississauga Ward 9, 10: Sabina Alam,[160] Nuhad Ayad,[161] Jeff Clark, Javed Faruqui, Kiran Sawhney[162]

After the election, Mississauga News columnist John Stewart extensively profiled newly elected trustee Jeff Clark.[163]

Alexa Barkley originally registered for trustee Mississauga Ward 2 & 8. Bojan Mitrovic originally registered for Mississauga Ward 6 & 11. Ahmad Khan was originally registered as a city council candidate for Mississauga Ward 5. Erica Allen was registered as candidate for trustee, Brampton Wards 9 & 10. Kelly Ralston was running for Ward 1, 7, but withdrew.

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

Thomas Thomas was acclaimed to the position, having run unopposed.[164]

  • Brampton Wards 1, 3, 4: Dominique Darmanin-Sturgeon,[165] Theresa Laverty, Anisha Thomas[166]
  • Brampton Wards 2, 5, 6: Nelson Carepa, Darryl Brian D'Souza (incumbent), Damien Joseph, Ana Solis Alfano
  • Brampton Wards 7, 8, 9, 10: Christine Allen, Kathyann Bruney, Roxanne Smith, Marichelle Wilkinson Carle, Shawn Xaviour (incumbent)
  • Caledon: Paula Dametto-Giovannozzi,[167] Domenic Maggi,[168] Vince Manzella, Sheralyn Roman
  • Mississauga Wards 1, 3: Mary Jo Ferriera, Lorenzo Palermo, Mario Pascucci (incumbent)
  • Mississauga Wards 2, 8: Romano Bergic, Ivana Genua, Joanna Maj, Sergio Raez Villanueva, Arnold Rego, Oksana Stech, Magdalena Strecker, Herman Viloria
  • Mississauga Wards 4: Stefano Pascucci (incumbent), Mathew Thomas
  • Mississauga Wards 5: Thomas Thomas (incumbent)
  • Mississauga Wards 6, 11: Luz Del Rosario (incumbent),[169] Tomy Kokkat[170]
  • Mississauga Wards 7: Bruno Iannicca (incumbent),[171] Jennifer Mitchell
  • Mississauga Wards 9, 10: Charbel Bassil,[172] Brea Corbet (incumbent),[173] Jacob Mathew, Allwyn Sequeira

Dominique Darmanin-Sturgeon registered as a candidate for Brampton Wards 2, 5, 6, before withdrawing and registering for 1, 3, 4.

Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Yvon Rochefort was elected by acclamation, as no one ran against him.[164][174]

  • Peel: Yvon Rochefort

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

Estelle Ah-Kiow was acclaimed to the position, having run unopposed.[164]

  • Brampton and Caledon: Genevieve Grenier, Patrick O'Neil
  • Mississauga: Estelle Ah-Kiow

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