2026 Mississauga municipal election
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The 2026 Mississauga municipal election will be held on October 26, 2026, as part of the larger Peel Region and Ontario municipal elections. This will be the first set of municipal elections to not overlap with a provincial election in the same year since 2010. Municipal elections in Mississauga are non-partisan.
Candidates
Declared
- Carolyn Parrish, 7th Mayor of Mississauga (2024–present), city councillor for Ward 5 (2014–2024) and Ward 6 (2006-2010), Liberal, later Independent MP for Mississauga—Erindale (1993–2006)[1] Parrish has focused her tenure around increasing housing supply by encouraging new development and cutting development fees.[2]
- Alvin Tedjo, city councillor for Ward 2, (2022–present)[3], second place candidate in the 2024 mayoral by-election, fifth place candidate in the 2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election[4], Liberal candidate in Oakville North—Burlington for the 2018 provincial election. Prior to entering politics, Tedjo had served as the director of Government Relations for Sheridan College and was a political staffer to various ministers at the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.[5] He has proposed a holiday for property tax late fees to help with the cost of living, and made a focus around Mississauga "becoming a big city and not just the sleepy suburb of Toronto."[6]
Potential
- Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (2023–2026), 6th Mayor of Mississauga (2014–2024), city councillor for Ward 5 (2011–2014), MP for Mississauga—Streetsville (2008–2011). Crombie is seen as a potential challenger to Parrish, and has not ruled out the possibility.[7] However Premier Doug Ford declared he would "send an army" to campaign against her if she entered the race.[8]