Municipal ward in Mississauga, Ontario
Ward 5 is a municipal ward located in the northeast corner of the city of Mississauga, Ontario . It includes Malton and Britannia Woods, as well as extensive industrial area. Natalie Hart is the current city councillor, who was elected in the 2024 by-election to replace former councillor Carolyn Parrish who resigned to successfully run for mayor of Mississauga.
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.
The Ward was created in 1951 when the council of Toronto Township adopted a ward system.[ 1] It has covered the Malton area since its creation.[ 2] Toronto Township was re-named Mississauga in 1967.
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.
Carlton J. Stewart (1952)
Ian Hart (1953–1954)
Sid Smith (1955)
Thomas Sills (1956–1958)
Frank McKechnie (1959–1997)
Harold Kennedy (1997)[ 3]
Cliff Gyles (1997–2003)
Eve Adams (2003–2011)
Bonnie Crombie (2011–2014)
Carolyn Parrish (2014–2024)
Natalie Hart (2024– )
Candidacy registered: April 16, 2024
Candidacy registered: March 26, 2024
Campaign website: hamidakbar.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
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,[ 4] [ 5] and received third place in the 2022 election for Ward 7 councillor, which was won by Dipika Damerla.[ 6]
Candidacy registered: March 25, 2024
Campaign website: electamir.ca
Candidacy registered: April 15, 2024
Campaign website: votekristindattoo.com
Candidacy registered: April 5, 2024
Campaign website: jordangrayward5.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
General manager of the Malton Business Improvement Area.[ 7] Candidate for Mississauga Ward 1 councillor, 2018.[ 8] Former Ontario Liberal Party regional vice-president for central west.[ 9]
Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024
Campaign website: votehart.ca
Media coverage: The Pointer podcast
Former chair of the Mississauga Board of Trade,[ 10] chair of Peel Crime Stoppers,[ 11] and vice-president of Eden Food for Change food bank.[ 12] President of telecom company Transglobal Systems of Canada.[ 13] Candidate for Ward 11 in the 2018[ 14] and 2022.[ 10]
Candidacy registered: March 25, 2024
Campaign website: ImranHasan.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Candidacy registered: April 12, 2024
Campaign website: khandaker.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Candidacy registered: April 11, 2024
Campaign website: electtazeen.com
Rosemarie Sanchez Sanchez [ edit ]
Candidacy registered: April 24, 2024
Campaign website: votesanchezward5.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Candidacy registered: March 21, 2024
Campaign website: manishsawhney.com
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Shelly Scott-England [ edit ]
Black Caucus Alliance chair.[ 15]
Candidacy registered: March 22, 2024
Campaign website: silver-round-xcbm.squarespace.com
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire , The Pointer podcast
Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024
Campaign website: dannysingh.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Candidacy registered: April 2, 2024
Polling firm
Source
Last date of polling
Sample Size
Hamid Akbar
Jordan Gray
Natalie Hart
Manish Sawhney
Danny Singh
Other
Undecided
Mainstreet Research
PDF
June 9, 2024
228 (IVR)
± 6.5%
5%
8%
22%
5%
20%
12%
29%
Candidate
Vote
%
Natalie Hart
3,707
29.14
Danny Singh
2,993
23.53
Jordan Gray
1,326
10.42
Manish Sawhney
942
7.40
Rana Zia
942
7.40
Shelly Scott-England
616
4.84
Bradley MacDonald
421
3.81
Rosemarie Sanchez Sanchez
379
2.98
Hamid Akbar
324
2.55
Ehsan Khandaker
282
2.22
Amir Ali
260
2.04
Imran Hasan
230
1.81
Omer Abdalla
174
1.37
Kristin Dattoo
92
0.72
Tazeen Rizvi
34
0.27
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
Candidate[ 16]
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
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
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
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
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
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.[ 17]
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
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
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
Candidate
Votes[ 18]
%
Frank McKechnie
4,072
58.46
Roy Willis
1,824
26.19
Veerendra D. Adhiya
629
9.03
Howard Baker
440
6.32
Incumbent Frank McKechnie defeats insurance broker Vijay Kalhan and warehouse worker Jasbir Singh.[ 19]
Candidate
Votes[ 20]
%
Frank McKechnie
3,512
55.56
Roy Willis
1,355
21.44
Vijay Kalhan
525
8.31
Howard Baker
371
5.87
James Girvin
326
5.16
Jasbir Singh Gill
232
3.67
98% of polls reporting
Candidate
Votes[ 21]
%
Frank McKechnie
4,134
70.03
Roy Willis
1,769
29.97
Candidate
Votes[ 22]
%
Frank McKechnie
2,782
41.33
Carmen DeSantis
1,441
21.41
Arthur Hoyte
1,102
16.37
Roy Willis
617
9.17
Joe Caprara
572
8.50
Bill Price
217
3.22
Candidate
Votes[ 23]
%
Frank McKechnie
4,421
53.11
Joe Genchi
2,746
32.98
Arthur Hoyte
780
9.37
Jeff Menary
378
4.54
Real estate agent James McIntyre finished 1,100 votes behind McKechnie.[ 24]
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Elected Y
James McIntyre
Jhalman Gosal
Giuseppe Genchi
David Cox
Cor Bal
Candidate
Votes[ 25]
%
Frank McKechnie
3,021
60.04
James McIntyre
2,011
39.96
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Acclaimed[ 26]
Candidate
Votes[ 27]
%
Frank McKechnie
1,677
73.68
Rudie Jansen
599
26.32
Candidate
Votes[ 28]
%
Frank McKechnie
921
73.86
Rudie Jansen
326
26.14
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Elected[ 29] Y
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Acclaimed[ 30]
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Elected[ 31] Y
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Elected[ 32] Y
H. R. Madgett[ 33]
Candidate
Votes
%
Frank McKechnie
Acclaimed[ 34]
Candidate
Votes[ 35]
%
Frank McKechnie
356
37.59
Harold Lanford
344
36.33
Thomas Sills
247
26.08
Candidate
Votes
%
Thomas Sills
Acclaimed[ 36]
Candidate
Votes
%
Thomas Sills
Acclaimed[ 37]
Candidate
Votes
%
Thomas Sills
Acclaimed[ 38]
Candidate
Votes
%
Sid Smith
Acclaimed[ 39]
Candidate
Votes[ 40]
%
Ian Hart
419
57.24
Clayton Cheyne
313
42.76
Candidate
Votes[ 41]
%
Ian Hart
454
59.19
Clayton Cheyne
313
40.81
Candidate
Votes
%
Carlton J. Stewart
Acclaimed[ 1]
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