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Mississauga mayoral race puts taxes, safety and housing in focus
Mississauga voters are choosing their next mayor on Oct.
26, as residents across Ontario vote in municipal elections.
The contest includes incumbent Carolyn Parrish, former mayor Bonnie Crombie and city councillors Dipika Damerla and Alvin Tedjo.
The candidates have offered competing plans on property taxes, housing, policing and transit.
Their proposals include different approaches to limiting tax increases and supporting housing construction.
Public safety is a major campaign concern, alongside affordability and issues such as public drug use.
Ridgeway Plaza, a busy and sometimes controversial area, has also featured in the campaign.
The election will decide who leads Mississauga and which candidate’s plans voters have chosen.
Ontario voters are choosing leaders in 444 cities and towns for the next four years on Oct. 26, 2026.
The National Post highlighted mayoral contests in Mississauga, Hamilton and Ottawa beyond Toronto.
Mississauga’s race features incumbent Carolyn Parrish, former mayor Bonnie Crombie and councillors Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla.
Affordability, public safety, housing and transit are among the issues in the Mississauga campaign.
- Who
- Voters in 444 Ontario cities and towns are choosing municipal leaders. Mississauga’s leading mayoral candidates include Carolyn Parrish, Bonnie Crombie, Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla.
- What
- Ontario’s municipal elections include mayoral contests in Mississauga, Hamilton and Ottawa.
- When
- Oct. 26, 2026.
- Where
- Ontario, including Mississauga, Hamilton and Ottawa.
- Why
- Voters are deciding who will lead their municipalities for the next four years.
Carolyn Parrish
Bonnie Crombie
City centre redevelopment
Carolyn Parrish
Parrish wants to advance the project, including new downtown housing.
Bonnie Crombie
Crombie wants to scrap the proposed $2.5-billion redevelopment.
Property taxes
Carolyn Parrish
Parrish wants increases close to inflation, with savings expected from changes to regional services.
Bonnie Crombie
Crombie wants increases at or below inflation.
CBC published a comparison of the Mississauga mayoral candidates’ positions ahead of the election.
Voters in Ontario’s municipal elections are choosing leaders for the next four years.
- Ontario municipalities
- 444 cities and towns
- Election date
- Oct. 26, 2026
- Mississauga mayoral candidates
- Carolyn Parrish, Bonnie Crombie, Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla
- Crombie’s proposed city centre redevelopment cost
- $2.5 billion
- Parrish’s expected annual savings
- $45 million from transferring regional road maintenance and waste collection to the city, with full savings by 2028
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Things are getting heated at this Mississauga mayoral debate. “Our staff are terrified of the blonde bombshell coming back,” Carolyn Parrish says to Bonnie Crombie. “Okay ladies, settle down,” replies Dipika Damerla.