Ward 5 (Mississauga)

Ward 5
Constituency
for the Mississauga City Council and Peel Regional Council
Ward 5 within Mississauga
Regional municipalityPeel
CityMississauga
PopulationAbout 76,000
Current constituency
Created1951[1]
CouncillorNatalie Hart

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.

Demographics

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.

Councillors

  1. Carlton J. Stewart (1952)
  2. Ian Hart (1953–1954)
  3. Sid Smith (1955)
  4. Thomas Sills (1956–1958)
  5. Frank McKechnie (1959–1997)
  6. Harold Kennedy (1997)[3]
  7. Cliff Gyles (1997–2003)
  8. Eve Adams (2003–2011)
  9. Bonnie Crombie (2011–2014)
  10. Carolyn Parrish (2014–2024)
  11. Natalie Hart (2024– )

Election results

2024 by-election

Candidates

Omer Abdalla
Candidacy registered: April 16, 2024
Hamid Akbar
Candidacy registered: March 26, 2024
Campaign website: hamidakbar.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Amir Ali

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
Kristin Dattoo
Candidacy registered: April 15, 2024
Campaign website: votekristindattoo.com
Jordan Gray
Candidacy registered: April 5, 2024
Campaign website: jordangrayward5.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Natalie Hart

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
Imran Hasan

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
Ehsan Khandaker
Candidacy registered: April 12, 2024
Campaign website: khandaker.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Tazeen Rizvi
Candidacy registered: April 11, 2024
Campaign website: electtazeen.com
Rosemarie Sanchez Sanchez
Candidacy registered: April 24, 2024
Campaign website: votesanchezward5.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Manish Sawhney
Candidacy registered: March 21, 2024
Campaign website: manishsawhney.com
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Shelly Scott-England

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
Danny Singh
Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024
Campaign website: dannysingh.ca
Media coverage: Modern Mississauga questionnaire
Rana Zia
Candidacy registered: April 2, 2024

Polling

Polling firm Source Last date
of polling		 Sample Size MoE 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%

Results

Candidate Vote %
Natalie Hart3,70729.14
Danny Singh2,99323.53
Jordan Gray1,32610.42
Manish Sawhney9427.40
Rana Zia9427.40
Shelly Scott-England6164.84
Bradley MacDonald4213.81
Rosemarie Sanchez Sanchez3792.98
Hamid Akbar3242.55
Ehsan Khandaker2822.22
Amir Ali2602.04
Imran Hasan2301.81
Omer Abdalla1741.37
Kristin Dattoo920.72
Tazeen Rizvi340.27

2022

Candidate Vote %
Carolyn Parrish5,63167.79
Hamid Akbar1,00612.11
Domenica Laura Simone93511.26
Bradley MacDonald7358.85

2018

Candidate[16] Vote %
Carolyn Parrish6,79863.87
David Broadway1,161 10.91
Ram Pawar1,0269.64
Ahmad Khan8928.38
Marina Qureshi4524.25
Alex Itty3152.96

2014

Candidate Votes %
Carolyn Parrish6,02539.18
Dianne Douglas2,76217.96
Samantha Angel1,93812.60
Waseem Ahmed1,59710.38
Harman Singh1,3108.52
Crystal Mark5523.59
Herman Hacikyan4823.13
Jayesh Trivedi3852.50
Jas Mangat1991.29
Aayesha Arshad Aamir1280.83

2011 by-election

Candidate Votes %
Bonnie Crombie2,47921.54
Carolyn Parrish2,23819.44
Simmer Kaur1,66214.44
Peter Adams1,34711.70
Rick Williams7286.32
Kulvinder Bobbie Daid6335.50
Jake Dheer5734.98
Dianne Douglas5424.71
Mark Cashin2422.10
Barbara Hazel Tabuno2211.92
Mobeen Ali1741.51
Vlado Bertic1301.13
Glenn Barnes580.50
Olive Rose Steele570.50
Jimmy Ghimery510.44
Sandeep Patara510.44
Cheryl Rodricks420.36
Frank Perrotta400.35
Waqar Siddiqui360.31
Jamie Dookie350.30
Cecil Young340.30
Mo Khan280.24
Shirley Abraham260.23
Grant Isaac250.22
Catherine Soplet250.22
Paul Keselman170.15
Steve Bator160.14

2010

Candidate Votes %
Eve Adams9,79566.75
Simerjit Kaur2,67818.25
Ilyas Shaikh8495.79
Jagjit Grewal5143.50
David Brenn4533.09
Mahmood Malik3852.62

2006

Candidate Votes %
Eve Adams5,70445.77
Karman Singh Punian2,35218.87
Sydney Weir1,36910.99
Ricardo C. Francis8616.91
Frank Perrotta5284.24
Rana Ahmad4903.93
Sam Hanna4423.55
Brad MacDonald4413.54
Stephen Largy2031.63
Said M. Aldajani710.57

2003

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 Adams3,79330.66
Rick Falco2,28218.45
Roy Willis1,0898.80
Karam Singh Punian1,0828.75
Harji Bajwa8987.26
Cliff Gyles5724.62
Jim Sahdra5084.11
Frank Perrotta4203.40
Michelle Meghie3332.69
Nasir Majeed2942.38
Thomas Thomas2902.34
Sarbjit S. Bhatia1931.56
Gurjit Singh Bhatti1731.40
Sajjan Singh Sidhu940.76
Fernando Tagalog710.57
Chris Collier700.57
Said M. Aldajani670.54
Meena Hardatt590.48
Greg Dell340.27
James A. Girvin300.24
Jay S. Kang180.15

2000

Candidate Votes %
Cliff Gyles6,05052.69
Ripsodhak Singh Grewal2,73023.77
Roy Willis1,94516.94
Ranjit S. Chahal3873.37
Mel Kell3713.23

1997

Candidate Votes %
Cliff Gyles2,45827.85
Roy Willis1,76219.96
Carole Berry1,57417.83
Harry Singh Dhillon1,20213.62
Y. S. Dhaliwal90910.30
Colin McKechnie8649.79
Devinder Singh Bassi570.65

1994

Candidate Votes[18] %
Frank McKechnie4,07258.46
Roy Willis1,82426.19
Veerendra D. Adhiya6299.03
Howard Baker4406.32

1991

Incumbent Frank McKechnie defeats insurance broker Vijay Kalhan and warehouse worker Jasbir Singh.[19]

Candidate Votes[20] %
Frank McKechnie3,51255.56
Roy Willis1,35521.44
Vijay Kalhan5258.31
Howard Baker3715.87
James Girvin3265.16
Jasbir Singh Gill2323.67

1988

98% of polls reporting

Candidate Votes[21] %
Frank McKechnie4,13470.03
Roy Willis1,76929.97

1985

Candidate Votes[22] %
Frank McKechnie2,78241.33
Carmen DeSantis1,44121.41
Arthur Hoyte1,10216.37
Roy Willis6179.17
Joe Caprara5728.50
Bill Price2173.22

1982

Candidate Votes[23] %
Frank McKechnie4,42153.11
Joe Genchi2,74632.98
Arthur Hoyte7809.37
Jeff Menary3784.54

1980

Real estate agent James McIntyre finished 1,100 votes behind McKechnie.[24]

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Elected check
James McIntyre
Jhalman Gosal
Giuseppe Genchi
David Cox
Cor Bal

1978

Candidate Votes[25] %
Frank McKechnie3,02160.04
James McIntyre2,01139.96

1976

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Acclaimed[26]

1973

Candidate Votes[27] %
Frank McKechnie1,67773.68
Rudie Jansen59926.32

1970

Candidate Votes[28] %
Frank McKechnie92173.86
Rudie Jansen32626.14

1967

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Elected[29] check

1965

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Acclaimed[30]

1963

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Elected[31] check

1961

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Elected[32] check
H. R. Madgett[33]

1959

Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie Acclaimed[34]

1958

Candidate Votes[35] %
Frank McKechnie35637.59
Harold Lanford34436.33
Thomas Sills24726.08

1957

Candidate Votes %
Thomas Sills Acclaimed[36]

1956

Candidate Votes %
Thomas Sills Acclaimed[37]

1955

Candidate Votes %
Thomas Sills Acclaimed[38]

1954

Candidate Votes %
Sid Smith Acclaimed[39]

1953 (Dec.)

Candidate Votes[40] %
Ian Hart41957.24
Clayton Cheyne31342.76

1953 (Jan.)

Candidate Votes[41] %
Ian Hart45459.19
Clayton Cheyne31340.81

1951

Candidate Votes %
Carlton J. Stewart Acclaimed[1]

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