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. It has covered the Malton area since its creation. 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 Carlton J. Stewart (1952) Ian Hart (1953–1954) Sid Smith (1955) Thomas Sills (1956–1958) Frank McKechnie (1959–1997) Harold Kennedy (1997) Cliff Gyles (1997–2003) Eve Adams (2003–2011) Bonnie Crombie (2011–2014) Carolyn Parrish (2014–2024) 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, and received third place in the 2022 election for Ward 7 councillor, which was won by Dipika Damerla.
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. Candidate for Mississauga Ward 1 councillor, 2018. Former Ontario Liberal Party regional vice-president for central west.
Candidacy registered: March 20, 2024 Campaign website: votehart.ca Media coverage: The Pointer podcast
Imran Hasan
Former chair of the Mississauga Board of Trade, chair of Peel Crime Stoppers, and vice-president of Eden Food for Change food bank. President of telecom company Transglobal Systems of Canada. Candidate for Ward 11 in the 2018 and 2022.
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.
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 dateof polling Sample Size Hamid Akbar Jordan Gray Natalie Hart Manish Sawhney Danny Singh Other UndecidedMainstreet ResearchPDFJune 9, 2024228 (IVR)± 6.5%5%8%22%5%20%12%29%
Results 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
2022 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
2018 Candidate 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
2014 CandidateVotes%Carolyn Parrish 6,025 39.18Dianne Douglas 2,762 17.96Samantha Angel 1,938 12.60Waseem Ahmed 1,597 10.38Harman Singh 1,310 8.52Crystal Mark 552 3.59Herman Hacikyan 482 3.13Jayesh Trivedi 385 2.50Jas Mangat 199 1.29Aayesha Arshad Aamir 128 0.83
2011 by-election CandidateVotes%Bonnie Crombie 2,479 21.54Carolyn Parrish 2,238 19.44Simmer Kaur 1,662 14.44Peter Adams 1,347 11.70Rick Williams 728 6.32Kulvinder Bobbie Daid 633 5.50Jake Dheer 573 4.98Dianne Douglas 542 4.71Mark Cashin 242 2.10Barbara Hazel Tabuno 221 1.92Mobeen Ali 174 1.51Vlado Bertic 130 1.13Glenn Barnes 58 0.50Olive Rose Steele 57 0.50Jimmy Ghimery 51 0.44Sandeep Patara 51 0.44Cheryl Rodricks 42 0.36Frank Perrotta 40 0.35Waqar Siddiqui 36 0.31Jamie Dookie 35 0.30Cecil Young 34 0.30Mo Khan 28 0.24Shirley Abraham 26 0.23Grant Isaac 25 0.22Catherine Soplet 25 0.22Paul Keselman 17 0.15Steve Bator 16 0.14
2010 CandidateVotes%Eve Adams 9,795 66.75Simerjit Kaur 2,678 18.25Ilyas Shaikh 849 5.79Jagjit Grewal 514 3.50David Brenn 453 3.09Mahmood Malik 385 2.62
2006 CandidateVotes%Eve Adams 5,704 45.77Karman Singh Punian 2,352 18.87Sydney Weir 1,369 10.99Ricardo C. Francis 861 6.91Frank Perrotta 528 4.24Rana Ahmad 490 3.93Sam Hanna 442 3.55Brad MacDonald 441 3.54Stephen Largy 203 1.63Said M. Aldajani 71 0.57
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.
CandidateVotes%Eve Adams 3,793 30.66Rick Falco 2,282 18.45Roy Willis 1,089 8.80Karam Singh Punian 1,082 8.75Harji Bajwa 898 7.26 Cliff Gyles 572 4.62Jim Sahdra 508 4.11Frank Perrotta 420 3.40Michelle Meghie 333 2.69Nasir Majeed 294 2.38Thomas Thomas 290 2.34Sarbjit S. Bhatia 193 1.56Gurjit Singh Bhatti 173 1.40Sajjan Singh Sidhu 94 0.76Fernando Tagalog 71 0.57Chris Collier 70 0.57Said M. Aldajani 67 0.54Meena Hardatt 59 0.48Greg Dell 34 0.27James A. Girvin 30 0.24Jay S. Kang 18 0.15
2000 CandidateVotes%Cliff Gyles 6,050 52.69Ripsodhak Singh Grewal 2,730 23.77Roy Willis 1,945 16.94Ranjit S. Chahal 387 3.37Mel Kell 371 3.23
1997 CandidateVotes%Cliff Gyles 2,458 27.85Roy Willis 1,762 19.96Carole Berry 1,574 17.83Harry Singh Dhillon 1,202 13.62Y. S. Dhaliwal 909 10.30Colin McKechnie 864 9.79Devinder Singh Bassi 57 0.65
1994 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 4,072 58.46Roy Willis 1,824 26.19Veerendra D. Adhiya 629 9.03Howard Baker 440 6.32
1991 Incumbent Frank McKechnie defeats insurance broker Vijay Kalhan and warehouse worker Jasbir Singh.
CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 3,512 55.56Roy Willis 1,355 21.44Vijay Kalhan 525 8.31Howard Baker 371 5.87James Girvin 326 5.16Jasbir Singh Gill 232 3.67
1988 98% of polls reporting CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 4,134 70.03Roy Willis 1,769 29.97
1985 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 2,782 41.33Carmen DeSantis 1,441 21.41Arthur Hoyte 1,102 16.37Roy Willis 617 9.17Joe Caprara 572 8.50Bill Price 217 3.22
1982 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 4,421 53.11Joe Genchi 2,746 32.98Arthur Hoyte 780 9.37Jeff Menary 378 4.54
1980 Real estate agent James McIntyre finished 1,100 votes behind McKechnie. CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Elected James McIntyre Jhalman Gosal Giuseppe Genchi David Cox Cor Bal
1978 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 3,021 60.04James McIntyre 2,011 39.96
1976 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Acclaimed
1973 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 1,677 73.68Rudie Jansen 599 26.32
1970 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 921 73.86Rudie Jansen 326 26.14
1967 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Elected
1965 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Acclaimed
1963 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Elected
1961 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Elected H. R. Madgett
1959 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie Acclaimed
1958 CandidateVotes%Frank McKechnie 356 37.59Harold Lanford 344 36.33Thomas Sills 247 26.08
1957 CandidateVotes%Thomas Sills Acclaimed
1956 CandidateVotes%Thomas Sills Acclaimed
1955 CandidateVotes%Thomas Sills Acclaimed
1954 CandidateVotes%Sid Smith Acclaimed
1953 (Dec.) CandidateVotes%Ian Hart 419 57.24Clayton Cheyne 313 42.76
1953 (Jan.) CandidateVotes%Ian Hart 454 59.19Clayton Cheyne 313 40.81
1951 CandidateVotes%Carlton J. Stewart Acclaimed
References
External links
Ward 5 Census Profile 1994 results 1997 results 2000 results 2003 results 2006 results 2010 results 2011 by-election results 2014 results