Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Peel of Ontario on October 27, 2014, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Mayoral campaigns were won by Allan Thompson in Caledon, Linda Jeffrey in Brampton, and Bonnie Crombie in Mississauga. Newly re-elected Mississauga councillor Frank Dale was voted by 14 of 24 Regional councillors as the new Chair of the Region of Peel.
Peel Regional Council Position Elected Chair Frank Dale Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey Brampton Wards 1 & 5 Elaine Moore Brampton Wards 2 & 6 Michael P. Palleschi Brampton Wards 3 & 4 Martin Medeiros Brampton Wards 7 & 8 Gael Miles Brampton Wards 9 & 10 John Sprovieri Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson Caledon Ward 1 Barb Shaughnessy Caledon Ward 2 Johanna Downey Caledon Ward 3 & 4 Jennifer Innis Caledon Ward 5 Annette Groves Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie Mississauga Ward 1 Jim Tovey Mississauga Ward 2 Karen Ras Mississauga Ward 3 Chris Fonseca Mississauga Ward 4 Frank Dale Mississauga Ward 5 Carolyn Parrish Mississauga Ward 6 Ron Starr Mississauga Ward 7 Nando Iannicca Mississauga Ward 8 Matt Mahoney Mississauga Ward 9 Pat Saito Mississauga Ward 10 Sue McFadden Mississauga Ward 11 George Carlson
Regional chair The list of individuals interested in candidacy include: Steve Mahoney, former MP, MPP, Mississauga Regional councillor Pat Mullin, former Mississauga Regional councillor Richard Paterak, former Caledon Regional councillor John Sanderson, former Brampton Regional councillor Shelley White, CEO, United Way of Peel Frank Dale, Mississauga City Councillor Ward 4
Hazel McCallion has cautioned current Mississauga councillors from seeking the seat, or voting for a current Regional councillor, as this would trigger a $500,000 by-election or an appointment. Frank Dale won the appointment by a single vote over John Sanderson which he cast for himself.
Brampton
The 2014 Brampton municipal election was held on October 27, 2014, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Brampton, Brampton City Council and the Brampton members of the Peel District School Board (Public) and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. The election is being held in conjunction with the province wide 2014 municipal elections.
Mayor of Brampton There were eleven Mayoral candidates in Brampton.
Candidate Vote % Notes Linda Jeffrey 51,061 49.33 Former Brampton City Councillor (1991–2003), MPP for Brampton Centre and Brampton—Springdale (2003–2014), Minister of Natural Resources, Labour, Seniors and Municipal Affairs and Housing, and Chair of Cabinet John Sanderson 22,336 21.58 Officially lending their support are City Councillors Bob Callahan, John Hutton, and Grant Gibson and Regional Councillors Elaine Moore and John Sprovieri. Susan Fennell (X) 12,975 12.54 Gurjit S. Grewal 3,464 3.35 Donald McLeod 2,782 2.69 Scrap metal broker, owns company. In an interview with The Brampton Guardian, his focus was on accountability. Roads, urban sprawl, and quality of life were also mentioned. Jacqueline Bell 2,187 2.11 Ranjit Singh 2,085 2.01 Muhammad Haque 1,848 1.79 Baljit Bobby More 1,304 1.26 Sukhjinder S. Gill 878 0.85 Hargurnar Randhawa 749 0.72 Ran in the 2010 election for Mayor of Brampton, placing fourth of five. Devinder Sangha 731 0.71 Miriam Wylie 473 0.46
Withdrawn John Ish Ishmael, withdrew in February Fazal Khan, now registered as a candidate for Wards 2 & 6 on city council. Sewak Singh Manak
Polling Forum Research for The Toronto Star, January 18, 2014"Majority disapprove of Fennell as mayor", Forum research news release. 31% 34% 19% 16% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Navdeep Bains Don't know
Forum Research for The Toronto Star, April 27, 2014 18% 26% 39% 17% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Don't know
Forum Research for The Toronto Star, August 7 and 8, 2014 (1178 Brampton voters): 13% 24% 39% 24% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Undecided
Forum Research for The Toronto Star, September 27, 2014 (928 Brampton voters): 17% 17% 42% 5% 3% 3% 13% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey R. G. S. Undecided
Initials refer to candidates Hargy Randhawa, Gurjit Grewal, and Devinder Sangha.
Mainstreet Research, October 2, 2014: 13% 20% 36% 5% 27% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Baljit More Undecided
Mainstreet Research, October 2, 2014, of only those certain to vote: 12% 24% 38% 4% 22% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Baljit More Undecided
Forum Research for The Toronto Star, October 16, 2014 (1,020 Brampton voters): 14% 27% 42% 14% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Other
Mainstreet Research, October 21, 2014 (1,602 Brampton voters): 11% 27% 34% 5% 5% 19% Susan Fennell John Sanderson Linda Jeffrey Baljit More Someone Else Undecided
Regional council Candidate Vote % Notes Wards 1 & 5 Vidya Sagar Gautam 1158 6.87 Elaine Moore 8784 52.07 Incumbent. Krishawn Thompson 707 4.19 Paul Vicente 6219 36.87 Promoted a livable city; supported transit initiatives; pledged to hold regular town hall meetings for improved resident engagement; maintain employment lands for jobs; pledged to advocate for completion of Peel Memorial Phase 2. Wards 2 & 6 Victoria Colbourne John Hutton Hutton was the incumbent for these wards as a City Councillor. Mandeep Jassal Brampton School Traffic Safety Council member. Sean Kean Jai Naraine Michael Paul Palleschi Wards 3 & 4 Amir Ali Penelope Batey Divina De Buono Shan Gill John Raymond Grant Aims to change the Region's waste to energy plan by building plasma gasification plants; by doing so, he expects the lower hydro rates will return manufacturing to Brampton. Other priorities are to develop new revenue streams for the City, improve the City's delivery of services. Steve Kavanagh Served five terms as a Peel District School Board trustee. On registration he noted that the municipal audit spurred him to run, saying he has built a reputation on following policy and being frugal. Joseph Kus Ran for Councillor, Ward 6 of Oakville, 2006. His only campaign priority provided to the Brampton Guardian is Parks and Recreation programs for people aged 35 to 55. He did not provide the Guardian with a photograph of himself, his occupation, or an explanation of why he was running for council. Parks and Recreation is run by the City of Brampton, not the Region. Robert Lackey Sean Leiba Management and e-commerce consultant; small business mentor, math tutor, and father. Platform includes accountability, gridlock, platform includes scrapping the LRT, businesses and jobs, education, community building. Robert Mall Finished four of five candidates in the 2010 election for City Councillor, Wards 3 & 4. Garnett Manning Martin Mederios Senior Policy Advisor, Province of Ontario; volunteering for Portuguese community organizations, health fundraising, his church. Platform includes transparency, accountability, job opportunities, transportation, education, training opportunities. Kevin Montgomery Evie O'Malley Lynda Sacco Raguhbir Singh Wards 7 & 8 Mir Ali Christine Allen Logan Anderson Previously registered for city council. Gael Miles Incumbent. Miles is the only incumbent endorsed by Mayor Fennell. Blair Nicholson Cheryl Rodricks Manjit Bhondhi Saini Jotvinder Sodhi Wards 9 & 10 Paramjit Singh Birdi Jagdip Hayer Julie McPhee Michelle Shaw Gurratan Singh JD Singh John Sprovieri Incumbent. Harkanwal S. Thind Thind was the runner up in the 2010 election with 7071 votes (31.7%). He is a local business owner and community activist involved with many local organizations including as a director of iRock Pink (a cancer awareness and fundraising group that donates annually to Wellspring Chiguacousy), a founder member of Indo-Canadian Friends of Osler (a group pledging to raise $1 Million for William Osler hospitals), and is a member of the Brampton Board of Trade and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Withdrawn Wards 3 & 4: Janice Gordon, Ryan O'neil Knight Wards 7 & 8: Jacqueline Bell (became a candidate for Mayor), Clement Osei Tutu Wards 9 & 10: Gugni Gill Panaich (became the NDP candidate for Brampton West)
City council Candidate Vote % Brampton Wards 1 & 5 Grant Gibson 7378 44.2 Steve Kerr 3063 18.35 Maureen Harper 1553 9.3 David Lozowsky 1257 7.53 Inderjit Sidhu 943 5.65 Reg Ewles 906 5.43 Munir Amir 637 3.82 Mustafa Omarkhail 445 2.67 Prakash Harpal 376 2.25 Shiv Sibal 133 0.8
Incumbent Grant Gibson won with a healthy margin, as did his close ally, Regional Councillor Elaine Moore. Gibson endorsed the candidacy of John Sanderson for mayor. Gibson and Elaine Moore were the only councillors to post their expenses online before the public focus on accountability. Gibson's top challengers were Steve Kerr, a certified youth counselor/education liaison and entrepreneur, and Maureen Harper, a veterinarian, recently retired from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Candidate Vote % Notes Brampton Wards 2 & 6 Ojie Eghobor Ros Feldman Ralph Irving Greene Formerly a trustee, current campaign asks for voters to "re-elect" Greene. Sukhminder Hansra Terrence Harrison Cassian Joseph Usman Khalid Fazal Khan Previously registered as a candidate for mayor. Lawrence Manickam Gurpreet Pabla Drew Riedstra Ran for Halton Hills Town Council in 2006, placing third; he had run once prior. Sushil Tailor Doug Whillans Son of the late Mayor of Brampton Ken Whillans. One of eight candidates for this seat in 2010 coming in second after John Hutton; Hutton is no longer running for city council and is instead running for regional council. Linda Zanella Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board trustee for Brampton Wards 2, 5 and 6 for 16 years. Zanella has considered city politics for "some time", but wasn't comfortable running against incumbent Hutton. Hutton is now running for Regional council. Brampton Wards 3 & 4 Jeff Bowman Nisar Butt Michael Freeman Parminder Singh Grewal Robert Donald Gallie Lee C. Jean Jamieson Andre Levy Levy is an electro-mechanical engineer, automation & robotics tech. Five of his priorities are accountability, mayor/council salary, transparency, jobs, poverty. Maria Peart Finished 4th of 8 in the 2006 election for City Councillor, Wards 3 & 4. Frank B. Raymond Shivani Shiromany Daniel Yeboah Brampton Wards 7 & 8 Ajay Malhotra Volunteers call him the "Common-sense" Councillor. He talks about real common-sense solutions to City problems like "Facilities should be built at the rate and speed of housing development." and that Local taxes should remain local. Khalid Alvi Karla Bailey Franca Blandino James Drozdiak Pat Fortini Damindar Singh Ghumman Amarjit Grewal Manan Gupta Subbiah Manickam Pam Marwaha Archibald Davie McLachlan Roland Parsons Cheryl Rodricks Veenay Sehdev Sohan Singh Joseph Tanti Brampton Wards 9 & 10 Allison Brown Vicky Dhillon Incumbent. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon Avtar Singh Gill Jarnail (Sunny) Singh
Withdrawn Wards 1 & 5: Wesley Rampersad, a former Region of Peel case worker, terminated in August 2013. Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau investigations found a total of $189,000 was paid to what police allege were fake client claims. Detectives arrested Rampersad on charges May 1, 2014, laying multiple charges. Wards 3 & 4: Adam Holly, Kevin Montgomery (re-registered as a Regional Council candidate) Wards 7 & 8: Logan Anderson (re-registered as a candidate for Regional Council), Joseph Tanti
Timeline
2014 January 7: The Star also runs an editorial critical of Fennell, suggesting that it is "becoming near-impossible to ignore Fennell's spending scandals and her attempts to keep the information secret, which have tainted her reputation as mayor and dominated city council," expressing concern that she is a distraction to the City, during its continued growth. February 10: John Sanderson registers as a candidate for mayor. The Globe notes Sanderson as the first "experienced challenger", highlighting his "extensive six-part platform".