# Ward 5 (Mississauga)

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 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 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

| 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 |

### 2011 by-election

| 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 |

### 2010

| 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 |

### 2006

| 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 |

### 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.
| 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 |

### 2000

| 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 |

### 1997

| 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 |

### 1994

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 4,072 | 58.46 |
| Roy Willis | 1,824 | 26.19 |
| Veerendra D. Adhiya | 629 | 9.03 |
| Howard Baker | 440 | 6.32 |

### 1991

Incumbent Frank McKechnie defeats insurance broker Vijay Kalhan and warehouse worker Jasbir Singh.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |

### 1988

98% of polls reporting
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 4,134 | 70.03 |
| Roy Willis | 1,769 | 29.97 |

### 1985

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |

### 1982

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 4,421 | 53.11 |
| Joe Genchi | 2,746 | 32.98 |
| Arthur Hoyte | 780 | 9.37 |
| Jeff Menary | 378 | 4.54 |

### 1980

Real estate agent James McIntyre finished 1,100 votes behind McKechnie.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Elected Y | Elected Y |
| James McIntyre | | |
| Jhalman Gosal | | |
| Giuseppe Genchi | | |
| David Cox | | |
| Cor Bal | | |

### 1978

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 3,021 | 60.04 |
| James McIntyre | 2,011 | 39.96 |

### 1976

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1973

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 1,677 | 73.68 |
| Rudie Jansen | 599 | 26.32 |

### 1970

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 921 | 73.86 |
| Rudie Jansen | 326 | 26.14 |

### 1967

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Elected Y | Elected Y |

### 1965

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1963

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Elected Y | Elected Y |

### 1961

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Elected Y | Elected Y |
| H. R. Madgett | | |

### 1959

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1958

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 356 | 37.59 |
| Harold Lanford | 344 | 36.33 |
| Thomas Sills | 247 | 26.08 |

### 1957

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Thomas Sills | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1956

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Thomas Sills | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1955

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Thomas Sills | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1954

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sid Smith | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 1953 (Dec.)

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ian Hart | 419 | 57.24 |
| Clayton Cheyne | 313 | 42.76 |

### 1953 (Jan.)

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ian Hart | 454 | 59.19 |
| Clayton Cheyne | 313 | 40.81 |

### 1951

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Carlton J. Stewart | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |