# Brampton City Council

Brampton City Council is the governing body for the City of Brampton, Ontario.
It consists of the mayor of Brampton (currently Patrick Brown), five elected regional councillors and five elected city councillors. Each councillor represents two city wards. The council meets at Brampton City Hall.

## 2022-2026 Council

Elected in the 2022 municipal election
| Wards | City | Region | Community |
| Mayor | Patrick Brown | Patrick Brown | At-large |
| 1 & 5 | Rowena Santos | Paul Vicente | Madoc, Brampton North, Brampton West, Northwood Park, Credit Valley |
| 2 & 6 | Navjit Kaur Brar | Michael Palleschi | Heart Lake, Snelgrove, Fletcher's Meadow, Mount Pleasant |
| 3 & 4 | Dennis Keenan | Martin Medeiros | Fletcher's West, Brampton South, Brampton East, Fletcher's Creek South |
| 7 & 8 | Rod Power | Pat Fortini | Bramalea |
| 9 & 10 | Harkirat Singh | Gurpartap Singh Toor | Springdale |

## 2018-2022 Council

Elected in the 2018 municipal election
| Wards | City | Region | Community |
| Mayor | Patrick Brown | Patrick Brown | At-large |
| 1 & 5 | Rowena Santos | Paul Vicente | Madoc, Brampton North, Brampton West, Northwood Park, Credit Valley |
| 2 & 6 | Doug Whillans | Michael Palleschi | Heart Lake, Snelgrove, Fletcher's Meadow, Mount Pleasant |
| 3 & 4 | Jeff Bowman | Martin Medeiros | Fletcher's West, Brampton South, Brampton East, Fletcher's Creek South |
| 7 & 8 | Charmaine Williams (until June 2, 2022) | Pat Fortini | Bramalea |
| 9 & 10 | Harkirat Singh | Gurpreet Dhillon | Springdale |

## 2014-2018 Council

| Wards | City | Region | Community |
| Mayor | Linda Jeffrey | Linda Jeffrey | At-large |
| 1 & 5 | Elaine Moore | Grant Gibson | Madoc, Brampton North, Brampton West, Northwood Park, Credit Valley |
| 2 & 6 | Doug Whillans | Michael Palleschi | Heart Lake, Snelgrove, Fletcher's Meadow, Mount Pleasant |
| 3 & 4 | Jeff Bowman | Martin Medeiros | Fletcher's West, Brampton South, Brampton East, Fletcher's Creek South |
| 7 & 8 | Pat Fortini | Gael Miles | Bramalea |
| 9 & 10 | Gurpreet Dhillon | John Sprovieri | Springdale |

## 2010-2014 Council

* Mayor Susan Fennell
* Wards 1 and 5 - Grant Gibson (city), Elaine Moore (region)
* Wards 2 and 6 - John Hutton (city), Paul Palleschi (region)
* Wards 3 and 4 - Bob Callahan (city), John Sanderson (region)
* Wards 7 and 8 - Sandra Hames (city), Gael Miles (region)
* Wards 9 and 10 - Vicky Dhillon (city), John Sprovieri (region)

## Previous councils
### 1853

* Revee John Lynch
* John Elliot Senior
* John Holmes
* Peleg Howland

### As of 1874

* Mayor John Haggert
* Reeve Kenneth Chisholm, Deputy-Reeve D. S. Leslie
* East Ward: William McCulla, John W. Cole, John Robertson
* South Ward: James Golding, John Anthony, Thomas Milner
* West Ward: William Milner, Patrick Purcell, S. Williamson
* North Ward: R. H. Lewis, J. W. Beynon, Alexander Pattullo

### As of 1953

* Mayor B. Harper Bull
* Reeve C. Carman Core, Deputy-Reeve W. G. Thompson
* F. F. Beckett
* J. E. Calvert
* A. Dyball
* E. F. Furness
* Mrs. S. B. Horwood
* Cyril O'Reilly
* City executives: Clerk-Treasurer J. Galway, Assessor Norman E. Hale, Engineer George F. Kimball, Building Inspector Dennis Warren, Water Commissioners John Patterson, E. A. Ingram, Hydro Commissioners W. J. Abell, and W. P. Dale.

### 2003-2006

Listed as regional councillor, city councillor
* Mayor Susan Fennell
* Ward 1 and 5 - Elaine Moore, Grant Gibson
* Ward 2 and 6 - Paul Palleschi, John Hutton
* Ward 3 and 4 - Susan DiMarco, Bob Callahan
* Ward 7 and 8 - Gael Miles, Sandra Hames
* Ward 9 and 10 - John Sprovieri, Garnett Manning

### 2006 election

The 2006 election was held November 13, 2006; the following people were elected.
* Mayor Susan Fennell
* Ward 1 and 5 - Grant Gibson (Region), Elaine Moore (Region)
* Ward 2 and 6 - John Hutton (City), Paul Palleschi (Region)
* Ward 3 and 4 - Bob Callahan (City), John Sanderson (Region)
* Ward 7 and 8 - Sandra Hames (City), Gael Miles (Region)
* Ward 9 and 10 - Vicky Dhillon (City), John Sprovieri (Region)

## Biographical information on previous councillors
### Bill Cowie

    Cowie unsuccessfully challenged Susan Fennell in the 2003 election. He was the Sesquicentennial co-chair, with Sandra Hames.

### Susan DiMarco

    Wards 3 & 4 regional, until 2006.

### Susan Fennell

    Before becoming Mayor, Fennell was a councillor.

### Linda Jeffrey

    former councillor and Ontario MPP, Mayor elect 2014

### Ed Ludlow

    Ward 8, 1988-1991. Unsuccessfully ran for wards 2 and 6 in the 2003 election. Age 65 as of December 2006, guilty of molesting four boys between 1971 and 1975, when he was master instructor at Tora Martial Arts. Many more victims have yet to come forward

### Garnett Manning

    Wards 9 and 10, 2003-2006. Lost to Vicky Dhillon. In May 2006, he won the African Canadian Achievement Award (ACAA) for Excellence in Politics.

### Peter Robertson

    Before becoming Mayor, Robertson was a councillor.