Mayor of Mississauga | |
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Incumbent vacant | |
Style | Mayor, His/Her Worship |
Member of | City Council |
Reports to | City Council |
Seat | Mississauga Civic Centre (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) |
Appointer | Direct election by residents of Mississauga |
Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | Robert Speck |
Formation | 1967 |
Salary | $146,198 + $31,219 in benefits |
Website | Mayor's Office City Website |
The mayor of Mississauga is the head of Mississauga City Council and chief executive officer of the municipal government. The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits.[1] While in office, mayors are styled His/Her Worship.
Bonnie Crombie served as the 6th and most recent mayor of Mississauga. She first assumed office on December 1, 2014, following the 2014 mayoral election. Crombie was re-elected to a third term in 2022. She resigned as mayor effective January 12, 2024, after becoming leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Mayors of Mississauga
This list includes the two mayors of the Town of Mississauga (existing from 1968 to 1973), and the four mayors of the City of Mississauga (1974 to present):
Town of Mississauga
Before 1968, Mississauga was led by the reeves for the townships of Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Erindale, Lakeview, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Sheridan, and Toronto Township.
No. | Mayor | In office | Notes | ||
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1 | Robert Speck | 1968 | 1972 | Former reeve of Toronto Township. Died in office. | |
2 | Chic Murray | 1972 | 1973 | Interim mayor, appointed by Council following Speck's death. |
City of Mississauga
The City of Mississauga was formed with the merger of the towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville:
No. | Mayor | In office | Notes | ||
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3 | Martin Dobkin | 1973 | 1976 | First mayor of the City of Mississauga. | |
4 | Ron Searle | 1976 | 1978 | Former town councillor and city councillor. | |
5 | Hazel McCallion | December 1, 1978 | November 30, 2014 | Former mayor of Streetsville. Longest-serving mayor of Mississauga. | |
6 | Bonnie Crombie | December 1, 2014 | January 12, 2024 | Former city councillor and Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville. |
References
- ↑ "AMO – Ontario Municipal Elections". www.amo.on.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-25.