Ward 5 (Mississauga)

Ward 5 (Britannia Woods, Malton) is a municipal ward located in the northeast corner of the city of Mississauga, Ontario. Carolyn Parrish represents the ward's seat on Mississauga City Council and Peel Regional Council since her election in 2014.

Ward 5
Constituency
for the Mississauga City Council and Peel Regional Council
Ward 5 within Mississauga
Regional municipalityPeel
CityMississauga
PopulationAbout 76,000
Current constituency
CouncillorCarolyn Parrish

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.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 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.

Election results

1994
Candidate Votes %
Frank McKechnie4,07258.46
Roy Willis1,82426.19
Veerendra D. Adhiya6299.03
Howard Baker4406.32

1997
Candidate Votes %
Cliff Gyles2,45827.85
Roy Willis1,76219.96
Carole Berry1,57417.83
Harry Singh Dhillon1,20213.62
Y. S. Dhaliwal90910.30
Colin McKechnie8649.79
Devinder Singh Bassi570.65

2000
Candidate Votes %
Cliff Gyles6,05052.69
Ripsodhak Singh Grewal2,73023.77
Roy Willis1,94516.94
Ranjit S. Chahal3873.37
Mel Kell3713.23

2003
Candidate Votes %
Eve Adams3,79330.66
Rick Falco2,28218.45
Roy Willis1,0898.80
Karam Singh Punian1,0828.75
Harji Bajwa8987.26
Cliff Gyles5724.62
Jim Sahdra5084.11
Frank Perrotta4203.40
Michelle Meghie3332.69
Nasir Majeed2942.38
Thomas Thomas2902.34
Sarbjit S. Bhatia1931.56
Gurjit Singh Bhatti1731.40
Sajjan Singh Sidhu940.76
Fernando Tagalog710.57
Chris Collier700.57
Said M. Aldajani670.54
Meena Hardatt590.48
Greg Dell340.27
James A. Girvin300.24
Jay S. Kang180.15

Two time councillor Cliff Gyles was defeated in the election by Eve Adams; the incumbent placed a distant sixth. The election was held November 10, roughly two months after Gyles was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal penitentiary for accepting $35,000 in bribes.[1]

2006
Candidate Votes %
Eve Adams5,70445.77
Karman Singh Punian2,35218.87
Sydney Weir1,36910.99
Ricardo C. Francis8616.91
Frank Perrotta5284.24
Rana Ahmad4903.93
Sam Hanna4423.55
Brad MacDonald4413.54
Stephen Largy2031.63
Said M. Aldajani710.57

2010
Candidate Votes %
Eve Adams9,79566.75
Simerjit Kaur2,67818.25
Ilyas Shaikh8495.79
Jagjit Grewal5143.50
David Brenn4533.09
Mahmood Malik3852.62

2011 by-election
Candidate Votes %
Bonnie Crombie2,47921.54
Carolyn Parrish2,23819.44
Simmer Kaur1,66214.44
Peter Adams1,34711.70
Rick Williams7286.32
Kulvinder Bobbie Daid6335.50
Jake Dheer5734.98
Dianne Douglas5424.71
Mark Cashin2422.10
Barbara Hazel Tabuno2211.92
Mobeen Ali1741.51
Vlado Bertic1301.13
Glenn Barnes580.50
Olive Rose Steele570.50
Jimmy Ghimery510.44
Sandeep Patara510.44
Cheryl Rodricks420.36
Frank Perrotta400.35
Waqar Siddiqui360.31
Jamie Dookie350.30
Cecil Young340.30
Mo Khan280.24
Shirley Abraham260.23
Grant Isaac250.22
Catherine Soplet250.22
Paul Keselman170.15
Steve Bator160.14

2014
Candidate Votes %
Carolyn Parrish6,02539.18
Dianne Douglas2,76217.96
Samantha Angel1,93812.60
Waseem Ahmed1,59710.38
Harman Singh1,3108.52
Crystal Mark5523.59
Herman Hacikyan4823.13
Jayesh Trivedi3852.50
Jas Mangat1991.29
Aayesha Arshad Aamir1280.83

2018
Candidate[2] Vote %
Carolyn Parrish6,79863.87
David Broadway1,161 10.91
Ram Pawar1,0269.64
Ahmad Khan8928.38
Marina Qureshi4524.25
Alex Itty3152.96

References
  1. Funston, Mike (11 September 2003). "Gyles jailed 2 1/2 years for taking bribes; Judge calls crimes 'insidious assault on democracy' Councillor gets bail pending request for appeal".
  2. "City of Mississauga, Municipal Election Results". City of Mississauga. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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