Mayor Crombie seeking re-election in Mississauga
Published May 2, 2022 at 7:34 pm
While it might not have been hugely in doubt, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie has officially filed to run for re-election.
Monday was the first day that candidates for mayor, city council or school board trustee could file nomination papers for local elections, which are scheduled for Oct. 24. Mayor Crombie announced that she is running for a third term in an Instagram post.
“It’s an honour and privilege to hold office,” Crombie wrote. “The past (two) years have been difficult and I look forward to the opportunity to continue to provide strong, steady leadership as our city recovers and thrives.”
The majority of the past term in Mississauga, like all municipalities, has been dominated by the local COVID-19 pandemic response.
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Crombie received more than 75 per cent support in the 2018 election. In her first campaign in 2014, she received almost 63.5 per cent support after receiving an endorsement from retiring mayor Hazel McCallion.
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Prior to that, Crombie was the Ward 5 councillor for three years and was a Mississauga member of Parliament for about two-and-a-half years. She joined council after winning a 2011 byelection that was required when the seat was vacated after Eve Adams was elected as an MP. In the federal election earlier that year, Crombie was unseated as the Liberal MP for Mississauga—Streetsville.
Along with the incumbent mayor, two city council hopefuls made their candidacies known on Monday.
- Joe Horneck, who lost the 2018 Ward 6 race to Coun. Ron Starr by fewer than 350 votes, is challenging for the seat again.A statement from Horneck pointed to his professional experience as an executive with several major financial institiutions. He has also been treasurer of Armagh House, a transitional supportive housing program, and has a five-year co-chair of the Western GTA Summit MOVE Taskforce, a citizens advisory group that promotes ways to reduce gridlock.Four years ago, Starr’s 347-vote margin against Horneck worked out to a 2.58-per cent victory.
- Nokha Dakroub, a two-term public school board trustee, is running for council in Ward 9, where Coun. Pat Saito is retiring after 30 years.Dakroub is an intensive care unit and acute care social worker at Mississauga Hospital. She is near the tailend of her second term as the wards 9 & 10 trustee on the Peel District School Board, having first been elected in 2014.Ward 9 includes Meadowvale and central Erin Mills in northwestern Mississauga.