Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Each seat on Mississauga’s council stands for 63,720 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities
Parts of Erindale vote in 2 different ridings for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Mississauga Centre and Mississauga—Lakeshore. Erindale’s current MPP isn’t named here, because no open source records the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s members. Fares Al Soud (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Mississauga Centre, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Erindale. As a neighbourhood of Mississauga, Erindale shares the council elected in October 2022, with Bonnie Crombie as mayor. Ontario voted again on 26 October 2026, and the province hasn’t published that election’s open file yet, so these are the 2022–26 council’s names.
What stands out in how Erindale is governed
Many residents per seat
Mississauga council has more people behind each seat than most of Ontario, where the middle figure is 1,540 residents a seat. Council size ↓
Turnout below the norm
In Ontario’s 2022 municipal elections, the middle municipality saw 35% of electors vote; Mississauga council fell short of that. How Erindale voted ↓
Split between ridings
70% of Erindale residents live in Mississauga Centre; the other 30% vote in Mississauga—Lakeshore or beyond. Member of Parliament ↓
Low spending per resident
In 2024, 79% of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spent more per resident than Mississauga council. Council money ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Erindale is governed by Mississauga, with Ontario and Ottawa.
The city council decides local matters.
Spends most on social services and child care, then water, sewers and waste (2024 return).
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ola.org ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Two councils serve Mississauga: its own, and that of Peel Region, the upper tier.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Erindale, from the most recent elections.
- 1Mississauga councilelected October 2022Bonnie Crombie
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioMississauga Centre · Mississauga—Lakeshore
- 3House of CommonsMississauga Centre · 70%
- 4House of CommonsMississauga—Lakeshore · 30%
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
Who was elected to Mississauga council in 2022
Everyone elected in 2022, with their votes; Ontario’s file gives each seat’s votes but not the ward’s name.
- Bonnie Crombie
- Dipika Damerla
- Stephen Dasko
- Chris Fonseca
- John Kovac
- Matt Mahoney
- Sue McFadden
- Carolyn Parrish
- Alvin Tedjo
- Joe Horneck
- Martin Reid
- Brad Butt
12 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Votes | Share of the seat’s votes | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Crombie | Mayor | 82,736 | 79% | Yes |
| Dipika Damerla | Local and Regional Councillor | 4,969 | 55% | Yes |
| Stephen Dasko | Local and Regional Councillor | 5,552 | 70% | Yes |
| Chris Fonseca | Local and Regional Councillor | 6,767 | 72% | Yes |
| John Kovac | Local and Regional Councillor | 5,748 | 68% | Yes |
| Matt Mahoney | Local and Regional Councillor | 8,002 | 80% | Yes |
| Sue McFadden | Local and Regional Councillor | 6,960 | 61% | Yes |
| Carolyn Parrish | Local and Regional Councillor | 5,631 | 68% | Yes |
| Alvin Tedjo | Local and Regional Councillor | 3,722 | 41% | No |
| Joe Horneck | Local and Regional Councillor | 7,085 | 60% | No |
| Martin Reid | Local and Regional Councillor | 2,793 | 26% | No |
| Brad Butt | Local and Regional Councillor | 3,864 | 41% | No |
Bonnie Crombie became mayor on 78% of the votes cast. The mayor is chosen at large; everyone else on Mississauga council answers to a ward.
Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)
Erindale voted less than most of Ontario in 2022
Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.
When Mississauga council was chosen on 24 October 2022, just 22% of electors took part, under the provincial median.
How Erindale voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Erindale votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Mississauga council | 26 October 2026 | 28 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. Mississauga votes next on 28 October 2030: the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 sets municipal elections on the fourth Monday in October every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Erindale spans 2 ridings for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.
MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗Southern Ontario’s ridings are the 2013 federal ones by statute, which is how this page places the town. Every one of them sends a separate MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and each covers part of Erindale.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Erindale has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Mississauga Centre · Liberal Party of Canada · 70%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Mississauga—Lakeshore · Liberal Party of Canada · 30%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
Fares Al Soud sits with the Liberal Party of Canada, which holds 71 of the 122 seats from Ontario.
The MP’s record
April 2025 was Fares Al Soud’s first election to the House of Commons. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Mississauga Centre would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 54%, and Fares Al Soud kept it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Omar Alghabra kept Mississauga Centre for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Mississauga Centre as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025. It held 70% of Erindale’s residents.
Turnout in Mississauga Centre was 56% in 2021, against 63% nationally. The 2021 count in Mississauga Centre put Omar Alghabra (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 54%, with Kathy-Ying Zhao (Conservative Party of Canada) 12,329 votes back. Omar Alghabra already held it after the 2019 election, won with 56%.
All 5 candidates in Mississauga Centre, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Alghabra | Liberal Party of Canada | 25,719 | 54.2% |
| Kathy-Ying Zhao | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,390 | 28.2% |
| Teneshia Samuel | New Democratic Party | 5,331 | 11.2% |
| Elie Diab | People's Party of Canada | 2,128 | 4.5% |
| Craig Laferriere | Green Party of Canada | 863 | 1.8% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Mississauga council spends less per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
Long-term debt at Mississauga council stood at $260.7M, or $328 a resident, below the $440 median. At 37%, property taxes count for less of the revenue than the 42% seen across the province. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $675 a resident, 47% of all spending. Full-time staff number 5,016, about 6.3 to every thousand residents. On top of that comes Peel Region: $2,085 a resident across its area, led by social services and child care. In 2024 the median among Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities was $1,901 a resident; Mississauga council spent $1,436.
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $537M | $675 | 47% |
| Recreation and culture | $284.8M | $358 | 25% |
| Police, fire and protection | $178.8M | $225 | 16% |
| General government | $67.6M | $85 | 6% |
| Planning and development | $41.9M | $53 | 4% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $32.5M | $41 | 3% |
| Public health and paramedics | $1M | $1 | 0% |
| Social services and child care | $425K | $1 | 0% |
Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Mississauga council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Nearby councils are drawn here for scale; the headline already says where Mississauga council stands.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Erindale is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.on.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Council size. Every seat counts, the head of council’s too, against the population of the 2021 Census.
- Council money. The 2024 Financial Information Return, totals after adjustments by service, per resident with the return’s own population. A lower tier’s figures leave out its county’s or region’s spending, so lower tiers are compared only with lower tiers.
Questions about how Erindale is run
Who is the MP for Erindale?
Erindale has more than one: Fares Al Soud (Liberal Party of Canada) for Mississauga Centre, and Charles Sousa for Mississauga—Lakeshore.
Which party won Erindale in the 2021 federal election?
Mississauga Centre went to Omar Alghabra (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Fares Al Soud has been the MP for Mississauga Centre.
Who is the MPP for Erindale?
Parts of Erindale are in Mississauga Centre and Mississauga—Lakeshore; the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s site gives the MPP for each.
Who heads the council in Mississauga?
For the 2022–26 term, Mississauga council was led by Bonnie Crombie, elected mayor in October 2022.
How much does Mississauga council spend?
In 2024, Mississauga council spent $1.1 billion in all, for some 796,000 residents, of which $537M went on roads and transit, the biggest line.
Which regional body is Mississauga part of?
The council of Peel Region sits above Mississauga’s and runs region-wide services, police and water among them.
How is Mississauga council elected?
By ward for councillors and at large for the mayor, on Mississauga council.
What was the turnout in Erindale?
It was 21.8% for Mississauga council in 2022, with Ontario’s municipalities at a median of 35.5%.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada · Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario) · Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).