Each seat on Mississauga’s council stands for 63,720 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities
Mississauga—Streetsville is the riding Lisgar votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members. Federally, Lisgar sits in Mississauga—Streetsville, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Rechie Valdez of the Liberal Party of Canada. Lisgar is part of Mississauga, which elected Bonnie Crombie as mayor in October 2022. 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 Lisgar is governed
Many residents per seat
Mississauga council spreads its seats over a big population; the typical municipality in Ontario has one seat per 1,540 residents. Council size ↓
Turnout below the norm
Mississauga council drew fewer of its electors to the polls in 2022 than the typical Ontario municipality (35%). How Lisgar voted ↓
Low spending per resident
Most of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Mississauga council: 79% of them. Council money ↓
Low federal turnout
More electors stayed home in Mississauga—Streetsville than in 76% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Lisgar 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.
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Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Above Mississauga’s council sits Peel Region, the upper tier, which runs services across all its municipalities.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Lisgar, from the most recent elections.
- 1Mississauga councilelected October 2022Bonnie Crombie
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioMississauga—Streetsville
- 3House of CommonsMississauga—Streetsville
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 won 78% of the votes cast for mayor. Voters pick a mayor for the whole municipality and the rest of Mississauga council ward by ward.
Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)
Lisgar voted less than most of Ontario in 2022
Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.
Mississauga council was elected on 24 October 2022 with 22% of electors voting, below the provincial middle.
How Lisgar voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Lisgar 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 | – |
Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025. Councils are elected on the fourth Monday in October every four years, says the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, so Mississauga votes next on 28 October 2030. Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Lisgar votes in Mississauga—Streetsville 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 ↗By law (the Representation Act, 2015), southern Ontario’s provincial ridings follow the 2013 federal boundaries, so each place is located from those. Mississauga—Streetsville takes in Lisgar and elects its MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Rechie Valdez represents Mississauga—Streetsville in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Mississauga—Streetsville · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
Rechie Valdez sits with the Liberal Party of Canada, which holds 71 of the 122 seats from Ontario.
The MP’s record
Rechie Valdez was first elected in 2021; the current Parliament is Rechie Valdez’s 2nd. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Mississauga—Streetsville, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 47%; Rechie Valdez held 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
The Liberal Party of Canada kept Mississauga—Streetsville in 2021 with Rechie Valdez
Counts for Mississauga—Streetsville within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
6,567 votes separated Rechie Valdez (Liberal Party of Canada) from Jasveen Rattan (Conservative Party of Canada) in Mississauga—Streetsville in 2021, when the winner took 47%. 50% had won it for Gagan Sikand (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2019.
All 6 candidates in Mississauga—Streetsville, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rechie Valdez | Liberal Party of Canada | 23,698 | 47.3% |
| Jasveen Rattan | Conservative Party of Canada | 17,131 | 34.2% |
| Farina Hassan | New Democratic Party | 6,186 | 12.3% |
| Gurdeep Wolosz | People's Party of Canada | 1,851 | 3.7% |
| Chris Hill | Green Party of Canada | 1,048 | 2.1% |
| Natalie Spizzirri | Animal Protection Party of Canada | 210 | 0.4% |
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.
More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $675 a resident, 47% of all spending. It employs the equivalent of 5,016 full-time positions, or 6.3 for each thousand people. Peel Region, the upper tier, spent another $2,085 per resident of its whole area, most of it on social services and child care. Spending by Mississauga council came to $1,436 a resident in 2024, under the $1,901 median of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities. Debt Mississauga council owes over the long term came to $260.7M, $328 a resident, under the median of $440. Local taxpayers carry a smaller share than elsewhere: 37% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 42%.
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.
How Mississauga council compares is at the top of the page; here it stands beside its neighbours.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Lisgar 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
- Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
- Who holds each seat. A member who resigned or switched parties last week may still show here: the names are Wikidata’s.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Council size. Seats count the head of council and the councillors, and residents are the 2021 Census count; a neighbourhood shows its city’s.
- Council money. Per resident means the 2024 Financial Information Return’s totals over the population it reports. Since a county or region spends in its lower tiers too, those are compared only with each other.
Questions about how Lisgar is run
Who is the MP for Lisgar?
Rechie Valdez of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Mississauga—Streetsville, which includes Lisgar.
Which party won Lisgar in the 2021 federal election?
Rechie Valdez (Liberal Party of Canada) took Mississauga—Streetsville in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MPP for Lisgar?
Mississauga—Streetsville is the riding; its sitting MPP is on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s own list of members for Lisgar and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Mississauga?
Bonnie Crombie was elected mayor in October 2022, for the 2022–26 term of Mississauga council.
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 Lisgar?
In October 2022, turnout for Mississauga council was 21.8%, against 35.5% for the typical Ontario municipality.
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).