Ward 5 (Mississauga)
Ward 5 is a municipal ward located in the northeast corner of the city of Mississauga, Ontario. It includes Malton and Britannia Woods, as well as extensive industrial area. Natalie Hart is the current city councillor, who was elected in the 2024 by-election to replace former councillor Carolyn Parrish who resigned to successfully run for mayor of Mississauga.
The ward contains the communities of Malton, and the part of Hurontario north of Eglinton Avenue.
Toronto Pearson International Airport is located within the ward.
The Ward was created in 1951 when the council of Toronto Township adopted a ward system. It has covered the Malton area since its creation. Toronto Township was re-named Mississauga in 1967.
Demographics
According to the 2006 Canadian 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. 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.
Councillors
- Carlton J. Stewart
- Ian Hart
- Sid Smith
- Thomas Sills
- Frank McKechnie
- Harold Kennedy
- Cliff Gyles
- Eve Adams
- Bonnie Crombie
- Carolyn Parrish
- Natalie Hart
Election results
2024 by-election
Candidates
Omer Abdalla
Hamid Akbar
Amir Ali
Previously registered as candidate for Mayor of Mississauga in the 2024 by-election. Ali tied for fourteenth place in the 2015 by-election for Ward 4 councillor, which was won by John Kovac, and received third place in the 2022 election for Ward 7 councillor, which was won by Dipika Damerla.Kristin Dattoo
Jordan Gray
Natalie Hart
General manager of the Malton Business Improvement Area. Candidate for Mississauga Ward 1 councillor, 2018. Former Ontario Liberal Party regional vice-president for central west.Imran Hasan
Former chair of the Mississauga Board of Trade, chair of Peel Crime Stoppers, and vice-president of Eden Food for Change food bank. President of telecom company Transglobal Systems of Canada. Candidate for Ward 11 in the 2018 and 2022.Ehsan Khandaker
Tazeen Rizvi
Rosemarie Sanchez Sanchez
Manish Sawhney
Shelly Scott-England
Black Caucus Alliance chair.Danny Singh
Rana Zia
2003
Two-time councillor Cliff Gyles was defeated in the election by Eve Adams; the incumbent placed a distant sixth. The election was held on November 10, roughly two months after Gyles was sentenced to 2.5 years in a federal penitentiary for accepting $35,000 in bribes.| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Eve Adams | 3,793 | 30.66 |
| Rick Falco | 2,282 | 18.45 |
| Roy Willis | 1,089 | 8.80 |
| Karam Singh Punian | 1,082 | 8.75 |
| Harji Bajwa | 898 | 7.26 |
| Cliff Gyles | 572 | 4.62 |
| Jim Sahdra | 508 | 4.11 |
| Frank Perrotta | 420 | 3.40 |
| Michelle Meghie | 333 | 2.69 |
| Nasir Majeed | 294 | 2.38 |
| Thomas Thomas | 290 | 2.34 |
| Sarbjit S. Bhatia | 193 | 1.56 |
| Gurjit Singh Bhatti | 173 | 1.40 |
| Sajjan Singh Sidhu | 94 | 0.76 |
| Fernando Tagalog | 71 | 0.57 |
| Chris Collier | 70 | 0.57 |
| Said M. Aldajani | 67 | 0.54 |
| Meena Hardatt | 59 | 0.48 |
| Greg Dell | 34 | 0.27 |
| James A. Girvin | 30 | 0.24 |
| Jay S. Kang | 18 | 0.15 |
1991
Incumbent Frank McKechnie defeats insurance broker Vijay Kalhan and warehouse worker Jasbir Singh.| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 3,512 | 55.56 |
| Roy Willis | 1,355 | 21.44 |
| Vijay Kalhan | 525 | 8.31 |
| Howard Baker | 371 | 5.87 |
| James Girvin | 326 | 5.16 |
| Jasbir Singh Gill | 232 | 3.67 |
1988
98% of polls reporting| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Frank McKechnie | 4,134 | 70.03 |
| Roy Willis | 1,769 | 29.97 |