Mayoral campaigns were won by Allan Thompson in Caledon, Linda Jeffrey in Brampton, and Bonnie Crombie in Mississauga. Newly re-elected Mississauga councillor Frank Dale was voted by 14 of 24 Regional councillors as the new Chair of the Region of Peel.
Hazel McCallion has cautioned current Mississauga councillors from seeking the seat, or voting for a current Regional councillor, as this would trigger a $500,000 by-election or an appointment.[4] Frank Dale won the appointment by a single vote over John Sanderson which he cast for himself.
Former Brampton City Councillor (1991–2003), MPP for Brampton Centre and Brampton—Springdale (2003–2014), Minister of Natural Resources, Labour, Seniors and Municipal Affairs and Housing, and Chair of Cabinet
John Sanderson
22,336
21.58
Officially lending their support are City Councillors Bob Callahan, John Hutton, and Grant Gibson and Regional Councillors Elaine Moore and John Sprovieri.[6]
Scrap metal broker, owns company. In an interview with The Brampton Guardian, his focus was on accountability. Roads, urban sprawl, and quality of life were also mentioned.[7]
Jacqueline Bell
2,187
2.11
Ranjit Singh
2,085
2.01
Muhammad Haque
1,848
1.79
Baljit Bobby More
1,304
1.26
Sukhjinder S. Gill
878
0.85
Hargurnar Randhawa
749
0.72
Ran in the 2010 election for Mayor of Brampton, placing fourth of five.
Promoted a livable city; supported transit initiatives; pledged to hold regular town hall meetings for improved resident engagement; maintain employment lands for jobs; pledged to advocate for completion of Peel Memorial Phase 2.[17]
Wards 2 & 6
Victoria Colbourne
John Hutton
Hutton was the incumbent for these wards as a City Councillor.[18]
Mandeep Jassal
Brampton School Traffic Safety Council member.[19]
Sean Kean
Jai Naraine
Michael Paul Palleschi
Wards 3 & 4
Amir Ali
Penelope Batey
Divina De Buono
Shan Gill
John Raymond Grant
Aims to change the Region's waste to energy plan by building plasma gasification plants; by doing so, he expects the lower hydro rates will return manufacturing to Brampton. Other priorities are to develop new revenue streams for the City, improve the City's delivery of services.[20]
Steve Kavanagh
Served five terms as a Peel District School Board trustee. On registration he noted that the municipal audit spurred him to run, saying he has built a reputation on following policy and being frugal.[21]
Joseph Kus
Ran for Councillor, Ward 6 of Oakville, 2006. His only campaign priority provided to the Brampton Guardian is Parks and Recreation programs for people aged 35 to 55. He did not provide the Guardian with a photograph of himself, his occupation, or an explanation of why he was running for council.[22] Parks and Recreation is run by the City of Brampton, not the Region.
Robert Lackey
Sean Leiba
Management and e-commerce consultant; small business mentor, math tutor, and father. Platform includes accountability, gridlock, platform includes scrapping the LRT, businesses and jobs, education, community building.[23]
Robert Mall
Finished four of five candidates in the 2010 election for City Councillor, Wards 3 & 4.[24]
Garnett Manning
Martin Mederios
Senior Policy Advisor, Province of Ontario; volunteering for Portuguese community organizations, health fundraising, his church. Platform includes transparency, accountability, job opportunities, transportation, education, training opportunities.[25]
Kevin Montgomery
Evie O'Malley
Lynda Sacco
Raguhbir Singh
Wards 7 & 8
Mir Ali
Christine Allen
Logan Anderson
Previously registered for city council.
Gael Miles
Incumbent. Miles is the only incumbent endorsed by Mayor Fennell.[26]
Blair Nicholson
Cheryl Rodricks
Manjit Bhondhi Saini
Jotvinder Sodhi
Wards 9 & 10
Paramjit Singh Birdi
Jagdip Hayer
Julie McPhee
Michelle Shaw
Gurratan Singh
JD Singh
John Sprovieri
Incumbent.
Harkanwal S. Thind
Thind was the runner up in the 2010 election with 7071 votes (31.7%).[27] He is a local business owner and community activist involved with many local organizations including as a director of iRock Pink (a cancer awareness and fundraising group that donates annually to Wellspring Chiguacousy), a founder member of Indo-Canadian Friends of Osler (a group pledging to raise $1 Million for William Osler hospitals), and is a member of the Brampton Board of Trade and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Incumbent Grant Gibson won with a healthy margin, as did his close ally, Regional Councillor Elaine Moore. Gibson endorsed the candidacy of John Sanderson for mayor.[6] Gibson and Elaine Moore were the only councillors to post their expenses online before the public focus on accountability.[31] Gibson's top challengers were Steve Kerr, a certified youth counselor/education liaison and entrepreneur, and Maureen Harper, a veterinarian, recently retired from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Candidate
Vote
%
Notes
Brampton Wards 2 & 6
Ojie Eghobor
Ros Feldman
Ralph Irving Greene
Formerly a trustee, current campaign asks for voters to "re-elect" Greene.
Ran for Halton Hills Town Council in 2006, placing third; he had run once prior.[34][35]
Sushil Tailor
Doug Whillans
Son of the late Mayor of Brampton Ken Whillans. One of eight candidates for this seat in 2010 coming in second after John Hutton; Hutton is no longer running for city council and is instead running for regional council.[36]
Linda Zanella
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board trustee for Brampton Wards 2, 5 and 6 for 16 years. Zanella has considered city politics for "some time", but wasn't comfortable running against incumbent Hutton. Hutton is now running for Regional council.[18]
Brampton Wards 3 & 4
Jeff Bowman
Nisar Butt
Michael Freeman
Parminder Singh Grewal
Robert Donald Gallie Lee
C. Jean Jamieson
Andre Levy
Levy is an electro-mechanical engineer, automation & robotics tech. Five of his priorities are accountability, mayor/council salary, transparency, jobs, poverty.[37]
Maria Peart
Finished 4th of 8 in the 2006 election for City Councillor, Wards 3 & 4.[38]
Frank B. Raymond
Shivani Shiromany
Daniel Yeboah
Brampton Wards 7 & 8
Ajay Malhotra
Volunteers call him the "Common-sense" Councillor. He talks about real common-sense solutions to City problems like "Facilities should be built at the rate and speed of housing development." and that Local taxes should remain local.
Wards 1 & 5: Wesley Rampersad, a former Region of Peel case worker, terminated in August 2013. Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau investigations found a total of $189,000 was paid to what police allege were fake client claims. Detectives arrested Rampersad on charges May 1, 2014, laying multiple charges.[39]
Wards 3 & 4: Adam Holly, Kevin Montgomery (re-registered as a Regional Council candidate)
Wards 7 & 8: Logan Anderson (re-registered as a candidate for Regional Council), Joseph Tanti
January 7: The Star also runs an editorial critical of Fennell, suggesting that it is "becoming near-impossible to ignore Fennell's spending scandals and her attempts to keep the information secret, which have tainted her reputation as mayor and dominated city council," expressing concern that she is a distraction to the City, during its continued growth.[40]
February 10: John Sanderson registers as a candidate for mayor. The Globe notes Sanderson as the first "experienced challenger", highlighting his "extensive six-part platform".[41]
March 23:Brampton-Springdale MPP Linda Jeffrey (Liberal) confirms that she will resign as both a Member of Provincial Parliament and Municipal Affairs Minister on the March 25. She did not confirm that she was running for Mayor of Brampton, stating to The Star that she was the nominated candidate for the riding. Jeffrey is a former Brampton councillor. Both Fennell and Sanderson were quick to issue statements connecting her with Liberal government issues like eHealth, Ornge, and gas plant cancellations.[42]
March 24 and 25: A leaked memo reveals that Mayor Fennell asked the city treasurer to initiate a "stop of salary", at the end of October, before a salary report release. The move effectively dropped her from the position as Canada's highest paid mayor, by refusing acceptance of her November and December pay. Council must approve changes to the mayor's salary, and many councillors suggested the move was illegal. Sanderson questioned the act of cutting salary in the lead up to an election. Group Citizens For a Better Brampton questioned whether she can reverse the decision after the election, and receive the back owed pay.[43][44]
March 26: Susan Fennell issues a statement that she will be stepping aside from duties as mayor for an undisclosed period, as her husband has been admitted for open heart surgery.[45] Regional Councillor John Sprovieri serves as acting mayor in a session of council. He will hold the position for the remainder of March; Bob Callahan was to by acting mayor in April.[45][46] Later in the day, Fennell's spokesperson announces she will return by the next meeting of council.[47]
April 2:
Former Councillor and MPP Linda Jeffrey enters the Mayoral race.[48]
Toronto Star runs a front-page story on Fennell and her staff's charges to City credit cards.[49] An editorial says either Jeffrey or Sanderson "would be a better mayor than the incumbent."[50]
May 21: Fennell's privately run Mayor's Gala has only dispersed $442,005 to community groups in 2012 and 2013 combined, from $1,710,106 raised, little over a quarter of funds raised, Toronto Star reports.[52]
May 27: Toronto Star reports that a company owned by a "close personal friend" of Fennell has received 453 City contracts since 2001, all under the competitive tendering process minimum, totalling $1.1 million. The company, MeriMac, has also been paid by Fennell's own organization to organize its charitable gala and golf tournaments since 2008. Ching lives in a house owned by Fennell.[53] An editorial the same day suggests that the Mayor's "years of misrule warrant a crushing defeat".[54]
May 28: A result of the Star article, City Council votes to replace Integrity Commissioner Donald Cameron, who had cleared Fennell. Once a new Commissioner is hired, councillors intend to file an immediate complaint on the grounds that the previous investigation was misled.[55]
May 29: Fennell goes on CBC Metro Morning to defend her actions, saying the Star story is "filled with inaccuracies"; the Star reiterates that Fennell and Ching refused to reply to repeated questions before the story was published. She assured host Matt Galloway she does not mix personal life and business. Also on CBC, Fennell commented that various councillors have been displaying "outrageous, shameful conduct".[56][57] She described the tactic as "silly season" to get in the way of Brampton receiving a university campus.[58]
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September 5: Social Justice Collaborative holds Brampton's first debate of the campaign, at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives. Coverage of the debate focused largely around spending practices by Fennell and council.[59][60]
September 10
Before the final council meeting of the term, Fennell calls a press conference to announce she is pursuing legal action against critical councillors, the Toronto Star, and Deloitte Canada, which was hired by the City to do a forensic audit. "I've had it up to here with the lies the innuendo and the smears."[61][62]
September 12: Susan Fennell threatens to boycott the Brampton Board of Trade's debate, after several candidates suggested the event was anti-democratic and discriminatory. BBOT members were asked to vote on which candidates should attend. Jaipaul Massey-Singh, Board of Trade chair-elect, responded that the selection process was "in order to properly engage candidates in discussion of their platforms.[63] The BBOT is concerned that if all candidates are invited to speak, individuals will then simply state their positions with little or no opportunity for them to challenge one another or for panelists to hold them accountable in their answers. Recent local debates that have invited all candidates to participate have shown this to be the case."[64] If anyone does not participate, the BBOT will replace them with the candidate with the next highest number of votes.[63]
September 16: BBOT drops Susan Fennell from the BBOT debate. Self-employed farmer Jacqueline Bell will take the fourth spot, joining Jeffreys, Sanderson, and McLeod. Hargy Randhawa is also added.[65] Devinder Sangha issues a press release calling their actions "knee jerk", suggesting Randhawa was "invited directly by the BBOT in spite of his entering the Mayoral race at the last minute and being the lowest voted candidate in the previous Mayoral election."[66] Randhawa received over 13% of the vote in 2010, finishing fourth of five candidates.[67]
September 24: Brampton CAO John Corbett confirms that Deloitte has decided to "stop providing advice to the city." A new auditing firm must be hired to determine repayment amounts. Councillors talking to the media suggest that, due to legal action, the issue is impossible to revisit before the election.[68]
September 29: The BBOT debate at Sheridan College happens as scheduled. While Fennell remained uninvited, she talked to media outlets including CP24, and tweeted responses to the debate.[69][70]
October 2: Attention moved from Fennell to Jeffrey in the Brampton Young Professionals Forum debate, with the incumbent, Sanderson, and Sangha suggesting that the Province didn't help the City. Jeffrey suggested the City missed opportunities: "sat on the bench and did not chase the puck".[71]
October 5: A senior solicitor for Brampton, Colin Grant, is revealed to be no longer with the City.[72]
October 6:
Fennell, Sanderson, and Jeffrey appear on CP24 program LeDrew Live.[73] Fennell dubs the controversy as "manufactured scandals".[74] Sanderson suggests Jeffrey double crossed him, suggesting during the ice storm that she was not interested in running for Mayor of Brampton.[75]
An anonymous attack ad, directed at Jeffrey, is released on YouTube. Citing its production values and professional narration, Jeffrey's campaign suggests that it is connected to a "well financed individual or group."[76]
October 16: A poll conducted by Forum finds 68% of voters want Fennell to resign, up from 63% in September.[15]
October 24:
Arbitrator Janet Leiper released a report, finding that the amount to be owed by Fennell as $3,522.97, less than the roughly $34,000 indicated in the audit.[77]
After a press conference held by Fennell on the porch of her Terra Cotta Crescent house, supporters throw room-temperature coffee in the face of Toronto Star reporter San Grewal.[78]
November 26: United Way of Peel officials say they are looking into code of ethics complaints, related to CEO Shelley White's endorsement of Jeffreys.[79]
Registration for the 2014 election in Caledon had a slow start compared to other municipalities; the first Council registration was incumbent Gord McClure, on February 14.[84]
There are currently two Mayoral candidates in Caledon.
Incumbent Marolyn Morrison is not seeking a fourth term in office; her husband intends to retire from teaching in 2015.[85] Morrison experienced continued intimidation from developers throughout her term of office, including an attack on her husband that caused temporary vision damage.[86]
First elected as Regional Councillor for Ward 2 in 2003.[88] Issues include managing sustainable growth.[89]
Ian Sinclair
3,091
19.16
Served as area and regional councillor between 1994 and 2003 in Ward 1, director and president of former Caledon Ratepayers Association between 1979 and 1986.[90] Issues include public consultation, tax rates, and urban design.[91]
Gary Cascone
2,898
17.96
Nancy Stewart
2,199
13.63
George Niras
123
0.76
Niras has dropped out of the election, but will remain on the ballot. He has endorsed Gary Cascone.[92]
Chris Harker, a former Ward 5 Regional Councillor, registered from August 13; he withdrew August 18, due to "a sudden and unforeseen personal matter".[93]
Those elected as a Regional Councillor serve both on Town of Caledon council and Region of Peel council.
Candidate
Vote
%
Notes
Caledon Ward 1
Barb Shaughnessy
1442
49.50
Richard Paterak (X)
1103
37.86
Jim Pattison
368
12.63
Caledon Ward 2
Johanna Downey
2465
80.69
Mark Radford
590
19.31
Caledon Ward 3 & 4
Jennifer Innis
2752
57.45
Former executive assistant to Mayor Morrison, previously worked with various Progressive Conservative politicians.[94] Innis public addressed rumours of her candidacy in September 2013.[95]
Richard Whitehead (X)
1309
27.33
In municipal office 21 of the last 25 years. Wants to work on ongoing development plans for Bolton and Caledon East, safety issues in Palgrave, and a watershed master plan.[96]
Tony Viola
729
15.22
Previously ran in the 1988,[97] 2007,[98] and 2010 elections.
The mayoral race in Mississauga was noted for the retirement of Hazel McCallion, who had served as the city's mayor since 1978 and often faced only token opposition in past campaigns, thus giving rise to the city's first genuinely competitive mayoral race in many years.[101] The leading candidates were Bonnie Crombie and Steve Mahoney, both former Members of Parliament.[101] A third former MP, Carolyn Parrish, was widely believed to be a potential candidate as well, but instead confirmed her intention to run for a council seat rather than for mayor.[101]
Through much of the year, Mahoney and Crombie were effectively tied in public opinion polling; although Mahoney led slightly in most polls, his lead rarely exceeded the poll's margin of error.[102] Both candidates' platforms were nearly identical, with the only substantive point of distinction between them being Mahoney's proposal to implement high-occupancy vehicle lanes on some city streets as an interim measure, while working toward the longer-term implementation of rapid transit improvements that both candidates favoured.[102] In early October, however, McCallion made a speech in which, while stopping short of calling it an official endorsement, she appeared to favour Crombie as her successor;[103] the speech almost immediately vaulted Crombie into a 25-point lead over Mahoney.[102]
66. Former Mississauga Ward 8 councillor (1978–1987), former Mississauga West MPP (1987–1995), former Mississauga West MP (1997–2004). Initial platform is entirely fiscally themed; linking tax increases to inflation, core services review, seek outside advice on City spending, adopt participatory budgeting using social media and crowd sourcing.[105]
Dil Muhammad
2,429
1.51
75. Retired CEO of Pharm Canada and Vivo Canadian.[106]
Stephen King
1,874
1.16
Masood Khan
1,254
0.78
Donald Barber
1,225
0.76
Derek Ramkissoon
1,044
0.65
52. Resident of Orchard Heights. Owns "staffing, employment and investment companies." Founder of the non-profit In Christ Alone Ministry. Wants to bring skilled labour to Mississauga, For gridlock, wants to create peak period dedicated truck lanes.
Scott E. W. Chapman
868
0.54
24. born in Mississauga, resident of Meadowvale. Educated at Humber College (comedy writing and performance), Seneca College (television production). Quit his job at an alarm company to become a full-time candidate. Admires Hazel McCallion and her "fiscal responsibility". Issues include transit and emergency preparedness.[107] On announcing his nomination, he stopped tweeting.[108]
Riazuddin Choudhry
790
0.49
70. resident of Cooksville. Retired. As of April, Choudhry and his campaign team are going into the community to establish what the issues are, so that he can establish a platform.[109]
In mid-September 2014, Mahoney commissioned a poll of 824 people using interactive voice response. Main Street Technologies added the names of the three Toronto mayoral front-runners to Mississauga front-runners' names, to demonstrate Mahoney's observation that many Mississauga residents were unaware of the municipal election or its candidates.[115] Mahoney's internal polling found that 63 to 66% of Mississauga residents are undecided as to their choice for mayor.[116]
President of the Mississauga East–Cooksville NDP riding association.
Samantha Angel
1,938
12.60
Dianne Douglas
2,762
17.96
Herman Hacikyan
482
3.13
Jas Mangat
199
1.29
Married to Amrit Mangat, Mississauga-Brampton South MPP. He withdrew from the race, but his name remained on the ballot, as the announcement came after the September 12 withdrawal deadline.[117]
Former Liberal MP (1993-2006) and City Councillor for Ward 6 (2006-2010)
Harman Singh
1,310
8.52
Jayesh Trivedi
385
2.50
Ward 6
Rami Al Saedi
209
1.20%
Osmand Banguri
223
1.23%
Gary Dunlop
876
5.05%
Peter Ferreira
(withdrew) Catholic School trustee for Ward 6 & 11.
Rabia Khedr
2,593
14.94%
Ghada Melek
3,064
17.65%
Medhat Oweida
71
0.41%
Ron Starr (X)
10,322
59.47%
Ward 7
Zafar Ansari
1,134
8.14%
Bassam Esbeit
675
4.85%
Nando Iannicca (X)
8,421
60.48%
Louroz Mercader
3,693
26.52%
Ward 8
Amadeus Blazys
1,471
8.58%
Louis R. Girard
1,027
5.99%
Abbas Hussaini
157
0.92%
Gerald Jackson
379
2.21%
Mohammad Latif
1,120
6.54%
Matt Mahoney (X)
7,522
43.89%
Son of previous councillor Katie Mahoney
Michael Miller
2,262
13.20%
Rose Streete
809
4.72%
Gen Volnyansky
191
1.11%
Saskia Wijngaard
1,257
7.33%
Cecil Young
943
5.50%
Ran in Ward 5, Malton, in the September 2011 by-election.[118]
Ward 9
Delvon Greene
397
2.86%
Ran in the 2011 municipal election.
Aman Khan
1,452
10.44%
Len Little
2,485
17.87%
Sidney Mondoux
244
1.75%
Registered to run for council in Ward 9 on April 9, withdrawing the nomination on April 30. Registered to run in Ward 5 April 30, cancelled nomination September 10. Registered to run in Ward 10 on September 10.
Pat Saito (X)
9,065
65.20%
Angeline Lorna Sankar
261
1.88%
Ward 10
Delvon Greene
397
2.86%
Jamie Dookie
474
3.19%
Ran in the 2011 by-election for Ward 5, receiving less than 1% of the vote. Did not complete legal financial returns following race and was banned from running for one term.
14 candidates for Mayor of Brampton or Mississauga, or Regional council within Brampton or Mississauga Brampton: Michael Freeman, Donald McLeod, Kevin Montgomery Mississauga: Kevin Johnston, Masood Khan, Stephen King
^Criscione, Peter (October 28, 2014). "New era begins at Brampton city hall". The Brampton Guardian. Retrieved November 27, 2014. "I'm a bit down," Sanderson, who indicated he's interested in running for the open chair at Peel Region.
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^Fatima, Sahar (September 4, 2014). "Spending scandal hot issue as Brampton mayoral candidates square off at debate". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 5, 2014. Ms. Fennell joined seven other Brampton mayoral candidates and two candidates running for mayor in Caledon at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archive for a question-and-answer session hosted by the Social Justice Collaborative.