Biography: Stephen Dasko has been the city councillor for Ward 1 since 2018. He serves on a number of committees at both the municipal and regional levels, including as chair of Mississauga’s road safety committee, and vice-chair of the budget, environmental action, and stormwater advisory committees.

As chair of the Mayor’s Arts and Museums Task Force, Dasko recently helped to develop an action plan for Mississauga’s cultural and creative sectors. This includes a slate of interventions to simplify city processes to allow for cultural events, support the local creative economy, and protect cultural spaces.

He has also put forward a number of road safety motions at council, including reducing speeds along Dixie Road and designated stretches of Lakeshore Road, and supported a motion in 2021 to introduce the City’s Automated Speed Enforcement program. That program was ended in 2025 after the Ford government introduced legislation to ban automated speed cameras province-wide.

Platform: Dasko has not published a platform as of publication. Instead, his website lists a series of his accomplishments over the past eight years as city councillor. In response to a questionnaire from modernmississauga.com, he says his campaign priorities are “fiscal accountability, community leadership, safety, and ensuring Mississauga receives its fair share.” In practice, he says this means keeping property taxes below the rate of inflation “where possible”, investing in police and fire services, as well as traffic calming measures and pedestrian infrastructure.

Biography: Little information is available online about Olivia Gannon. On LinkedIn, she says she works at a downsizing and estate management company, and has experience in hospitality management.

Platform: Gannon’s website says she supports investing in public and co-op housing and “encouraging innovative rent-to-own programs”, as well as targeted property tax relief for eligible low-income and fixed-income seniors. As councilor, she says she would “review City programs and spending to identify efficiencies before considering tax increases”, though she does not specify examples of what these efficiencies would be.

Biography: Little information is available online about Charles Corey. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is a risk management consultant who has worked at CGI, Sun Life Financial, and TELUS. He is also president of the Credit Pointe Residents’ Association. Corey initially entered the race for Ward 9 and 10 in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board before dropping out to run for Wards 1 and 7 in the Peel District School Board.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Jad El-Ghali currently works in risk and compliance at Exiger. He was previously a provincial media representative for New Majority (then called Future Majority), a non-profit aimed at getting first-time voters to the polls. He previously ran for PDSB trustee in Wards 3 and 4 in the 2022 municipal election.

Platform: El-Ghali’s platform mentions helping students build “strong foundations”, “safe and healthy schools”, and career planning, with an emphasis on transparency. He says he would host regular office hours for parents and students, provide clear updates about board decisions, and ensure that students are “included in conversations about their school experience.”

Biography: Sara Iqbal is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University. According to her LinkedIn profile, she is currently a teaching assistant at the Ted Rogers School of Management. She previously ran for mayor in the 2024 Mississauga municipal by-election at the age of 20.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Paul Pu is the director of The Erindale Academy, a private school near the University of Toronto – Mississauga campus. He is also the president of the Global Youth Challenge, a non-profit that hosts an annual essay and speech contest for students. Earlier this year, he published a book on AI and education with OISE professor Jim Slotta.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: There is little information available online about Miles Roque. According to this LinkedIn profile, he works in project management at Accenture. He previously worked at Canadian Solar and the Comtech Group. He also ran in the 2018 municipal election, for Ward 1 councillor, coming in fourth place.

Platform: Roque’s platform is available on Instagram. It includes addressing overcrowding and planning for long-term capital expenses at the board; increasing special education staffing and mental health supports; and increasing “accountability” through regular updates and accessible community meetings.

Biography: Little information is available online about Sariya Talat. She is the parent co-chair of the Parent Involvement Committee for the PDSB.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Mario Pascucci is the long-term incumbent Dufferin-Peel Catholic board trustee for Wards 1 and 3. He is running unopposed in the ward this election season, and is therefore elected by acclamation. He was first elected to the board in 1978, according to the Brampton Guardian, and has held the trustee role for more than 40 years. Though he lost in the 1997 election, Pascucci acclaimed the seat during the 2000 election, as there were no other opponents running. He has since won the next six elections.

Pascucci has also worked as a coordinator and professor at George Brown’s School of Management.

In 2024, Pascucci voted in favour of a failed motion to allow additional flags, like the Pride flag, at DPCDSB schools during particular observances, but then seven months later, he voted the opposite, to ban additional flags from being displayed inside schools. In 2025, Pascucci voted against having a Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation flag to fly during the month of June and an “Every Child Matters” flag to fly on Sept. 30.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Pierre Gregory has been a trustee for Conseil scolaire Viamonde since 2022, representing Hamilton-Wentworth, Halton, and Brant. He won by acclamation because he ran unopposed in that election.

Gregory has nearly 30 years of experience in education, including as a teacher at a French-language high school. He has previously worked at the Ministry of Education as part of the unit responsible for curriculum development in French-language schools in Ontario. As trustee, Gregory sat on the board’s Parents’ Participation Committee.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Little information is available online about Mahmad Neezam Chutoo. On LinkedIn, he says he works in bilingual customer service at Aimia, a Toronto-based investment holding company.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Jennifer Green Frank is running unopposed and therefore has already been elected by acclamation at the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. She is a registered immigration consultant with the immigration consulting firm Keith C.A. Frank & Associates. Green Frank is a citizen member of Mississauga’s Governance Committee and on the faculty at Ashton College, an online career college.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.