Mississauga Ward 1

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.