Biography: Brad Butt is a former MP who has been the councillor for Ward 11 since 2022. He represented Mississaga–Streetsville in Parliament as a Conservative from 2011 to 2015, when he lost re-election. Butt was vice president of government and stakeholder relations at the Mississauga Board of Trade before being elected to municipal office. As a councillor, Butt called on Premier Doug Ford’s government to protect the role of school trustees in the face of the provincial takeover of the role at two Peel region school boards. He asked Peel police to consider decreasing its budget, helped extend an incentive that waived charges for developers building rental housing, and tried to stop the use of speed cameras, but was defeated by other councillors. He opposed a development of three high-rise towers in the ward, calling them “way too high, way too dense.”

Platform: Butt says he’ll continue to keep an eye on spending at the Region of Peel and build more parks, bridges, and infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists.

Biography: According to his website, Amin Nanji says he’s the owner of two food distribution companies, a volunteer math teacher and a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Platform: If elected, Nanji says he’ll create volunteer representatives for each area of the ward, scrutinize new developments near Erin Mills Town Centre, and make sure infrastructure keeps up with new housing. He wants to implement new traffic-calming measures, spend tax dollars responsibly, and use technology to improve city services.

Biography: Dev Vashi says he’s a student in the United Kingdom and former campaign assistant with the federal Liberals. He’s critical of Mississauga’s current council for raising property taxes.

Platform: Vashi’s priorities include changing the funding formula for Peel Region, looking for other revenue sources before raising taxes, repairing infrastructure, and making streets safer with speed bumps and cameras. He proposes creating student co-ops, and “small business navigators” at city hall to help entrepreneurs get permits faster. He wants to fund roads and parks, and expand programs for seniors and youth with “zero capital rent.”

Biography: Little information is available online about Patrick Khrenaron Ma. In an election survey by Mississauga.com, he said he works in accounting.

Platform: Ma said in the survey that his priorities are to advocate for students’ and families’ concerns, and to make sure PDSB schools remain safe and inclusive. If elected, he says he will push for more written assignments to counter the influence of AI on students’ attention spans and language development. He also says students would benefit from workshop classes and “physical learning.”

Biography: Jill Promoli is the incumbent trustee for Wards 6 and 11. First elected in 2022, she has been involved in a number of committees including the audit committee, the discipline committee, and the budget development committee. Last year, she put forward a motion for the board to recognize a temperature threshold for extreme heat days. She has also been critical of the province’s supervision of the PDSB.

Promoli was a candidate in the 2025 provincial election, running for the Liberal Party in Mississauga-Streetsville. She came in second place behind PC MPP Nina Tangri.

Promoli is endorsed by the Peel Region Labour Council.

Platform: Promoli’s platform focuses on addressing staffing shortages, school safety, and community engagement. In addition to her priorities, her platform mentions some of her achievements in the previous term, including advocating to fix the funding formula, forming a “trustee advocacy network”, and improving emergency preparedness in schools. She also mentions the importance of illness prevention measures in school, having lost her son to a flu outbreak years prior.

Biography: According to his LinkedIn profile, Harish Shroff has worked in sales in the travel industry for the past two decades. Late this summer, he told The Local that he decided to run for trustee after the board’s provincial supervisor cut the number of special education classes at his child’s school.

Platform: In a post on his Instagram, Shroff says his priorities are safe schools, all-inclusive classrooms, a “strong parent voice,” and mental health and well-being.

Biography: Little information is available online about Shashi Singh. According to her website, she was motivated to run for the board because of her own experiences advocating for her child, who has special education needs.

Platform: Singh’s platform includes advocating for mental health resources and anti-bullying programs, and accountability and fiscal responsibility. She mentions wanting to foster career skills training, digital literacy, and culturally-responsive curricula, and argues for equitable access to resources across neighbourhoods. She prioritizes communication and involvement with parents.

Biography: Luz del Rosario has been trustee for wards 6 and 11 since 12 years. She is running unopposed in the ward, and has therefore been elected by acclamation.

Del Rosario was first elected trustee for Wards 6 and 11 in 2006. She unsuccessfully ran for city council in 2010, then returned to the trustee seat in 2014 and has held it since. Del Rosario has been elected chair of Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board three times.

During a debate over whether or not to have 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride flags at Catholic schools in 2025, del Rosario voted for a policy to ban all flags besides the Canadian, Ontario, and school board flags, which effectively banned the Pride flag.

In 2020, del Rosario led an initiative to celebrate the Quincentennial Jubilee of Christianity in the Philippines in all schools at the Dufferin-Peel board.

She opposed the 2017 closures of St. Dunstan Elementary School and St. Gertrude Separate School.

In addition to being a trustee, del Rosario has held leadership and board roles at Safe City Mississauga, Heritage Mississauga, Carassauga Festival, and Culture Philippines Ontario, among other organizations. On LinkedIn, del Rosario says she’s also a retired human resources professional.

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.