Mississauga Ward 2

Biography: Little information is available online about Ronnie Amyotte. He previously ran for office as an Independent in the 2006 federal election for Mississauga-Erindale, receiving 0.5 per cent of votes. In 2023, he made a deputation to the City opposing a housing development in his neighbourhood.

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

Biography: Michelle Baker is a public policy professional who served as the acting chief of staff to then-Mayor Bonnie Crombie in 2021. Previously, she worked in policy roles in a number of provincial ministries, and as a senior advisor in the Premier’s office. Most recently, she was the Executive Director of Ontario’s Big City Mayors, an organization that represents the mayors of Ontario cities with more than 100,000 residents.

Platform: At the time of publication, Baker has not released a policy platform. On her website, she says she aims to focus on neighbourhood safety, efficient spending, maintaining parks, and road and infrastructure improvements.

Biography: Michael Carroll runs Warp Zone Gaming at Westdale Mall and, according to his website, serves as president of the Westdale Mall Merchant’s Association. He has served on the board of his housing co-operative for 7 years.

Platform: When it comes to spending, Carroll’s focus is on increasing transparency in municipal procurement processes and setting clear project requirements to avoid cost overruns. His platform also centers around road safety, ensuring more public consultation for major infrastructure projects, increased government transparency, and supporting local businesses.

Biography: Leeann Cole has been a trustee with the Peel District School Board since 2022, serving Mississauga Wards 1 & 7 (each school trustee governs two wards). In her first year, she served as vice-chair of the school board, and has also been vice-chair of the discipline and budget development committees. During her time at the PDSB, she put forward a motion to re-establish the School Resource Officer program in Peel schools, after the Ford government mandated the restoration of the program across the province as part of Bill 33. Cole’s motion was later defeated after opposition from the Peel Elementary Teachers’ Local and advocacy groups such as Policing-Free Schools.

She previously ran for city council in 2018 to represent Ward 7, finishing fourth out of 12 According to her website, she has worked as a registered nurse in child, adolescent and adult mental health and general medicine at Trillium Hospital and Credit Valley Hospital.

Platform: On her website, Cole has published a list of commitments including keeping communities safe, encouraging responsible development, preserving parks, keeping taxes low, and “putting residents first”.

Biography: Tom Ellard is currently a partner at the Paradigm Group, a consulting agency. He is a veteran of the Canadian armed forces, a project manager, and a member of the parent councils at Lorne Park Public School and Lorne Park Secondary School. Last year, he ran as the Conservative candidate in Mississauga-Lakeshore for the federal election, losing to Liberal Charles Sousa. He is a co-founder of the group Libraries Not Landfills, a parent-led organization that advocates for the preservation of library materials in Peel schools.

Platform: Ellard’s platform mentions lower taxes, improving air quality, and community safety, with an emphasis on moderating growth that “respects the character of established neighbourhoods” and increasing police resources to address auto thefts and property crime.

Biography: Samer Fawzi Alghoul is a Project Manager. He has made a number of deputations to City hall, including a proposal to prohibit children from the Beneva Mississauga Marathon, to build highrises on existing blocks of detached homes, and to protect mature trees during development.

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

Biography:  Little information is available online about Abdul Mukhtar Ghafarzoy. According to his website, he has a master’s in business administration, and has worked as an “educator and community development practitioner” for more than a decade.

Platform: Ghafarzoy’s platform mentions “responsible growth”, road safety, and investing in public amenities like parks, libraries, and recreation facilities. He emphasizes keeping taxes low by advocating for increased funding from the province.

Biography: Syed (Raza) Jaffery is a salesperson with Coldwell Banker IKC Realty in Mississauga, according to Realtor.ca. He previously ran in the 2024 mayoral by-election, for city council in Ward 2 in 2022, and for Ward 9 in 2018. He has also run for political office in Toronto, including in the 2023 Scarborough Southwest municipal by-election, and as the far-right People’s Party of Canada candidate for Toronto Centre in the 2021 federal election.

Platform: On Facebook, Jaffery says he wants to “improve” policing and gun control, expand affordable housing and recreational spaces, tackle parking issues in the ward, and balance the City’s budget.

Biography: According to his LinkedIn, Ross Kutisker-Jacobson recently completed a law degree from the Open University, a UK-based distance learning school. He is self-employed as a real estate investor. He previously worked as a real estate broker for RE/MAX Professionals.

Platform: Kutiskier-Jacobson’s platform includes advocating for lower commercial and residential property taxes, calling for an independent audit of the City budget, and addressing vehicle thefts and home invasions. He wants to advocate for a fairer split of Mississauga and Brampton’s policing costs. He emphasizes the need to curtail access to e-scooters and e-bikes, including through education programs for parents and penalties for violations.

Biography: Ananya Majumder is a licensed paralegal. She says she has worked as a House of Commons policy researcher and a local entrepreneur. She previously ran for Ward 10 in the 2010 municipal election, placing sixth out of nine candidates.

Platform: Majumder’s platform mentions preventing “unnecessary” property tax increases, supporting small businesses, and fostering community safety. She wants to “protect neighbourhood character” as development in the ward grows.

Biography: Olga Polstvin recently completed an MA in Arts Leadership from Queen’s University. According to her LinkedIn, she has worked in communications and marketing at the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s. Last year, she presented a solo exhibition of paintings at the Shevchenko Museum in Toronto.

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

Biography: Alex Ragozzino is president of the Lorne Park Watercolours Residents’ Association, and says on LinkedIn that he owns a video production business. On its website, the residents’ association says it has lobbied to restore former school boundaries, prevented the installation of hydro poles, opposed the construction of a new power plant, and monitored vandalism. Ragozzino is also president of a community theatre group, The Oakville Players.

Platform: Ragozzino’s platform mentions investments in infrastructure, easing traffic congestion, advocating for seniors and youth, and preserving green spaces. He wants to advocate for changes to federal bail conditions to “keep repeat offenders off our streets,” and wants to find “inefficiencies” in the municipal budget.

Biography: Sue Shanly says she is a medical researcher, and president of the Meadow Wood Rattray Ratepayers Association. She is chair of the Mississauga Residents’ Association Network (MIRANET). In 2025, she wrote a letter on behalf of MIRANET telling the region not to go ahead with a 23.3 percent increase to the Peel police budget, arguing it would make property taxes skyrocket, and that “the Peel Police Service Board (PPSB) is not transparent or publicly accountable for its decisions.” Shanly has also opposed larger property developments, like the nine-storey condo that had been planned for 900 Lakeshore Rd. W but was deferred. She previously ran for Mississauga council in 2022, coming second of eight.

Platform: In her platform, Shanly says she wants to focus on fiscal accountability, community safety, traffic and congestion, and climate resilience. She also mentions delivering infrastructure and investing in youth, seniors and families. She wants to demand a 50/50 funding split between Mississauga and Brampton for Peel Region, appoint an auditor general to scrutinize public spending, advocate for a new police station, and protect the Lake Ontario shoreline.

Biography: Audrey Simpson is an insurance advisor, according to her LinkedIn. She previously ran for provincial office twice with the New Blue Party of Ontario, a further right offshoot of Premier Doug Ford’s conservatives that wants to end “woke activism” in schools and eliminate all climate policies. In 2025, she came fifth out of seven candidates in Mississauga Centre. During the 2022 election, she indicated in a questionnaire for an anti-abortion group that she believed there were no circumstances under which a woman should be allowed access to abortion except life-saving medical circumstances; in the same survey she said that parents should be allowed to exempt their kids from school sex ed curriculums that discuss LGBTQ+ identities, and agreed that “elective” abortions should not be covered by OHIP.

Platform: Simpson says her platform is to lower property taxes and advocate for affordable housing and citizens’ concerns.