Biography: Little information is available online about Zulfiqar Ali. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2025 Ontario election in Mississauga Centre, coming last out of five candidates. He also ran in the 2024 by-election for mayor.

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Biography: Humphrey Chukwuemeka is a former priest who has worked with non-governmental organizations like World Vision, according to an article by Nigerian publication The Nigerian Voice. He has been listed as a director of a community association for Canadians from Imo State, Nigeria. He volunteered with the Frank Fang mayoral campaign in 2022.

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Biography: According to his website, Khawar Hussain has worked as a public health inspector, provincial offences officer, and tobacco enforcement officer in Peel, Manitoba, and the Hastings and Prince Edward County region. Hussain was the NDP candidate in Mississauga East–Cooksville in the 2022 provincial election and 2025 federal election, most recently placing third out of six candidates. Before becoming a public health inspector, he worked in the public relations and food industries. During his 2022 campaign, Hussain was critical of the Ontario government’s response to COVID-19, saying that workers needed more sick days and retention pay.

Platform: If elected, Hussain says he will focus on keeping property taxes “responsible” while protecting essential services. He wants to look for practical solutions for housing affordability, encourage responsible growth by making sure that new infrastructure keeps pace with development, and push for better roads, sidewalks, parks, and work opportunities for youth.

Biography: John Kovac is the deputy mayor and has been the incumbent councillor for Ward 4 since 2015, when he beat a crowded field of 26 candidates with just a slim margin of 98 votes over his closest competitor. As deputy mayor, he encouraged Mississaugans to display Canadian flags alongside any former flags at their homes. In 2024, he told Ontario’s legislative assembly that Mississauga would best function separately from the Region of Peel.

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Biography: Kashaf Paracha is an administrative assistant with Mississauga Community Legal Services; she previously worked in the office of the Ontario PC caucus at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, according to her LinkedIn. She says she has attended Peel District School Board schools herself, and has a sibling currently attending one of the board’s schools.

Platform: Paracha lists her priorities as safe, focused classrooms, digital safety, and special education funding. She wants to cap class sizes, bridge language barriers, and empower diverse communities. If elected, she promises to address staffing shortages among ancillary staff, including educational assistants, child and youth workers, and mental health councillors. She also says she wants to update board policies to define online abuse and establish safe ways for students to report this behaviour.

Biography: Little information is available online about Shivakumar Sethumadhavan. He ran for the position of trustee in Wards 1 and 7 in 2022, placing last out of 11 candidates. At the time, in a survey for Mississauga News, Sethumadhavan said that he is a sales manager.

Platform: In an Instagram post, Sethumadhavan promises to create safer schools, stronger funding, and “accessible communication channels” if elected.

Biography: Stefano Pascucci is the incumbent Ward 4 Dufferin–Peel Catholic board trustee in Mississauga. Pascucci is running unopposed in the ward, which means he has been elected by acclamation. Pascucci has held office since 2018. In 2022, Pascucci was elected as chair of the board’s By-law/Policies Review Committee. During his time as chair, Pascucci voted against having a Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation flag to fly during the month of June and for an “Every Child Matters” flag to fly on Sept. 30. He also voted in favour of amending the board’s flag policies to ban additional flags, like the Pride flag, from being displayed inside DPCDSB schools.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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