Biography: Michael Bastian says he is an executive leader with experience in health care, human resources, long-term care home administration, facilities management, labour relations, and construction. He is a certified human resources professional. On LinkedIn, Bastian says he is a facilities supervisor at the Region of Peel. In his role as administrator of a nursing home in Brantford, Ont., Bastian sat on the board of directors of the Grand River Council on Aging.

Platform: Bastian says his priorities are “community-first representation,” smart growth and housing affordability, community safety and crime prevention, and making city hall more efficient. He wants to maintain transit, infrastructure, and parks. He commits to holding quarterly town halls in every neighbourhood in the ward, advocating for homeowners’ associations, bringing in stricter checks and balances on high-density developments, providing funding for neighbourhood watch programs, and keeping property taxes down.

Biography: Javed Dean says he is the chairman of the Canadian Council of Pakistani Christians and is a former Christian radio host. He also works as a product advisor at Milton Toyota.

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

Biography: Gurcharan Guleria says he is a mobile veterinarian, veteran and business owner.

Platform: Guleria wants to address rising property taxes, public safety, traffic, road conditions, parks, and public services.

Biography: Joe Horneck has been the councillor for Ward 6 since 2022, when he unseated 12-year incumbent Ron Starr. As councillor, Horneck defended the city’s decision to waive development fees for housing projects ready to begin immediate construction. He also urged the province to create a centralized intake line for intimate partner violence shelters, so that survivors would only have to tell their story once instead of repeatedly. He moved a motion to get the city to cover development fees for a food bank, and pushed to expand outdoor movie nights to parks in every ward. He says he’s also worked to provide new speed bumps, signalized crosswalks, and improvements to public transit. He argues that the city can save money by avoiding sole-sourced contracts and poorly planned expenses.

Before running for council, Horneck says he worked in executive roles at major financial institutions.

Platform: Horneck says his work is focused on three priorities: safer streets, fair taxes and strong neighbourhoods. He commits to improving the city’s response to issues like fallen trees and broken street lights by pushing for a customer service system that lets residents see the status of their issue.

Biography: Little information is available online about Ahmad Reshad Hatefi. According to LinkedIn, he works in cyber security.

Platform: On his website, Hatefi says his priorities are affordable housing; safer neighbourhoods through more policing and better street lighting; support for seniors; more support for families, like child care and recreation; better transportation; cleaner public spaces; and reducing red tape for local businesses.

Biography: Martina Wood is a retired chartered professional accountant, breast cancer survivor, and patient advocate. She has also sat on the Trillium Health Partners’ Patient and Family Advisory Council and Oncology Scientific Review and Oversight Committee. She has also served on Mississauga’s Election Campaign Finances Committee between 2003 and 2010. She’s written two books about breast cancer.

Platform: In an interview with Modern Mississauga, Wood says that she is concerned about the potential that large AI data centres will be built in Mississauga. She says that these projects need agreements and approvals that are structured to protect residents and the environment. She tells Modern Mississauga that her key campaign priorities are getting value for tax payers, visible and accountable police, responsible growth and development, and a responsive city hall. She also mentions getting Mississauga a fairer deal in its contributions to the Peel region budget, including for policing.

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: 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: 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: 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.