Mississauga 2018 election results: Bonnie Crombie cruises to big mayoral win

Incumbent mayor Bonnie Crombie has been re-elected in Mississaugafor a second term, while the GTAcity has also added a person of colour to its council.

Crombie garnered 91,422 votes about 77per cent of the ballots cast to easily beat outseven challengers, although none waspredicted topose a legitimate threat.

Crombie became mayor in 2014 when she replaced Hazel McCallion, who served as Mississauga mayor for 36 years.

Mississauga's council was criticized during the campaign for lacking diversity. While 57 per cent of the city's residents identified themselves as visible minorities in the 2016 census, no person of colour was elected to the city's 11 council seats in 2014.

That appears to be changing, as Dipika Damerlacaptured Ward 7 on Monday night.

Here's who else will join her on council:

• Ward 1Stephen Dasco
• Ward 2Karen Ras
• Ward 3Chris Fonseca
• Ward 4 John Kovac
• Ward 5Carolyn Parrish
• Ward 6 Ron Starr
• Ward 7 DipikaDamerla
• Ward 8 Matt Mahoney
• Ward 9 Pat Saito
• Ward 10 Sue McFadden
• Ward 11 George Carlson

Like much of the GTA, housing and affordability were major issues during the campaign, as were congestion, road safety and the Cooksville Creek Project.