Mississauga—Erin Mills

Mississauga—Erin Mills encompasses a master-planned suburban community in western Mississauga that began as an ambitious development by the Cadillac Corporation, which unveiled its "Erin Mills New Town" plan in 1969. The riding stretches from the Credit River in the east toward the city's western boundary, taking in curving residential streets, generous green corridors, and the Erin Mills Town Centre shopping complex. The University of Toronto Mississauga campus sits along the riding's eastern edge within a protected greenbelt along the Credit River valley.

Candidates

Iqra Khalid (Liberal) — Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1985, Khalid moved to England in 1993 while her father completed a PhD, then immigrated to Canada in 1998 and settled in Mississauga. She earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in criminology and professional writing from York University in 2007. First elected in 2015, she gained national prominence in 2017 by introducing Motion M-103, a non-binding House of Commons motion calling on the government to condemn Islamophobia and requesting a study on how to reduce racism and religious discrimination.

Hani Tawfilis (Conservative) — A licensed pharmacist and pharmacy store owner in the Mississauga area, Tawfilis also served as a spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox community. He sought to challenge the Liberal incumbent in a riding the Conservatives viewed as a priority.

Salman Tariq (NDP) — A consultant by profession, Tariq campaigned on eliminating interest on student loans and expanding grants for postsecondary students.

Remo Boscarino-Gaetano (Green Party) — An undergraduate student at the University of Guelph at the time of the election, Boscarino-Gaetano advocated for university divestment from fossil fuels.

Hazar Alsabagh ran for the People's Party.

About the Riding

Erin Mills was conceived as a self-contained "new town" when development began in the early 1970s, concentrating commercial uses in the centre and industrial activity on the periphery. The result is a community of cul-de-sacs, winding crescents, and generous parkland that distinguishes it from the grid layout of older Mississauga neighbourhoods. The Erin Mills Town Centre serves as the retail anchor. The riding is one of the most ethnically diverse in southern Ontario, with large South Asian, Chinese, and Arab communities. Arabic, Urdu, Mandarin, and Tagalog are widely spoken alongside English. Many residents commute to employment centres across the Greater Toronto Area via MiWay transit connections and the GO bus network, making transit improvements — including connections to the planned Hurontario LRT — a significant local issue in 2019. Affordable housing and settlement services for the riding's large immigrant population, including language training and credential recognition, were also key concerns during the campaign.