Carolyn Parrish has been elected the new mayor of Mississauga, multiple news outlets are reporting.
As of 8:59 p.m. on Wednesday, she was leading her next closest rival, city councillor Alvin Tedjo, by over 8,100 votes, with 98 per cent of the polls reporting in the city's mayoral byelection.
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