Carolyn Parrish

Carolyn Parrish
Parrish in 2007
7th Mayor of Mississauga
Assumed office
June 24, 2024
DeputyMatt Mahoney
Preceded byBonnie Crombie
Mississauga City Councillor
In office
December 1, 2014  March 15, 2024
Preceded byBonnie Crombie
Succeeded byNatalie Hart
ConstituencyWard 5 (Britannia Woods-Malton)
In office
November 14, 2006  January 1, 2010
Preceded byGeorge Carlson
Succeeded byRon Starr
ConstituencyWard 6 (Erindale)
Member of Parliament
for Mississauga—Erindale
(Mississauga Centre; 1997–2004)
(Mississauga West; 1993–1997)
In office
October 25, 1993  January 22, 2006
Preceded byBob Horner
Succeeded byOmar Alghabra
Personal details
Born
Karolina Janozeski

(1946-10-03) October 3, 1946
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1993–2004)
RelativesMarsha Canham (sister)
ProfessionTeacher, writer

Carolyn Parrish (born Karolina Janozeski; October 3, 1946) is a Canadian politician who has been the 7th and current mayor of Mississauga since June 24, 2024. Parrish previously served as a member of Parliament (MP), representing ridings in Mississauga from 1993 to 2006. She sat as a Liberal until 2004. She was a Mississauga city councillor from 2006 to 2010 and later from 2014 to 2024 when she resigned to contest the 2024 by-election for mayor.