Bonnie Crombie
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Bonnie Crombie
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Bonnie Crombie Centennial Park Aug 2022 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Crombie in 2022, at the Ukrainian Independence Day celebration in Mississauga
| caption = Crombie in 2022
| office = Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
| term_start = December 2, 2023
| predecessor = John Fraser (interim)
| order2 = 6th
| office2 = Mayor of Mississauga
| term_start2 = December 1, 2014
| term_end2 = January 12, 2024
| predecessor2 = Hazel McCallion
| successor2 = Carolyn Parrish
| office3 = Mississauga City Councillor
| constituency3 = Ward 5 (Britannia Woods-Malton)
| term_start3 = September 26, 2011
| term_end3 = December 1, 2014
| predecessor3 = Eve Adams
| successor3 = Carolyn Parrish
| riding4 = Mississauga—Streetsville
| parliament4 = Canadian
| term_start4 = October 14, 2008
| term_end4 = May 2, 2011
| predecessor4 = Wajid Khan
| successor4 = Brad Butt
| party = Ontario Liberal
| otherparty = {{plainlist|
- Independent (municipal)
- Liberal (federal)
}}
| birth_name = Bonnie-Michelle Teresa Bernadette Stack
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|5}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| spouse = {{marriage|Brian Crombie|1984|2020|end=div}}
| children = 3
| residence = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
| profession = {{hlist|Businesswoman|politician}}
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
}}
| website = {{URL|www.bonnieforontario.ca}}
| signature = Bonniesignature2021.jpg
}}
Bonnie-Michelle Teresa Bernadette Stack Sawarna Crombie{{cite news |last=Uhraney |first=Steve |date=April 9, 2018 |title=Bonnie Crombie - Good Questions |url=https://www.mississauga.com/life/bonnie-crombie---good-questions/article_c389d08f-2912-55d6-8a14-c4759997da62.html |url-status=live |work=Mississauga.com |location=Mississauga, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214054033/https://www.mississauga.com/life/bonnie-crombie---good-questions/article_c389d08f-2912-55d6-8a14-c4759997da62.html |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 19, 2024}} ({{nee}} Stack, formerly Sawarna;https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/WSPL/WSPL000102114p0031f.pdf born February 5, 1960) is a Canadian politician and businesswoman who has been the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party since December 2, 2023.
Crombie previously served as the sixth mayor of Mississauga from December 1, 2014, until January 12, 2024, and as the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Streetsville from 2008 to 2011, sitting as a Liberal. From 2011 to 2014, she held the position of councillor for Ward 5 on Mississauga City Council and was a member of the Peel Regional Council. Crombie was elected as the mayor of Mississauga in the 2014 municipal election.
She ran in the 2023 leadership election of the Ontario Liberal Party as a fiscally conservative{{cite web | url=https://thehub.ca/2023/06/13/can-bonnie-crombie-outflank-doug-ford-on-fiscal-responsibility-ontario-liberal-party-supporters-are-divided/ | title=Can a fiscally conservative Liberal challenge the free-spending Doug Ford? }} Blue Grit{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gahWyQsjxpg | title=Bonnie Crombie says Ontario liberals are too left as she eyes a run | website=YouTube | date=May 23, 2023 }} on the centre-right{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/video/9716845/bonnie-crombie-prepares-a-run-at-ontario-liberal-leadership-position | title=Bonnie Crombie prepares a run at Ontario Liberal leadership position | Watch News Videos Online }} flank of the party and won on the third ballot over her more left-leaning rivals. She resigned as mayor on January 12, 2024, in order to focus on her leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, triggering the 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election.
Background
Bonnie-Michelle Teresa Bernadette Stack was born on February 5, 1960 to Polish immigrants Veronica Sawarna (née Sega) and Ed Stack in Toronto, Ontario. When Bonnie was three her parents separated, and she and her mother relocated to her grandparents' large home in Toronto's High Park neighbourhood.{{cite news |last=Vincent |first=Donovan |date=December 18, 2016 |title=Hazel who? It's Bonnie Crombie's Mississauga |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/hazel-who-it-s-bonnie-crombie-s-mississauga/article_40e6a185-fd3b-5ffb-980e-988f98d10498.html |url-status=live |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019124343/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/hazel-who-it-s-bonnie-crombie-s-mississauga/article_40e6a185-fd3b-5ffb-980e-988f98d10498.html |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
When Crombie was nine, her mother remarried to Michael Sawarna, who adopted Bonnie, and she took his surname, becoming Bonnie-Michelle Teresa Bernadette Stack Sawarna. The family settled in Etobicoke, where Crombie attended Michael Power/St. Joseph High School.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Rob |date=December 3, 2023 |title='I didn't get into politics for an easy life': Crombie faces steep learning curve as she works to rebuild a party with just nine seats |url= |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A5 |access-date=}} Crombie describes her late stepfather as a “solid, hard-working, decent, honest man, and a churchgoer. We became very close. He was my father.”
In 1982, she graduated from St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and international relations. Later, in 1992, she earned her Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business.
Before venturing into politics, Crombie worked as a marketing manager for McDonald's Canada and the Walt Disney Company and later worked as manager of government relations for the Insurance Bureau of Canada.{{cite news |last=Bascaramurty |first=Dakshana |date=September 26, 2014 |title=Two hopefuls, no Hazel: Inside Mississauga's first real race in decades |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/two-hopefuls-no-hazel-inside-mississaugas-first-real-race-in-decades/article20815182/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=December 4, 2023}}
She married Brian Crombie, former-CFO of Biovail Corp. and the Ottawa Senators,{{Cite web |title=SEC.gov {{!}} Biovail Corporation, Eugene Melnyk, Brian Crombie, John Miszuk, and Kenneth G. Howling |url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr-20903 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.sec.gov}}{{Cite news |date=2009-02-12 |title=Ex-Biovail CFO ordered to pay $300,000 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ex-biovail-cfo-ordered-to-pay-300000/article1148675/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Guardian |first=Marta Marychuk Brampton |date=2018-05-10 |title=Another Crombie considers a run in politics |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/politics/provincial-elections/another-crombie-considers-a-run-in-politics/article_9174589a-f117-553e-afe3-69feb467d6ee.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Brampton Guardian |language=en}} in 1984, with whom she has three children Alex, Jonathan and Natasha. The couple divorced in 2020.{{cite web |last=Pecar |first=Steve |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Brian Crombie, Mississauga mayor's ex-husband, set to run in provincial election |url=https://www.insauga.com/brian-crombie-mississauga-mayors-ex-husband-set-to-run-in-provincial-election/ |url-status=live |work=Insauga |location=Mississauga, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224144848/https://www.insauga.com/brian-crombie-mississauga-mayors-ex-husband-set-to-run-in-provincial-election/ |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |access-date=May 30, 2024}}
Federal politics (2008–2011)
Crombie was elected as the MP for Mississauga—Streetsville in the 2008 Canadian federal election, defeating incumbent MP Wajid Khan, who had previously crossed the floor from the Liberal Party to join the Conservative Party.{{cite news |last=Kalinowski |first=Tess |date=October 15, 2008 |title=The wrath against Khan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-the-wrath-against-khan/141907168/ |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=U10 |access-date=February 23, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}
Following her election, she served as co-chair of the Liberal Caucus Outreach Committee alongside Justin Trudeau{{cite web |title=Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announces new roles for caucus |url=http://www.liberal.ca/story_15599_e.aspx |website=www.liberal.ca |publisher=Liberal Party of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201145831/http://www.liberal.ca/story_15599_e.aspx |access-date=4 December 2023|archive-date=February 1, 2009 }} and took on the role of the Liberal Party critic for Crown corporations under leader Michael Ignatieff.{{cite news |last1=Wicary |first1=Stephen |title=Liberals unveil new critics |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/liberals-unveil-new-critics/article4287931/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=6 October 2009}}
In the 2011 federal election, Crombie was defeated by Conservative candidate Brad Butt; Butt received 43.8% of the vote to Crombie's 36.9%.{{cite news |last1=Kalinowski |first1=Tess |title=Butt topples Liberal in Mississauga-Streetsville |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/butt-topples-liberal-in-mississauga-streetsville/article_eb4a0053-43e8-582f-a361-94923dd9999b.html |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Toronto Star |date=2 May 2011}}
Municipal politics (2011–2024)
On September 19, 2011, Crombie secured a seat on Mississauga City Council through a by-election, succeeding Eve Adams as Councillor for Ward 5. She won by a margin of slightly over 200 votes, defeating Carolyn Parrish and Eve Adams's ex-husband, Peter.{{cite news |last=Morrow |first=Adrian |date=September 19, 2011 |title=Crombie edges out Parrish for Mississauga council seat |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/crombie-edges-out-parrish-for-mississauga-council-seat/article594834/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014065851/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/crombie-edges-out-parrish-for-mississauga-council-seat/article594834/ |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |location= |access-date=February 23, 2024}} On December 12, 2012, Crombie faced charges related to alleged violations of election finance rules from her councillor run,{{cite news |last=Grewal |first=San |date=December 12, 2012 |title=Charges go ahead against Mississauga councillor |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/charges-go-ahead-against-mississauga-councillor/article_a9c0d59c-b097-5ef7-b8e4-33b587679813.html |url-status=live |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019124847/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/charges-go-ahead-against-mississauga-councillor/article_a9c0d59c-b097-5ef7-b8e4-33b587679813.html |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} but these charges were withdrawn in February 2013 after the Crown determined that financials needed formal auditing before any charges could be considered.{{cite news |last=Rosella |first=Louie |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Crown withdraws election finance fraud charges against Ward 5 councillor Bonnie Crombie |url=https://www.mississauga.com/news/crown-withdraws-election-finance-fraud-charges-against-ward-5-councillor-bonnie-crombie/article_ffec2928-7ffa-5f81-ae96-ccd7386ead3c.html |work=Mississauga.com |location=Mississauga, Ontario |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
After Hazel McCallion, the long-serving mayor of Mississauga, retired, the 2014 mayoral election became the city's first genuinely competitive race in years.{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Chris |date=September 20, 2014 |title='Hurricane Hazel' looms over tight Mississauga mayoral race |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/hurricane-hazel-looms-over-tight-mississauga-mayoral-race-1.2016531 |url-status=live |work=CP24 |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209210408/https://www.cp24.com/news/hurricane-hazel-looms-over-tight-mississauga-mayoral-race-1.2016531 |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} Crombie, along with former member of both provincial and federal parliaments Steve Mahoney and others, declared their candidacies.{{cite news |last=Rushowy |first=Kristin |date=April 15, 2014 |title=Mississauga poll finds Steve Mahoney, Bonnie Crombie tied in mayor's race |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/mississauga-poll-finds-steve-mahoney-bonnie-crombie-tied-in-mayor-s-race/article_5a10d50c-425f-5289-a47d-a4936c72ae13.html |url-status=live |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223150122/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/mississauga-poll-finds-steve-mahoney-bonnie-crombie-tied-in-mayor-s-race/article_5a10d50c-425f-5289-a47d-a4936c72ae13.html |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} Despite Mahoney's narrow lead in polls for much of 2014, McCallion's endorsement of Crombie on October 12 shifted the dynamics, giving Crombie a 25-point lead over Mahoney.{{cite news |author= |date=October 12, 2014 |title=Hazel McCallion lends support to mayoral hopeful Bonnie Crombie |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-lends-support-to-mayoral-hopeful-bonnie-crombie-1.2796637 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517015259/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-lends-support-to-mayoral-hopeful-bonnie-crombie-1.2796637 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Daniel |date=October 22, 2014 |title=11 mayoral races to watch in 2014 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/11-mayoral-races-to-watch-in-2014-1.2806910 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608172745/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/11-mayoral-races-to-watch-in-2014-1.2806910 |archive-date=June 8, 2018 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} In the election, Crombie secured victory with 63.5 per cent of the vote.{{cite news |last=Loney |first=Heather |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Bonnie Crombie wins Mississauga mayoral election |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1637479/mississauga-elects-new-mayor-to-replace-hazel-mccallion/ |url-status=live |work=Global News |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019122914/https://globalnews.ca/news/1637479/mississauga-elects-new-mayor-to-replace-hazel-mccallion/ |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
File:Peter Milczyn with Mississauga Reps - 2017 AMO Conference (36171052060).jpg Peter Milczyn at the 2017 Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference.]]
Crombie announced her bid for re-election as mayor on October 27, 2017{{cite news |author= |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie says she plans to run for reelection |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/mississauga-mayor-bonnie-crombie-says-she-plans-to-run-for-reelection-1.3651478 |url-status=live |work=CP24 |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302080947/https://www.cp24.com/news/mississauga-mayor-bonnie-crombie-says-she-plans-to-run-for-reelection-1.3651478 |archive-date=March 2, 2018 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} and emerged victorious in the 2018 mayoral election with 77 per cent of the vote.{{cite news |author= |date=October 22, 2018 |title=Mississauga 2018 election results: Bonnie Crombie cruises to big mayoral win |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-election-2018-1.4873633 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606214235/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-election-2018-1.4873633 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2024}} She secured her third term in the 2022 mayoral election by another wide margin.{{cite news |last=Fleguel |first=Jordan |date=October 24, 2022 |title='Tonight's victory is our victory:' Bonnie Crombie re-elected for third term as Mississauga mayor |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/tonight-s-victory-is-our-victory-bonnie-crombie-re-elected-for-third-term-as-mississauga-mayor-1.6123180?cache=khgvxzimi%3FclipId%3D89950 |url-status=live |work=CP24 |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119095742/https://www.cp24.com/news/tonight-s-victory-is-our-victory-bonnie-crombie-re-elected-for-third-term-as-mississauga-mayor-1.6123180?cache=khgvxzimi%3FclipId%3D89950 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}{{cite news |author= |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Bonnie Crombie victorious in Mississauga, Patrick Brown wins in Brampton |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bonnie-crombie-win-mississauga-patrick-brown-second-term-brampton-mayor-1.6627931 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209175323/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bonnie-crombie-win-mississauga-patrick-brown-second-term-brampton-mayor-1.6627931 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
Throughout her mayoral tenure, Crombie advocated for the dissolution of the Region of Peel, the upper-tier municipality of which Mississauga is part.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Noor Javed Staff |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Peel Region is splitting up. Now comes the battle about money |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/the-peel-region-is-splitting-up-now-comes-the-battle-about-money/article_de57fe5d-b68f-5f4f-a71b-b6b8343f8398.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}} In 2023, the provincial government of Doug Ford supported the split.{{cite news |last=Benzie |first=Robert |date=May 15, 2023 |title=No more Peel Region? Doug Ford supports 'an independent Mississauga' |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/no-more-peel-region-doug-ford-supports-an-independent-mississauga/article_13766c2a-9e4b-5dac-b513-b38951221010.html |url-status=live |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223032907/https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/no-more-peel-region-doug-ford-supports-an-independent-mississauga/article_13766c2a-9e4b-5dac-b513-b38951221010.html |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=February 22, 2024}}{{cite news |author= |date=May 17, 2023 |title=Ford government to break up Peel Region within 3 years: source |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-region-ford-1.6847136 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802094137/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-region-ford-1.6847136 |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}}
During a Liberal leadership debate on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, hosted by TVO on November 15, 2023, Crombie declared that she would not seek re-election in 2026, concluding her tenure as the mayor of Mississauga after three terms. She later stated that she was likely to run for MPP in the 2025 provincial election.{{cite news |author= |date=November 16, 2023 |title=TVO Today Live: 2023 Ontario Liberal leadership debate |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/tvo-today-live-2023-ontario-liberal-leadership-debate |work=TVO |location= |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
After winning the 2023 leadership election of the Ontario Liberal Party, Crombie announced on December 13 that she would resign as Mississauga mayor, effective January 12, 2024, after completing the city's and Peel Region's budgets before stepping down.{{cite news |last1=Aguilar |first1=Bryann |title=Crombie says she plans to resign as Mississauga mayor 'early in the new year' after winning Ontario Liberal leadership |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/crombie-says-she-plans-to-resign-as-mississauga-mayor-early-in-the-new-year-after-winning-ontario-liberal-leadership-1.6670892 |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=CTV News |date=2 December 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Bonnie Crombie to resign as Mississauga mayor on Jan. 12 |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/13/bonnie-crombie-to-resign-as-mississauga-mayor-jan-12/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=toronto.citynews.ca|date=December 13, 2023 }} She was succeeded as mayor by Carolyn Parrish.
Provincial politics (2023–present)
{{See also|2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election}}
In early 2023, media reports, citing sources within the party, speculated that Crombie was contemplating a run in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election scheduled for December. Her active participation was noted during the Ontario Liberal Party's annual general meeting in March 2023 and the Liberal Party of Canada's national convention in May 2023 in Ottawa.{{cite news |last=Crawley |first=Mike |date=March 6, 2023 |title=Ontario Liberals face 'a ton of work' before taking on Doug Ford's PCs in next election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-liberal-party-agm-1.6768860 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617053253/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-liberal-party-agm-1.6768860 |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}}{{cite news |last=D'Mello |first=Colin |date=May 4, 2023 |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie strongly considering entering race for Liberal leadership |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9658594/bonnie-crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-consideration/ |url-status=live |work=Global News |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623150133/https://globalnews.ca/news/9658594/bonnie-crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-consideration/ |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}}{{cite news |author= |date=May 9, 2023 |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie considering run for Ontario Liberal leadership: source |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-mayor-bonnie-crombie-possible-ontario-liberal-leadership-run-1.6837909 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517231231/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-mayor-bonnie-crombie-possible-ontario-liberal-leadership-run-1.6837909 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}}
On May 23, 2023, Crombie confirmed the speculation by announcing the formation of an exploratory committee.{{cite news |author= |date=May 22, 2024 |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie takes aim at Ford government as she eyes Liberal leadership |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-1.6851350 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205122745/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-1.6851350 |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}} On June 14, she officially launched her campaign at an event in Mississauga.{{cite news |last=Fleguel |first=Jordan |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Mississauga, Ont., Mayor Bonnie Crombie launches Ontario Liberal leadership campaign |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mississauga-ont-mayor-bonnie-crombie-launches-ontario-liberal-leadership-campaign-1.6441294 |url-status=live |work=CTV News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920053552/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mississauga-ont-mayor-bonnie-crombie-launches-ontario-liberal-leadership-campaign-1.6441294 |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024}} She took an unpaid leave of absence from her role as mayor of Mississauga starting October 7.{{cite news |author= |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie to take leave of absence to focus on Liberal leadership bid |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bonnie-crombie-leave-of-absence-mississauga-mayor-1.6966257 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021040217/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bonnie-crombie-leave-of-absence-mississauga-mayor-1.6966257 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=February 21, 2024}} However, she returned on November 27 to participate in the city's budget process.{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Laura |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Bonnie Crombie plans to return as Mississauga Mayor for budget process before new Liberal leader named |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bonnie-crombie-plans-to-return-as-mississauga-mayor-for-budget-process/ |work=The Globe and Mail |location= |access-date=February 22, 2024}}{{subscription required}}
Crombie was considered the front-runner in the Liberal leadership race.{{Cite web |last=Fleguel |first=Jordan |title='I'm ready to fight': Bonnie Crombie officially launches campaign to become Ontario Liberal leader |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/i-m-ready-to-fight-bonnie-crombie-officially-launches-campaign-to-become-ontario-liberal-leader-1.6441343 |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=cp24 |date=June 14, 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Bonnie Crombie is front-runner in Ontario Liberal leadership race, poll shows |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/a-front-runner-has-emerged-in-the-liberal-leadership-race-poll-finds/article_00f0ce8b-6437-5558-aca6-7ac86996a20f.amp.html |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=www.thestar.com|date=June 12, 2023 }} She ran on a pledge to make life more affordable, strengthen Ontario's healthcare system, build housing and infrastructure, improving the public education system, and fighting climate change.{{Cite web |title=Bonnie for Ontario |url=https://bonnieforontario.ca/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Bonnie Crombie |language=en-US}} During the race she referred to herself a "a very centrist person", "very fiscally responsible", and "socially very progressive".{{cite news |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie takes aim at Ford government as she eyes Liberal leadership |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-1.6851350 |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=CBC News |date=22 May 2023}} She was elected party leader at the December 2, 2023, on the third ballot.{{cite news |title=Bonnie Crombie wins Ontario Liberal leadership race, says party focused on beating Doug Ford |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-liberals-announce-new-leader-1.7047338 |access-date=December 2, 2023 |work=CBC News |date=December 2, 2023}} She resigned as mayor on January 12, 2024.{{cite news |title=Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is stepping down. Here's what happens next |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-mayor-byelection-explained-1.7059385 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=December 17, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=DeClerq |first1=Katherine |last2=Morris |first2=Siobhan |date=January 12, 2024 |title=Bonnie Crombie will no longer be the mayor of Mississauga. Here's how she will lead the Ont. Liberals without a seat |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-crombie-will-no-longer-be-the-mayor-of-mississauga-here-s-how-she-will-lead-the-ont-liberals-without-a-seat-1.6722022 |url-status=live |work=CTV News |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221164324/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-crombie-will-no-longer-be-the-mayor-of-mississauga-here-s-how-she-will-lead-the-ont-liberals-without-a-seat-1.6722022 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}
Parm Gill, the Ontario Minister of Red Tape Reduction, announced his resignation from the Ontario Legislature on January 25, 2024, thereby opening up the provincial seat of Milton. On February 8, Crombie stated in a Global News interview that she was "seriously considering" running for the vacant seat.{{cite news |last1=D'Mello |first1=Colin |last2=Callan |first2=Isaac |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Bonnie Crombie 'seriously' considering running for Milton byelection |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10282303/bonnie-crombie-milton-byelection/ |work=Global News |location= |access-date=February 22, 2024}} It was later announced that Crombie would not seek the seat in Milton, but Galen Naidoo Harris, son of former Education Minister Indira Naidoo-Harris, would.{{Cite web |title=Ontario Liberals announce candidate for Milton byelection {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10382951/milton-byelection-ontario-liberals/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} Galen Naidoo Harris went on to lose the election by 2,407 votes to Zee Hamid.{{Citation |title=2024 Milton provincial by-election |date=2024-08-26 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Milton_provincial_by-election |access-date=2024-08-31 |language=en}}
Crombie announced on Monday, March 18, 2024, that should she become premier after the 2025 election, she will refrain from implementing a provincial carbon tax as part of her climate policy,{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Allison |date=18 March 2024 |title=Ontario Liberals rule out provincial carbon tax as part of 2026 election platform |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/liberals-crombie-carbon-tax-1.7147189 |work=CBC News |access-date=30 March 2024}}{{cite news |last1=D'Mello |first1=Colin |last2=Callan |first2=Isaac |date=18 March 2024 |title=Ontario Liberals rule out carbon tax if they form government in 2026 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10367159/ontario-liberals-rule-out-carbon-tax-2026/ |work=Global News |access-date=30 March 2024}} diverging from the approach of Trudeau and the federal Liberals.{{Cite web |last=Benzie |first=Robert |date=2024-03-19 |title=Bonnie Crombie distances her Liberals from Justin Trudeau's carbon levy |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/bonnie-crombie-distances-her-liberals-from-justin-trudeaus-carbon-levy/article_6e051902-e5ff-11ee-837c-1797c15a6695.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}} The next day, she declined to comment on a proposed federal carbon tax supported by the Liberal Party of Canada, saying "I'm not here to tell the federal government how to do their job."{{cite news |last=DeClerq |first=Katherine |date=19 March 2024 |title=Ontario Liberals distancing themselves from Justin Trudeau's carbon tax |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-liberals-distancing-themselves-from-justin-trudeau-s-carbon-tax-1.6813325 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=CTV News}}
File:Bonnie Crombie with OLP Candidate Sean Kelly 2024.jpg candidate for the Bay of Quinte riding, August 2024]]
On August 21, 2024, the Ontario Liberal Party announced their keynote speakers for their annual general meeting that included former British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and former Canadian Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott. This move is seen by many as another attempt to distance the party and its leader from the unpopular federal Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.{{Cite web |title=Ontario's Liberals to Chart Bold Path Forward at Annual Meeting and Policy Conference in London |url=https://ontarioliberal.ca/ontarios-liberals-to-chart-bold-path-forward-at-annual-meeting-and-policy-conference-in-london/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Ontario Liberal Party |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Benzie |first=Robert |date=2024-08-21 |title=Bonnie Crombie embraces prominent critics of Justin Trudeau as she distances her Ontario party from the federal Liberals |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/bonnie-crombie-embraces-prominent-critics-of-justin-trudeau-as-she-distances-her-ontario-party-from/article_6e78ff94-5f61-11ef-b7fb-cb317a6ec7b1.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}
On September 21, 2024, Crombie and the Ontario Liberal Party unveiled their new logo alongside their slogan, "More for You".{{Cite web |last=Rushowy |first=Kristin |date=2024-09-22 |title='More for you' to be Ontario Liberals' new message as Bonnie Crombie tries to kick-start party |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/more-for-you-to-be-ontario-liberals-new-message-as-bonnie-crombie-tries-to-kick/article_f5b2801e-7525-11ef-aa32-132da7993ec4.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}
On December 3, 2024, Crombie went against the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stating once more that his carbon tax was "wrong".{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Rob |date=2024-12-03 |title=Justin Trudeau's 'carbon tax' is 'wrong', Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/justin-trudeaus-carbon-tax-is-wrong-ontario-liberal-leader-bonnie-crombie-says/article_d37ece5c-b1c1-11ef-be30-d7be491d5da2.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}
Crombie led the Liberals to a third-place finish in the 2025 Ontario general election. While the party picked up enough seats to regain official party status for the first time since 2018, the gains were not enough to displace the Ontario NDP as official opposition. Crombie also failed to win a seat in the Ontario legislature, placing second in Mississauga East—Cooksville. Nevertheless, she vowed to continue as Liberal leader.{{cite news |last1=Kirkup |first1=Kristy |title=Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie fails to win seat |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-liberal-leader-bonnie-crombie-fails-to-win-seat/ |access-date=February 27, 2025 |work=Globe and Mail |date=February 27, 2025}}{{cite news |title=Ontario election results see Bonnie Crombie lose her seat but vow to keep fighting |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial-elections/ontario-election-results-see-bonnie-crombie-lose-her-seat-but-vow-to-keep-fighting/article_28a68b24-f3b5-11ef-a32b-d71ce2dc2a44.html |access-date=February 27, 2025 |work=Toronto Star |date=February 27, 2025}} On March 1, 2025 the Ontario Liberal Party's executive council voted unanimously in support of Bonnie Crombie remaining party leader.{{cite news |title=Ontario Liberal Party executive council votes to support Crombie as leader |url=https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/01/ontario-liberal-party-executive-council-votes-to-support-crombie-as-leader/ |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=CityNews |agency=Canadian Press |date=March 1, 2025}}
Electoral record
= Provincial =
{{2025 Ontario general election/Mississauga East—Cooksville}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election{{cite web |title=Leadership Official Results |url=https://ontarioliberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-Leadership-Official-Results.pdf |website=www.ontarioliberal.ca |publisher=Ontario Liberal Party |access-date=5 December 2023}} |
| rowspan="2" colspan="1" | Candidate
! colspan="2" |1st round ! colspan="4" |2nd round ! colspan="4" |3rd round |
|---|
| Points
!Votes !Points !+/− !Votes !+/− !Points !+/− !Votes !+/− |
| style="background:lightgreen;"
|Bonnie Crombie |5,559{{br}}42.96% |9,314{{br}}41.07% |6,047{{br}}46.73% |488{{br}}3.77% |10,176{{br}}45.40% |862{{br}}4.33% | 6,911{{br}}53.40% | 864{{br}}6.67% |11,325{{br}}52.35% |1,149{{br}}6.95% |
| Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
|3,320{{br}}25.66% |6,083{{br}}26.82% |3,792{{br}}29.30% |472{{br}}3.64% |6,944{{br}}30.99% |861{{br}}4.17% | 6,029{{br}}46.59% | 2,237{{br}}17.29% |10,307{{br}}47.65% |3,363{{br}}16.66% |
| Yasir Naqvi
|2,760{{br}}21.33% |4,705{{br}}20.75% |3,101{{br}}23.96% |341{{br}}2.63% |5,294{{br}}23.62% |589{{br}}2.87% | colspan="4" style="background:pink; text-align:center" | Eliminated |
| Ted Hsu
|1,300{{br}}10.05% |2,578{{br}}11.36% | colspan="8" style="background:pink; text-align:center" | Eliminated |
| colspan="1" | Total
!align="right"| 12,940 !align="right"| 22,680 !align="right"| 12,940 !align="right"| 0 !align="right"| 22,414 !align="right"| −266 !align="right"| 12,940 !align="right"| 0 !align="right"| 21,632 !align="right"| −782 |
= Municipal =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2022 Mississauga Mayoral election | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Votes ! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Crombie (X) | 82,736 | 78.47 |
| David Shaw | 7,202 | 6.83 |
| George Tavares | 5,613 | 5.32 |
| Derek Ramkissoon | 4,012 | 3.81 |
| Mohsin Khan | 2,866 | 2.72 |
| Melodie J. Petty | 1,464 | 1.39 |
| Jayesh Trivedi | 1,169 | 1.11 |
| Bobie Taffe | 370 | 0.35 |
| Total
|105,532 |100.00 | ||
| colspan="3" |Source: City of Mississauga{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=2022 Official election results |url=https://mississaugavotes.ca/2022-municipal-election/2022-municipal-election-results/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=City of Mississauga |language=en-CA}} |
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2018 Mississauga Mayoral election | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Votes ! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Crombie (X) | 91,422 | 76.68 |
| Kevin J. Johnston | 16,079 | 13.49 |
| Scott E. W. Chapman | 4,563 | 3.83 |
| Andrew Lee | 2,970 | 2.49 |
| Mohsin Khan | 1,458 | 1.22 |
| Yasmin Pouragheli | 996 | 0.84 |
| Tiger Meng Wu | 989 | 0.83 |
| Syed Qumber Rizvi | 752 | 0.63 |
| Total
|118,229 |100.00 | ||
| colspan="3" |Source: City of Mississauga{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=2022 Official election results |url=https://mississaugavotes.ca/2022-municipal-election/2022-municipal-election-results/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=City of Mississauga |language=en-CA}} |
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2014 Mississauga Mayoral election | ||
| style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Votes ! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Crombie | 102,346 | 63.49 |
| Steve Mahoney | 46,224 | 28.68 |
| Dil Muhammad | 2,429 | 1.51 |
| Stephen King | 1,874 | 1.16 |
| Masood Khan | 1,254 | 0.78 |
| Donald Barber | 1,225 | 0.76 |
| Derek Ramkissoon | 1,044 | 0.65 |
| Scott E. W. Chapman | 868 | 0.54 |
| Riazuddin Choudhry
|790 |0.49 | ||
| Paul Fromm
|775 |0.48 | ||
| Kevin Jackal Johnston
|741 |0.46 | ||
| Andrew Seitz
|507 |0.31 | ||
| Joe Lomangino
|415 |0.26 | ||
| Grant Isaac
|392 |0.24 | ||
| Sheraz Siddiqui
|315 |0.20 | ||
| Total
|160,678 |100.00 | ||
| colspan="3" |Source: City of Mississauga{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=2022 Official election results |url=https://mississaugavotes.ca/2022-municipal-election/2022-municipal-election-results/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=City of Mississauga |language=en-CA}} |
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2011 Ward 5 (Mississauga) By-Election
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate
! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Votes
! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %
|-
| Bonnie Crombie || 2,479||21.54
|-
| Carolyn Parrish|| 2,238 ||19.44
|-
| Simmer Kaur|| 1,662||14.44
|-
| Peter Adams|| 1,347 ||11.70
|-
| Rick Williams|| 728||6.32
|-
| Kulvinder Bobbie Daid|| 633 ||5.50
|-
| Jake Dheer|| 573 ||4.98
|-
| Dianne Douglas|| 542 ||4.71
|-
|Mark Cashin
|242
|2.10
|-
|Barbara Hazel Tabuno
|221
|1.92
|-
|Mobeen Ali
|174
|1.51
|-
|Vlado Bertic
|130
|1.13
|-
|Glenn Barnes
|58
|0.50
|-
|Olive Rose Steele
|57
|0.50
|-
|Jimmy Ghimery
|51
|0.44
|-
|Sandeep Patara
|51
|0.44
|-
|Cheryl Rodricks
|42
|0.36
|-
|Frank Perrotta
|40
|0.35
|-
|Waqar Siddiqui
|36
|0.31
|-
|Jamie Dookie
|35
|0.30
|-
|Cecil Young
|34
|0.30
|-
|Mo Khan
|28
|0.24
|-
|Shirley Abraham
|26
|0.23
|-
|Grant Isaac
|25
|0.22
|-
|Catherine Soplet
|25
|0.22
|-
|Paul Keselman
|17
|0.15
|-
|Steve Bator
|16
|0.14
|-
|Total
|15,816
|100.00
|-
| colspan="3" |Source: City of Mississauga{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=2022 Official election results |url=https://mississaugavotes.ca/2022-municipal-election/2022-municipal-election-results/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=City of Mississauga |language=en-CA}}
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= Federal =
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Brad Butt|22,104|43.75|+7.95|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bonnie Crombie|18,651|36.92|−8.84|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Aijaz Naqvi|7,834|15.57|+5.65|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Christopher Hill|1,802|3.76|−2.94|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|50,391|100.00|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|216 | 0.42| −0.15| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 50,607|58.72 |+2.59 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|86,186|–|–| }}
{{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bonnie Crombie|21,710|45.76|−0.18|$79,830}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Wajid Khan|16,985|35.80|+0.99|$82,516}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Keith Pinto|4,710| 9.92|−3.39|$2,460}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Otto Casanova|3,179|6.70|+2.22|$11,616}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Viktor Spanovic|431| 0.90|NA| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Ralph Bunag|426|0.89|NA| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|47,441|100.00|$89,184 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|271|0.57| +0.2}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|47,712|56.13|+8.03}}
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