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Caledons Marolyn Morrison and Bonnie Crombie

Bonnie Crombie: Hazel McCallion is retiring after an astonishing 36 years as Mississauga mayor; Caledons Marolyn Morrison is stepping away after a more modest 11-year stint; and Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell is struggling to stay past the 14 years she has already served, but trails badly in the polls. Peel residents should welcome these developments. This sprawling region needs fresh direction. With that in mind, here are our choices for mayor in Peel:, according to The Star. Its hard to imagine two candidates with more in common than Bonnie Crombie and Steve Mahoney . Both are Liberal Party stalwarts; both served in Parliament earlier in their careers; and both have experience on city council. Crombie is a member of the current council while Mahoney left in 1987 after winning a seat at Queens Park and A change of the political guard is underway in Peel Region, with two long-serving mayors choosing not to run and a third unlikely to be re-elected. And thats all for the good. Bonnie Crombie for Mississauga (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.