Carolyn Parrish
Canadian politician
Carolyn Parrish (born Karolina Janozeski; October 3, 1946) is a Canadian politician who has been the seventh 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.
Background
Parrish was born as Karolina Janozeski and is of Polish heritage. Her sister is romance novelist Marsha Canham. Parrish graduated from St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, in 1969, and from the Ontario College of Education in 1970. She became a high school teacher and taught at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke, where her students included Catherine O'Hara. She served as a Trustee on the Peel Board of Education from 1985 to 1990, and was chairperson from 1988 to 1990.
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