Gordon Krantz re-elected Milton mayor
Published October 24, 2022 at 9:33 pm
Long-time mayor Gordon Krantz has been re-elected for another term as the mayor of Milton.
The incumbent mayor won with a total of 11,391 votes (49.51%), edging out Zee Hamid who had 10,396 votes.
Krantz, 84, is the longest-serving mayor in a major municipality in Canada’s history. In April, Krantz celebrated his 41st anniversary as mayor of the Town.
In total, Krantz has been re-elected for 21 terms; eight as councillor and 13 as mayor, officially surpassing now retired Hazel McCallion, who served as Mississauga’s mayor for 36 years.
Krantz served as a town councillor for 15 years beginning in 1965 and was elected mayor in the Municipal Elections of 1980.
During his years as a councillor, Milton’s population size was under 10,000.