Canada's longest-serving mayor, 89, runs again in Milton, Ontario

Gord Krantz, mayor of Milton

1980 mayor since

Gord Krantz has been mayor of Milton since 1980 and first won a council seat in 1965. Re-elected, he would be the first Canadian mayor to pass 50 years in office.

When he joined council, Milton had just over 6,000 people; it had an estimated 152,000 in 2024, and the town expects more than 400,000 by 2051.

“Get involved or keep quiet. I wasn't ready to keep quiet.”

— Gord Krantz, mayor of Milton

His three main rivals

• George Minakakis, former Milton Hydro CEO
• Zainab Azim, former Zohran Mamdani organizer
• Sameera Ali, Halton regional councillor

Ten candidates are running, among them former Milton Hydro CEO George Minakakis, former Zohran Mamdani organizer Zainab Azim and Halton regional councillor Sameera Ali. Krantz won by only 995 votes last time.

Background

Krantz has held the record since 2017. The previous record, 36 years, belonged to his friend Hazel McCallion, mayor of Mississauga from 1978 to 2014.