WATCH: Mayor Hazel McCallion was honoured with a serenade at her final city council meeting.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – After 36 years, Hazel McCallion’s time as Mississauga mayor is coming to an end.
The 93-year-old mayor was presiding over her last city council meeting Wednesday before handing over the reigns to incoming mayor Bonnie Crombie.
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McCallion – nicknamed “Hurricane Hazel” – has been mayor of the city since 1978 and won her 12th term in 2010.
She announced shortly after winning in 2010 that it would be her last term in office.
Under her leadership, Mississauga became the third-largest city in Ontario and the sixth largest in Canada.
Crombie will be officially sworn in on Dec. 2.
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