Mississauga Library System
Peel Biographies G-L

The Peel Biography Scrapbooks, located in the Local History Room at the Central Library, contain local newspaper clippings highlighting the activities of a wide cross-section of people from the City of Mississauga and the surrounding Region of Peel .

This index is listed alphabetically by surname. Select a letter from the chart below.

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G

GALLAGHER, Gerry
Obituary for the former president of Local 183 of the Laborers' International Union

GAMSBY, Margo
Interior decorator and syndicated columnist

GANZA, Ana
St. Martin Secondary School teacher who visited Mother Teresa in 1996

GAREBIAN, Keith
Literary reviewer, Keith Garebian, wins the prestigious William Saroyan Medal for contributing to the dissemination of Armenian culture

GARNCARCZYK, Edward
Accepted in 1995 at age 11 to the National Ballet School of Canada

GASPAR, Jayme
Executive Director of Heritage Mississauga

GATHERCOLE, George
The late Port Credit resident who became Chairman of Ontario Hydro in 1966, died in January 1995

GEROL, Alexander
Senior who challenged the existing rules in 1986 regarding converting RRSPs to RRIFs at age 71

GIBBS, Errol
Trinidadian author, 1980

GIBERSON, Britanny
18 month old toddler who received a liver transplant as a result of a rare disease, 1994

GIBSON, Lois
Mississauga resident, former President of the Mississauga Hospital Auxiliary, and Executive Director of the Mississauga Board of Trade, retired in 1991

GIBSON, Marian and Eric
Local Port Credit historians, members of Mississauga Heritage Foundation and the Mississauga South Historical Society

GIFFIN, Debbie
Miss Mississauga, 1974

GIGGS, Iris
Port Credit dance teacher and winner at first annual Mississauga Arts Awards in 1994

GILCHRIST, Brian
Internationally well-known genealogist and lecturer

GILES, Evelyn
Longtime Port Credit teacher who retired in 1968 after 30 years in the classroom

GILGAN, Peter
Mississauga philanthropist and founder of Mattamy Homes helps fund the new Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning at Sick Kids Hospital with $40 million donation

GLADMAN, Pat
Cooksville 22 year-old who was arrested in 1965 in Little Rock, Arkansas, while taking part in civil rights work

GLENEICKI, John
Cartoonist featured in Muscle and Fitness magazine, 1993, currently living in California

GLISTA, Ted
Died in 1981, awarded posthumously the Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award as Citizen of the Year

GOFFORTH, Heinz
Local artist

GOLDEN, Alexandra
Retired soloist at the National Ballet of Canada opens dance studio in Port Credit

GORDON, Irene
Mississauga Quilter

GORRELL, O.C.
Former Principal of Forest Avenue School, Port Credit

GORRIE, Suzanne
Self-taught artist

GOUZENKO, Igor
July 1982 obituary for the former Soviet spy who had lived quietly in Mississauga

GRAHAM, John Joseph
Streetsville Reeve and Peel County warden

GRANT, Maggie
Magazine and newspaper journalist

GRANT, Maureen
Mississauga's first female police officer

GRAY, Lorne
Vice-president of St. Lawrence Starch Co. and plane crash victim

GRAY, William Thomas
President and chairman of St. Lawrence Starch Co.

GRAYDON, Gordon
Leading Canadian statesman and Peel progressive Conservative M.P.

GRAY-SANDIFORD, Elvenia
Child advocate is 2013 Mississauga Citizen of the Year

GREEN, Art
Retired Port Credit business executive and founder of A. B. Green Agencies

GREENE, June
First Canadian woman to be appointed president of Data Processing Management Association, 1977

GREENWOOD, John
Ontario Crown Attorney and County Court judge

GREGORY, Bud
Mississauga East Progressive Conservative M.P.P. and Ontario Minister of Revenue

GRICE, Glenn
Mississauga Board of Education chairman and community activist

GRINDLEY, Heather
Artist and Visual Arts Mississauga Juried Art Show winner

GRUBER, Eugene
Millright engineer, developer and mechanical designer

GUARNIERI, Albina
Mississauga East Liberal M.P.

GULLEY, J.K.
Country singer and songwriter

GUNNING, Charles
CBC radio National News director

GYLES, Cliff
Mississauga Ward 5 Councillor


H

HALFORD, Robert
Author, editor and publisher

HALL, Jacqueline
Judo champion and Civic Award of Recognition winner

HALLIDAY, Edwin
Late Mississauga city manager and municipal veteran

HAMMOND, Barbara
Bicentennial Award winner for community volunteer work

HAMPSON, Evelyn
Secretary/receptionist, Huron Park Recreation Centre, 1966

HANCOCK, Leslie
Late horticulturist, university lecturer and owner of Woodland Nursery

HARADA-LAKE, Jesse
Educational trust fund recipient

HARE, Cyril
Former Mississauga Fire Chief, retired October 1999

HARE, Harold
Late local historian and president, Mississauga Heritage Society

HARE, John Louis
Port Credit Legion member, John Louis Hare, received a Commendation Award from the Minister of Veterans Affairs for his dedication and commitment to Canada's war veterans, May 2009

HARE, W.J.
Former Parks and Recreation commissioner

HARGITTAY, Julius
Graphic artist and founder, Canadian Jester magazine

HARMELINK, Andrew
Mississippi River adventurer

HARRINGTON, John
Retired high school prinicipal, took part, 1997, in expedition to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin

HARRIS, Peter
Chairman, board of directors, Ontario Sports Centre

HARRIS, Sue
Gymnastics executive and winner, Special Achievement Award for amateur sport

HARRISON, Bob
Obituary March 1997 for former Ward 2 Councillor and member of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority

HARRISON, Marion
Long-time Lorne Park resident celebrates her 100th birthday with friends and family at the Wenleigh Long Term Care Centre

HARRISON, Tannis
Badminton player

 

HART, James
St. Martin's Secondary School student who rescued a drowning man

HART, Peter
Erindale Secondary School student and plant pathologist at Clargreen Gardens

HARTNESS, Ken
Member, Ontario Censor Board and local political activist

HASKAN, Kim
Special ed teacher and cancer survivor, Kim Haskan, has written a book for children to help them cope with the disease

HASSAAN, Mike
Marathon swimmer

HASSALL, Harry
Late Bicentennial Award recipient, Cooksville Legion founder and owner of Mississauga's oldest retail florist business

HAVERLAND, Kelita
Singer and songwriter

HAWKINS, Ronnie
Rock singer

HAWLEY, Dr. Estelle Cuffe
Late educator, business woman and politician

HAWLEY, Ross
Obituary May 1997 for well-known Mississauga car dealer

HAWLEY, Sandy
Jockey

HAWLEY, Sherrie
Horsewoman and wife of Sandy Hawley

HAYWARD, Jessie
Streetsville resident, recipient of the 2007 Sam McCallion Award as Volunteer of the Year

HEADFORD, Yana
Artist

HEAVER, Jillian
Student nurse, Miss Hope of Ontario, 1973

HEMBER, Richard
Award-winning chemistry teacher

HENDERSON, Cyril
Late first chief administrative officer, Region of Peel

HENDERSON, Dean
Late first manager of the Township of Toronto

HENDERSON, Merritt
President, Mississauga Hospital

HENDERSON, Paul
Mississauga resident, former Team Canada hockey player and hero of the 1972 Summit Series against Russia

HENRY, Allison
Lotto 649 winner

HERBERT, Ted
Obituary for late wrestler Ted Herbert

HEWSON, Don
Mississauga's first patent and trademark agent, 1975

HIBBERT, Curtis
World champion medal gymnast

HICKEY, John
Deputy fire chief

HICKOX, Mac
Former coach Canadian Canoe Team

HICKS, Al
Former Chairman, Mississauga Sabres Ball Club and husband of Kathleen Hicks

HICKS, Kathleen A.
Local historian and author

HILL, Gary
Business owner of Clarkson/Lorne Park sports store looking to sell the business

 

HILL, Jaime
Gymnast

HILL, Moffat
YMCA Peace Medallion recipient

HINDS, Cindy
Child model and actress in David Cronenberg's "The Brood"

HIRONS, Robert
Mississauga resident who won a gold medal in 1976 for being responsible for the one millionth patent issued in Canada

HIRSCH, Heidi
Humber College student, award-winning bartender

HIRSCH, Steve
Family medicine doctor writes book to help patients lose weight

HOANG, Kit
Glenforest Secondary School Grade 12 student and artist

HODGSON, Tom
Port Credit artist

HOFERICHTER, Bert
Port Credit professional photographer

HOFLAND, Bill
Heart transplant patient

HOGAN, Jack
Long-time Port Credit store owner

HOLBORN, Dick
Mississauga photographer who captured the famous with his camera

HOLDER, Mrs. Gerald
Peel County chairman, Women's Centennial Activities Committee

HOLLIDAY-RHODES, Sonya
Environmental activist

HOLLING, Stanley
Clarkson author of "Our Heritage", a history of Christ Church United

HOLLINGSWORTH, Joey
Entertainer

HOMER, Karen
Staff journalist with World Vision

HOOPER, Fred
Obituary December 1998 for Fred Hooper, former Ward 6 councillor

HOOPER, Lawrence J.
Founder of Hooper's Pharmacy, Port Credit

HOOPER, Michele
Born in Pennsylvania, presently on the Board of Directors of AstraZeneca PLC; she was the president of Baxter Corporation of Mississauga from 1988 to 1992.

HORNER, Bob
Former Mississauga West MP

HORODENKA, Mike
WWII veteran and Huron Park Recreation Centre employee

HORTON, Doug
Mississippi River adventurer
see HARMELINK, Andrew

HOULTON, Michael
Politician
see also CHARETTE, Michael

HOWARD, Donna
Erin Mills Citizen of the Year and Bicentennial Award winner

HRYNKIW, Leena
Morning Star Secondary School student chosen Queen of Hearts, 1980

HUGHES, Frank
Obituary for Superintendent, Peel Board of Education

HUGHES, Jim
Retired school principal, winner of the 2003 Sam McCallion Award for "Mississauga's Voluteer of the Year"

HUGHES, Tom
Peel Regional Police Inspector retires

HUMPHREYS, Ted
Professor of Education and former member of Peel Board of Education

HUNTER, George
Professional photographer

HUNTER, Shirley
Wife of Tommy Hunter

HUNTER, Tommy
Country & Western entertainer

HUSSEY, Ruth
Late environmentalist, founder of the Rattray Marsh Protection Association


I

IANNICCA, Nando
Ward 7 Councillor

IGLESIAS, Pablo
Top Ontario Scholar

INGLETON, Ralph
Mississauga artist, working in soapstone, alabaster and marble

INMAN-EMERY, Bernice
Mississauga's "Bird Lady", who worked with Roy Ivor, at the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary
see also Local Archives file: Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary

IRWIN, Billy
Professional boxer

IVANY, Tina
Editor, The Mississauga News

IVOR, Roy
Ornithologist, author and member
of the Order of Canada

see also Local Archives file: Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary

 


J

JACKSON, Chuck
Former Port Credit resident, musician, and founder of the Southside Shuffle

JACKSON, Gordon
Late lawyer and first chairman of Mississauga Hospital

JACKSON, Lois
Wife of Russ Jackson, former Toronto Argonaut head coach

JAILALL, Peter
Mississauga resident, retired teacher and published poet, originally from Guyana

JAMES, Ian
Long jumper

JAMES, Tailor
22 year old the Miss June 2003 centrefold in Playboy Magazine

JAMIESON, Dorothy
Female auxiliary member, Royal Air Force

JANNETTA, Louis
Obituary for long-time Mississauga resident and famous maître d' of the Fairmont Royal York's Imperial room for 50 years

JANSEN, Rudie
Obituary for late teacher and political activist

JELILIAN, Jack
Painter

JENKINS, Charlie
Obituary for former municipal politician

JOHNSON, Bill
Mississauga travel author

JOHNSTON, Annie May
Preserves Malton history in paintings and quilts

JOHNSTON, Bob
Director of Realty Services, City of Mississauga

JOHNSTON, Brian
Former Executive Assistant to Mayor Hazel McCallion

JOHNSTON, Burt
Late owner of the Streetsville IGA, was involved in many Streetsville community projects, such as the Bread and Honey Festival

JOHNSTON, Vic
Long-time public servant in Streetsville

JONES, Andrew
In 1997 11 year old scout, Andrew Jones, rescued a five year old boy who had fallen into Lake Simcoe

JONES, Dr. Dick
Officer of the Order of Canada and former President of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews

JONES, Donna
Co-chair of the Cancer Society in the Streetsville area and wife of former MPP, Terry Jones

JONES, Terry
Former Mississauga North MPP who held several posts in government; later pleaded guilty to theft charges
see also: Local Archives file: Jones, Terry

JONES, Trevor
Young Mississauga actor, accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Manhattan, N. Y.

JOYCE, Lorne
Historian, Great Lakes
see also: Local Archives file: Joyce, Lorne

JULITA, Sandro
Obituary for restaurateur, owner of Piatto, the restaurant in Erindale Village

JUPP, Alex
Businessman and former local politician
see also: Local Archives: Jupp, G. Alex

 


K

KAIN, Karen
Principal dancer, National Ballet of Canada and companion in the Order of Canada

KALOYANOVA, Nadia
Rhythmic gymnastics coach

KANEFF, Ignat
Developer and philanthropist
see also: Local Archives file, KANEFF, Ignat

KANTAROFF, Maryon
Sculptor and lecturer

KEARY, C. Douglas
Professional Engineers Citizenship Award winner

KEAST, Arlyn
Former Area Representative, Park Royal Community Association

KELLETT, Ivor
Former Rector's Warden, St. Hilary's Anglican church and District Scout Commissioner

KELLY, John
Founder, Cadet Organization Police School

KELSALL, Bill
Author and management consultant

KENDALL, Roly
Mississauga artist and art enthusiast

KENNEDY, Doug
Late South Peel MPP and Chief Government Whip for PC party
see also: Local Archives file: KENNEDY, Doug

KENNEDY, Evelyn
Matriarch of Kennedy family which included local politicians, Doug and Harold

KENNEDY, Harold
Late Ward 1 councillor and Chairman, Credit Valley Conservation

KENNEDY, Thomas Laird
Former Premier of Ontario and long-time Minister of Agriculture
see also: Local Archives file: KENNEDY, Thomas Laird

KENT, Bill
Former Chairman, Peel Board of Education and Director of Admission, University of Toronto

KERR, Jane
Gold medal swimmer, Commonwealth Games

KEVAN, Annie
Dressmaker, celebrating 100th birthday

KEYSER, John
Mississauga lawyer and community builder, recipient of a Lifetime Business Achievement Award from the Mississauga Board of Trade, April 2012

KING, Barry
Former Superintendent, Peel Regional Police

KINGSFORD, Fred
Founder, HMCS Haida Sea Cadets and Streetsville councillor

KITCHEN, Ruth
Community volunteer, Citizen of the Year 1985, and former vice-president, Lansing Buildall

KIVELL, Bruce
Late Chief of the Mississauga Police

KLAPECKI, Dave
Photographer

KLAR, Estee
Former assistant curator, Civic Centre Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Mississauga)

KOLB, Emil
Chairman, Region of Peel

KONKLE, Bill
Police officer and decorated Dieppe veteran

KOOL, Pieter
Rotary member and President of the Travelogue Association of North America, he organizes various events such as Ribfest and Shakespeare in the Park

 

KORTLAND, Patricia
Author and historian

KORZEKWA, Jan
Former plant manager of the Lakeview Generating Station; part of the Lakeview Trail named after him

KRONSCHNABL, Rose-Marie
Canadian Gospel Music Association soloist of the year

KUCHARSKI, Zigi
Commercial artist, best known for his astronomical works

KUHNS, Marion
Obituary October 1997 for co-founder of the Peel Branch of the Ontario Humane Society

KWONG, Bernice
Artist, Chinese brush paintings


L

LABAS, Marvin
Painter and metal sculptor

LADELL, John and Monica
Authors awarded Ontario Bicentennial Awards of Merit for literary contribution to agricultural history

LADNER, Cobi
Streetsville native who served eighteen years as editor-in-chief of Canadian House & Garden magazine is moving on to other challenges.

LANE, Donna
Former Ward 8 councillor and supporter of Arthritis Society

LANGER, Peter
Obituary for H. Peter Langer, developer, whose signature project was Meadowvale, "one of the first and most successful integrated or 'planned' communities in North America"

LANK, Herbert H.
Obituary July 1986 for former chairman of Mississauga-based Du Pont Canada Inc.

LA PIERRE, Tom
Artist

LAPP, Eula
Port Credit author of Loyalist history "To their Heirs Forever"

LARSEN, Beatrice
Golden Poet Award winner

LAUGHTON, Donald T.
Community worker and Citizen of the Year

LAUMANN, Silken
Rower, Olympic medalist, world champion and Canada's 1991 Athlete of the Year

LAWLESS, Bill
Recipient of the 2013 Sam McCallion Volunteer of the Year award

LAWN, Cecil
Founding member, Learn and Live Friendship Club for seniors

LAWRENCE, Lewis
Obituary for the Past President of the Mississauga Central Lions Club and 1995 Citizen of the Year, who spearheaded the farmers' market at Square One

LAWRENCE, Margaret
Obituary Fall 1998 for Margaret Lawrence, founding member of Mississauga Heritage Foundation, and key person in the development of the Bradley Museum

LEACH, Dennis
Former teacher and football coach, Port Credit Secondary School

LEAVERS, Helen
Long-time resident celebrated 105th birthday

LE BLANC, Father Philip
Former priest at St. Dominic's Church and community services leader

LEEDER, Terry
Writer of Canadian historical works for young people

LEMIEUX, Nance
Former general manager, Square One Shopping Centre

LENYK, Ron
Publisher, The Mississauga News

LEPAGE, Pat
Businesswoman

LE PAGE, Thomas Morley
Realtor

LEPRICH, John
Former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot in World War II; first Canadian to bring down a Messerschmitt 262

LEQUYERE, Tracy
Founder, "Beat the Street" literacy program awarded Order of Canada

LESLIE, Margaret
Chairman, Red Cross Emergency Services and 1980 Citizen of the Year

LESNIOWSKI, Miroslaw
Cameraman

LEUSZLER, Winifred Roach
Obituary for Winifred Roach, a native of Port Credit, who was the first Canadian to swim the English Channel on August 16, 1951

LEWIS, Chuck
Artist

LEWIS, Dave
Teacher and photographer

LEYNER, Gun
Mississauga artist

LI, Joyce
Brampton resident, Joyce Li, who works for Baybridge Counselling Centre in Mississauga, is shortlisted for an award in the 2014 Word Awards sponsored by The Word Guild

LICZYK, Wanda
Former treasurer, North York

 

LIGHTFOOT, Thomas W.
Businessman and active member of Christ's Church, Clarkson

LIMBERGER, Claude
Mississauga author

LINTON, Isabella
Life-long volunteer and winner, Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship and Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal

LIPSCOMBE, Fred
Meadowvale artist

LIVESEY, Bob
Teacher and textbook author

LOEK, Fred
Photographer and winner 1993 Media Photo of the year

LONDON, Michael
Playwright

LONGO, TOM
Obituary for the patriarch and founder of the Longo Grocery chain, which includes three locations in Mississauga

LOO, Jason
Comic artist and Mississauga Library staff member launches a new comic series, The Pitiful Human-Lizard

LOPEZ, Leonardo
Artist

LORING, Rex
Broadcast journalist

LOVE, Jerry
Former Director of Community Services, City of Mississauga

LOVELL, Jocelyn
Champion cyclist, paralyzed in accident

LOWE, Arthur
Obituary for feature writer, The Mississauga News

LOWNDES, Joan
Artist

LUMMISS, Gordon
Former Clerk of the Township of Toronto

LUNDGREN, David
Obituary for nursery man

LUPIEN, Tabitha
Child actress

LYCHAK, Doug
Former City manager, Mississauga

LYNN, Barbara
Educator and administrator