Ronald Alfred Searle[2] (July 19, 1919 – August 29, 2015) was an English-born Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician who served as the fourth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario from 1976 to 1978.
[2] His mother was a seamstress and his father was a purser with the White Star Line and a seaman with the Royal Navy during World War I.
[4] Searle was elected mayor in 1976 amid a corruption scandal in the municipal government and a massive real estate boom throughout the city.
"[3] Throughout his term in office he lobbied for cheaper homes and opposed the federal government's cuts to housing grants.
Searle ran for re-election at the end of his term in 1978, but lost to former Streetsville mayor Hazel McCallion with a final tally of 28,005 to 25,029 votes.