Scarpitti was born in Ontario in 1960.[citation needed] He is the son of Italian immigrants, Lucia and Antonio.[1] He is married to Nancy Scarpitti, and has three children.[2]
Scarpitti has served various roles in municipal politics as York Region Councillor (1985–1994), Budget Chief (2003–2006) and Deputy Mayor (1991–1992, 1997–2006). He was elected in 2006 as mayor to replace Don Cousens who had retired. He was re-elected in 2010 with 85% of the vote. He was re-elected again in 2014 with almost 71% of the vote.[citation needed]
^Riedner, Heidi (October 31, 2019). "Markham officials under fire over Chinese flag raising ceremony". Toronto Star. from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^Town of Markham (October 2006). "Town of Markham -2006 Election Results (Mayor)". Retrieved January 21, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Frank Scarpitti news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Frank Scarpitti born 1960 is a Canadian politician who has served as the 7th and current mayor of Markham since 2006 His WorshipFrank ScarpittiOfficial portrait 20147th Mayor of MarkhamIncumbentAssumed office November 2006Preceded byDon Cousens5th Mayor of MarkhamInterimIn office 1992 1994Preceded byTony RomanSucceeded byDon CousensPersonal detailsBorn1960 age 63 64 Ontario CanadaPolitical partyIndependent since 1985 Other politicalaffiliationsOntario Liberal 1990 1990 SpouseNancy ScarpittiChildren3Residence s Markham Ontario CanadaOccupationPolitician Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career and mayoralty 3 Electoral record 3 1 Provincial electoral record 3 2 Municipal 3 2 1 2006 Markham mayoral election 3 2 2 2010 Markham mayoral election 3 2 3 2014 Markham mayoral election 3 2 4 2018 Markham mayoral election 3 2 5 2022 Markham mayoral election 4 See also 5 ReferencesEarly life editScarpitti was born in Ontario in 1960 citation needed He is the son of Italian immigrants Lucia and Antonio 1 He is married to Nancy Scarpitti and has three children 2 He ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1990 Ontario provincial election in Markham but lost Political career and mayoralty editScarpitti was appointed mayor from 1992 to 1994 following the death of Tony Roman but was defeated by Don Cousens in the 1994 municipal election He subsequently worked as a broadcaster with CFMT in Toronto during his absence from politics from 1994 to 1997 citation needed Scarpitti has served various roles in municipal politics as York Region Councillor 1985 1994 Budget Chief 2003 2006 and Deputy Mayor 1991 1992 1997 2006 He was elected in 2006 as mayor to replace Don Cousens who had retired He was re elected in 2010 with 85 of the vote He was re elected again in 2014 with almost 71 of the vote citation needed In October 2019 Scarpitti gained negative attention for participating in a Chinese flag raising ceremony in honour of the National Day of the People s Republic of China 3 Electoral record editProvincial electoral record edit 1990 Ontario general electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Don Cousens 25 595 49 97 5 77Liberal Frank Scarpitti 15 128 29 53 13 10New Democratic Rob Saunders 8 459 16 51 6 57Family Coalition Eric Skura 1 086 2 12 1 11Libertarian Ian Hutchison 642 1 25Independent Gary Walsh 311 0 61Total valid votes 51 221 100 0 Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9 44Municipal edit 2006 Markham mayoral election edit Mayoral candidate Vote Frank Scarpitti 4 48 462 82 97Partap Dua 4 912 8 41Stephen Kotyck 3 195 5 47Sam Orrico 1 840 3 152010 Markham mayoral election edit Mayoral candidate Vote Frank Scarpitti incumbent 54 660 85 23 2 26Stephen Kotyck 5 566 8 68 3 21Partap Dua 3 909 6 09 2 322014 Markham mayoral election edit Mayoral candidate Vote Frank Scarpitti X 50 065 70 97 14 15Stephen Kotyck 10 683 15 14 6 41Patrick Cottrell 3 621 5 13 N APartap Dua 3 326 4 71 1 43James Treacy 2 850 4 04 N A2018 Markham mayoral election edit Mayoral candidate Vote Frank Scarpitti X 55 553 74 94Steve Chen 11 068 14 93Abdul Rahman Malik 3 379 4 56Jawed Syed 2 294 3 09Shan Hua Lu 1 835 2 482022 Markham mayoral election edit Mayoral candidate Vote Frank Scarpitti X 44 172 64 35Don Hamilton 24 469 35 65See also editList of mayors of Markham OntarioReferences edit Mother of Markham mayor dies YorkRegion com March 14 2014 Archived from the original on October 8 2019 Retrieved October 8 2019 Mayor s Office Riedner Heidi October 31 2019 Markham officials under fire over Chinese flag raising ceremony Toronto Star Archived from the original on November 1 2019 Retrieved November 3 2019 Town of Markham October 2006 Town of Markham 2006 Election Results Mayor Retrieved January 21 2012 permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Scarpitti amp oldid 1216092048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
