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Frank Scarpitti

Canadian politician

Summary

Canadian politician

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	His Worship
name	Frank Scarpitti
image	Frank Scarpitti December 2014.jpg
caption	Official portrait, 2014
office1	7th Mayor of Markham
term_start1	November 2006
predecessor1	Don Cousens
office2	5th Mayor of Markham
status2	Interim
term_start2	1992
term_end2	1994
predecessor2	Tony Roman
successor2	Don Cousens
birth_date
birth_place	Ontario, Canada
party	Independent (since 1985)
otherparty	Ontario Liberal (1990–1990)
spouse	Nancy Scarpitti
children	3
residence	Markham, Ontario, Canada
occupation	Politician

Frank Scarpitti (born 1960) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 7th and current mayor of Markham since 2006.

Early life

Scarpitti was born in Ontario in 1960. He is the son of Italian immigrants, Lucia and Antonio. He is married to Nancy Scarpitti, and has three children.

He ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1990 Ontario provincial election in Markham, but lost.

Political career and mayoralty

Scarpitti 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.

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.

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.

Electoral record

Provincial electoral record

Municipal

2006 Markham mayoral election

Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
Frank Scarpitti	48,462	82.97
Partap Dua	4,912	8.41
Stephen Kotyck	3,195	5.47
Sam Orrico	1,840	3.15

2010 Markham mayoral election

Mayoral candidate	Vote	%	±%
Frank Scarpitti (incumbent)	54,660	85.23	+2.26
Stephen Kotyck	5,566	8.68	+3.21
Partap Dua	3,909	6.09	-2.32

2014 Markham mayoral election

Mayoral candidate	Vote	%	±%
Frank Scarpitti (X)	50,065	70.97	-14.15
Stephen Kotyck	10,683	15.14	+6.41
Patrick Cottrell	3,621	5.13	N/A
Partap Dua	3,326	4.71	-1.43
James Treacy	2,850	4.04	N/A

2018 Markham mayoral election

Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
Frank Scarpitti (X)	55,553	74.94
Steven Chen	11,068	14.93
Abdul Rahman Malik	3,379	4.56
Jawed Syed	2,294	3.09
Shan Hua Lu	1,835	2.48

2022 Markham mayoral election

Mayoral candidate	Vote	%	±%
Frank Scarpitti (X)	44,172	64.35
Don Hamilton	24,469	35.65

References

(March 14, 2014). "Mother of Markham mayor dies".
"Mayor's Office".
Riedner, Heidi. (October 31, 2019). "Markham officials under fire over Chinese flag raising ceremony". [[Toronto Star]].
Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Town of Markham -2006 Election Results (Mayor)".

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