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 82.97Partap Dua 4,912 8.41Stephen Kotyck 3,195 5.47Sam Orrico 1,840 3.15 Source:
2010 Markham mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % ±%Frank Scarpitti 54,660 85.23 +2.26Stephen Kotyck 5,566 8.68 +3.21Partap Dua 3,909 6.09 -2.32 Source:
2014 Markham mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % ±% Frank Scarpitti 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 Source:
2018 Markham mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % ±% Frank Scarpitti 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 Source:
2022 Markham mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % ±% Frank Scarpitti 44,172 64.35 Don Hamilton 24,469 35.65 Source:
See also List of mayors of Markham, Ontario
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