Frank Scarpitti

Who is Frank Scarpitti?

Frank Scarpitti is the mayor of the city of Markham, in Ontario, Canada.

Scarpitti was born in Ontario in 1960. and moved to Markham from Toronto in 1965. He is married and has three children.

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 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, Budget Chief and Deputy Mayor. He was elected in 2006 as mayor to replace Don Cousens who has since retired. He was re-elected in 2010 with 85% of the vote.

Scarpitti has also served on various town committees, including:

Chair of York Region's Planning and Economic Development Committee

member of the Finance and Administrative Committee

member of the Community Services Committee

Co-chair Kyoto at the city of Markham

Chair of York Regional Planning and Economic Development Committee

member of the Transit Committee

member of the Solid Waste Committee

member of the York Region's Youth Advisory Committee

member of the Markham Theatre Board