Frank Scarpitti

Frank Scarpitti is a Canadian politician who has served as the 7th and current [List of mayors of Markham (provincial electoral district)|Markham, Ontario|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, Budget Chief and Deputy Mayor. 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.