- Frank Faubert
Frank J. Faubert (April 25, 1931 – June 20, 1999) was a Canadian provincial and municipal politician in Ontario,
Canada . He served in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990, and was the finalMayor of Scarborough before its amalgamation into the City ofToronto . He was born in Scarborough, Ontario.Faubert graduated from Scarborough Collegiate (now known as R. H. King Academy) and was later educated at the Ontario College of Art, receiving a degree in Fine Arts and Commercial Design. He worked as a communications consultant in private life. Faubert was also a member of the
Order of St. John of Jerusalem , theKnights of Malta (becoming a Knight of Grace in 1981) and theByzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre . He married Marilyn Porter in 1956.The
University of Toronto now offers a Frank Faubert Scholarship in International Development Studies.He was an
alderman and city controller in Scarborough for seventeen years before his election to the provincial assembly, and also served onMetropolitan Toronto Council and was an executive member of theFederation of Canadian Municipalities .Faubert worked as
Robert Stanbury 's executive assistant while Stanbury was Minister of Communications.He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, in the constituency of
Scarborough West . He finished third, well behindOntario New Democratic Party leaderStephen Lewis . He ran again in the 1987 election, and defeated NDP incumbent David Warner by 481 votes in the constituency ofScarborough—Ellesmere . For the next three years, Faubert served as a backbench supporter ofDavid Peterson 's Liberal government. He served asparliamentary assistant to the Minister of Revenue from 1988 to 1989.The Liberals lost the 1990 election to the NDP, and Faubert lost his seat to David Warner by over 4,500 votes.
He was elected as Mayor of Scarborough in 1994, succeeding
Joyce Trimmer , who had retired, defeating future Progressive Conservative parliamentarianMarilyn Mushinski . In this capacity, he led a public campaign against the 1997 amalgamation of Toronto. When amalgamation became a reality and the City of Scarborough disappeared from the map, Faubert ran for and was elected to the new Toronto municipal council from a Scarborough ward. He also supportedBarbara Hall 's unsuccessful mayoral campaign in the 1997 Toronto election.Faubert died in office in 1999. Frank Faubert Forest on the south east side of Borough Drive was named in his honour.
Political office
Preceded by: Scarborough-Ellesmere
(1987-1990)Succeeded by:
NDP David Warner (1990-1995)Preceded by: Joyce Trimmer Mayor of Scarborough
1994-1997Succeeded by: Mayor of Toronto
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