Robert Timothy Stansfield "Bob" Frankford was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
12 Facts About Bob Frankford
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Bob Frankford was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough East.
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Bob Frankford was responsible for inaugurating the first health service organization in Toronto.
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Bob Frankford died in Toronto on August 1,2015, at the age of 76.
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Bob Frankford was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Ed Fulton by 1,774 votes in Scarborough East as the NDP won a majority government.
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Bob Frankford served as a parliamentary assistant from 1990 to 1991.
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Bob Frankford used his medical training to advocate for sickle-cell disease and other health issues.
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Bob Frankford resigned in May 1991 because he failed to meet a deadline to divest himself of some investment property in the health industry.
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The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Bob Frankford lost his seat to Progressive Conservative candidate Steve Gilchrist by almost 12,000 votes.
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Bob Frankford ran for the federal New Democratic Party for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election, but finished a distant fourth against Liberal John McKay in Scarborough East.
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Bob Frankford was chair of the Ontario Medical Association's section of health service organization physicians.
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Bob Frankford remained involved in a number of community projects and organizations, including the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario and the Toronto Pedestrian Committee, and was chair of the Scarborough Agincourt collaborative committee of the Central East LHIN.