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Robert Timothy Stansfield "Bob" Frankford (August 1, 1939 – August 1, 2015) was a politician in
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, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the
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from 1990 to 1995 who represented the
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riding of
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.


Background

Frankford was educated at
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in England, and became a family physician before entering political life. He was responsible for inaugurating the first health service organization in Toronto. He raised three daughters. He died in Toronto on August 1, 2015, at the age of 76.


Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Ed Fulton by 1,774 votes in
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as the NDP won a majority government. He served as a
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from 1990 to 1991. He used his medical training to advocate for
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and other health issues. He resigned in May 1991 because he failed to meet a deadline to divest himself of some investment property in the health industry. The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Frankford lost his seat to Progressive Conservative candidate
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by almost 12,000 votes. He ran for the federal
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for the
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in the 1997 federal election, but finished a distant fourth against Liberal John McKay in Scarborough East. He also attempted to return to the provincial legislature in the 1999 provincial election, but finished third against Liberal
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in Scarborough—Agincourt. Frankford's wife, Helen Breslauer, has also run as a candidate in
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but finished 4th. In August 2009, he sought the NDP nomination for the provincial by-election in the riding of St. Paul's, but was defeated by lawyer Julian Heller.


Electoral record


After politics

In 1995 he returned to his medical practice and became a physician at the
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men's hostel, which services many poor and homeless in the city. He was chair of the
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's section of health service organization physicians. He 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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankford, Robert 1939 births 2015 deaths Alumni of King's College London Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs Politicians from Toronto 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario