Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Rockdale
In office 22 March 2003 – 26 March 2011
Preceded by
George Thompson
Succeeded by
John Flowers
80th Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office September 1991 – April 2003
Deputy
Lucy Turnbull
Preceded by
Jeremy Bingham
Succeeded by
Lucy Turnbull
Personal details
Born
Francesco Ernest Sartor
(1951-11-09) 9 November 1951 (age 72) Yenda, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Labor (since 2004)
Other political affiliations
Living City Independents (1994–2004)
Children
William, Isabella, Oliver
Francesco Ernest SartorAO (born 9 November 1951)[1] is a former Australian politician who served as New South Wales Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2011. Sartor has previously been Minister for Planning, Redfern Waterloo and the Arts, and Minister for Water and Utilities in the Iemma and Carr governments. Before being elected to the New South Wales Parliament, Sartor was the second longest-serving Lord Mayor of Sydney, after Clover Moore, having held the post for nearly 12 years from September 1991 to March 2003. Sartor retired from politics at the 2011 state election.[2][3]
^Mitchell, Alex (10 November 2002). "Exclusive poll a gift for Sartor's Rockdale bid". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
^Nicholls, Sean (4 December 2010). "Keneally begs for second chance". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^Nicholls, Sean (4 December 2010). "Frank Sartor quits Parliament". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
migrant parents named him Francesco Ernest Sartor, but he decided life would be easier if he called himself Frank. He attended St Therese's (Catholic) Primary...
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office, Moore, along with five other fellow former independent aldermen FrankSartor, Bill Hunt, Brian McGahen, Sue Willis and Jack Mundey, formed 'Independent...
aligned with the Liberal Party. She outpolled sitting Lord Mayor of Sydney FrankSartor on the primary vote, but lost to him on preferences. In 1999 she led...
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department under the desalination pipeline project approval, granted by FrankSartor, in November 2007. In August 2009 Keneally was alleged to be one of the...
identified Tripodi—along with Treasurer Michael Costa and Planning Minister FrankSartor—as one of the government's least popular. Independent MPs indicated that...
more on Iemma's least popular ministers, Joe Tripodi, Michael Costa and FrankSartor rather than the premier himself. Towards the end of the campaign, there...
South Wales Bob Carr SOCOG President Michael Knight Lord Mayor of Sydney FrankSartor Foreign dignitaries United States Henry Kissinger former Secretary of...
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the privately owned, City Bowling Club. Former Lord Mayor of Sydney FrankSartor was the driving force behind the development when he unveiled preliminary...
fundraising dinner, featuring the New South Wales' planning minister, FrankSartor (ALP), as a guest speaker one month before the 2007 state election, despite...
title Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts 1996–2003 Succeeded by FrankSartor Preceded by Michael Egan Minister for Energy 1997–1999 Succeeded by Kim...
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then Lord Mayor of Sydney and later NSW (Labor Party) state politician FrankSartor. Tanya Buchdahl Tintner, Out of Time: The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner...
budgeted at $40 million) that had been initiated under former Lord Mayor FrankSartor, rather than a curtailed $25 million plan that had been adopted under...
submitted for approval. In 2001, the New South Wales Minister for Planning, FrankSartor approved the development despite the two councils' objections. The scale...
presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever." The Olympic mayor, FrankSartor, was the Lord Mayor of Sydney, serving from 1991 to 2003 and his successor...
recommendation that the Medich land be rezoned after a meeting with FrankSartor, at the time the Labor NSW Minister for Planning. Reports of the financial...
site with West Head Road, however final say lay with Planning Minister FrankSartor. On 7 November 2007, the NSW Heritage Council voted to include Currawong...
Citizenship 2008–2009 Succeeded by John Hatzistergos Vacant Title last held by FrankSartor Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts 2008–2009 Vacant Civic offices...