Elliott Frankl
Elliott Frankl
Elect Elliott for Ward 4 Councillor in 2010

Elliott Frankl

About Elliott

PictureElliott Frankl with fellow Society for International Hockey Research member Prime Minister Stephen Harper

    Elliott Frankl is a businessman, entrepreneur, published author, community activist and now a candidate for Ward 4, Local Councillor in the City of Vaughan

    A current resident of the Thornhill area in the City of Vaughan, Frankl was born at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1971 in downtown Toronto and raised in Willowdale. He was formally educated at A. Y. Jackson Secondary School in North York and later studied at York University.

    Frankl is currently President of a sports marketing firm that specializes in promoting and marketing professional athletes and has worked closely with many professional sports leagues. In 2001 Frankl was honoured as he became a member of the Mensa Society and on November 29, 2005 he was elected to the board of directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum.

    As a community activist, he has successfully helped Vaughan residents appeal their property taxes through the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation in 2004, winning the appeal, reducing property taxes for the residents that he represented.

    Elliott Frankl publishes a Community Newsletter sent out quarterly for local residents and is a published author on government and corporate accountability. He has been described as a “Responsible author” by the Thornhill Liberal and Vaughan Citizen newspapers (06-19-08).

    Always honest and sincere, he has represented residents and businesses, serving on many different committees and boards. The next step is for Frankl is to represent you on Vaughan Council.

    About Elliott Frankl, Leadership and Experience

    • Member of the Ontario Business Advisory Council, which falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue (2009 – present)
    • Chair, Ontario Education Ombudsman Pilot Project, a study and research project for the creation of oversight over Ontario School Boards with an appeals procedure (2009 – 2010)
    • Original member of the York Regional Police Community Crime Prevention Committee (2005 –2008)
    • Member of the Toronto Police Service, Police Officer of the Year Awards Committee (2000 – 2002)
    • Member of the Vaughan Chamber of Commerce government affairs committee and policy committee (2005 – 2007)
    • Vice-President, young professionals, Toronto Board of Trade (2002 – 2003)
    • Member of and registered researcher of archives of Ontario, which archives municipal documents (2005 – present)
    • Member of the Mensa Society (1999 – present)
    • Judge for the Mensa Canada Scholarship Program (2003 – 2008)
    • Serves on the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum (2005 – present)
    • Member of the Society for International Hockey Research ( 2006 – present)
    • Member of the Canadian Football Research Society (2008 – present)
    • President, Sports Rep Marketing (1997 – present)
    • Member of the Education Quality and Accountability Office assessment team, assessed students tests from across the province for the Ministry of Education’s province wide testing (2003)
    • Member of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency’s Small Business Advisory Committee (2001 – 2002)
    • Published author, contributing author of the book “Responsibility 911” on the topic of “leadership and responsibility”