Mayor Ben Franklin - Former Mayor of Nepean
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Ben Franklin was the first elected Mayor of the city of Nepean, and he was the first person to be given an honorary key to the new city of Ottawa.
Waymark Code: WM12F3H
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/13/2020
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Published in the Ottawa Citizen on May 01, 2012:
FRANKLIN, Ben Retired Mayor - City of Nepean Unexpectedly at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute on Saturday, March 22, 2003 at age 60. Loving husband for 37 years of Sherry (nee Willman). Beloved father, friend, teacher and coach of daughter Suzanne and her husband Chris Duc, and son Brent. Proud Grandpa of Alyssa. Survived by his brother Bill and sister Anita as well as many other family and friends. We will miss our small town boy with his big city dreams
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From Wikipedia:
Ben Franklin (1942–March 22, 2003) was mayor of the city of Nepean, Ontario from 1978 to 1997. Nepean became part of the city of Ottawa in 2001.[1]
He was born in Elgin, Ontario in 1942. He graduated from Carleton University with a BA in 1971 and became a high school geography teacher. In 1973, he was elected to Nepean council. In 1975, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Carleton in the Ontario general election. As mayor, Franklin established a "pay as you go" policy which brought the city out of debt. He retired in 1997 due to health problems. His executive assistant, Mary Pitt, succeeded him as mayor of Nepean after running a campaign that promised to simply continue Franklin's vision.
He received an artificial heart in March 2003 but died of heart failure later that month at the age of 60.
Ben Franklin Place at Centrepointe was named after him. He was the first person to be given an honorary key to the new city of Ottawa.
Date of birth: 12/12/1942
Date of death: 03/22/2003
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Sunrise to sunset daily
Fee required?: No
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