Joe Fabbro Explained

Joe Fabbro
Birth Date:14 June 1914
Birth Place:Sudbury, Ontario
Death Place:Sudbury, Ontario
Office1:Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario
Term Start1:1957
Term End1:1959
Term Start2:1964
Term End2:1965
Term Start3:1968
Term End3:1975
Predecessor1:Leo Landreville
Successor1:W. R. Edgar
Predecessor2:W. A. Ellis
Successor2:Max Silverman
Predecessor3:Grace Hartman
Successor3:Jim Gordon
Office4:Regional Chair of Sudbury, Ontario
Term Start4:1976
Term End4:1978
Predecessor4:Don Collins
Successor4:Doug Frith

Joseph J. Fabbro (June 14, 1914  - January 16, 1978) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1957 to 1959, 1964 to 1965 and 1968 to 1975,[1] [2] [3] [4] and as chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury from 1975 to 1977.

Fabbro also ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Sudbury electoral district in the 1975 provincial election, but was not elected.[5]

In January 1978, Fabbro died at the age of 63 of a heart attack.[6]

Sudbury City Council 1957

The following is the list of aldermen who served with Mayor Fabbro on Sudbury's City Council in 1957.[1]

Sudbury City Council 1957
Fournier WardMcCormick WardRyan Ward
F. GuimondJ. CormackW. Baby
A. LapalmeC. G. CaswellH. McDonald
A. TheriaultW. C. JarrettG. Waddell

Notes and References

  1. Dorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon
  2. Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. .
  3. Thomas, Ray and Pearsall, Kathy (1994). Sudbury. Boston Mills Press. .
  4. http://www.mysudbury.ca/downloads/lives_lived/Public_Finances_Banking.pdf "Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury"
  5. "11-term mayor of Sudbury, headed region". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 1978.
    • "Heart Attack Claims the Life of Joe Fabbro" (January 17, 1978). The Sudbury Star, P.1.