Frank Mazzuca

Frank Roger Mazzuca, Sr. (15 March 1922 - 9 September 2009) was a Canadian politician and businessman in Capreol, Ontario. He served as mayor of the town from 1975 to 1997, and as chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury from 1998 to 2000.

Early life Born in Italy, he moved to Capreol with his family at the age of seven. He worked in his parents' family-owned grocery store in childhood.

Political career First elected to the town council of Capreol in 1957, Mazzuca's response to the letter was "just tell the stupid bastard to call me on the phone". Billard sued for defamation, demanding $150,000 in damages, although the suit was settled out of court for $7,500; In a reform model proposed by Mazzuca, the existing number of councillors across the seven municipal councils of the region would have been retained on the new merged council, in order to protect the level of representation in the suburban towns; however, in the model that was ultimately implemented, the number of councillors was significantly reduced. As a result, following his retirement Mazzuca went back to being a bluntly outspoken advocate of holding a deamalgamation referendum. The community newspaper Northern Life quoted Mazzuca as saying that "It was a great thing to call up the mayor and say, 'A dog shit on my lawn, what are you going to do about it?' When they'd call me I'd tell them, 'Not my dog, not my lawn, not my shit.'"