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Frank Sartor

The Hon.
Frank Sartor
AO, BE (Chem),B Comm (hons)
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 65)
Yenda, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Children Three;
William (m); Isabella (f), Oliver (m)
Website www.franksartor.com.au; spp-services.com.au NSW Parliamentary website

Francesco Ernest "Frank" Sartor AO (born 9 November 1951) a former Australian politician, was 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 Australian 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 is 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.

Sartor was born in Yenda near Griffith, New South Wales. His 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 School, Yenda, followed by Griffith High School. His mother died of melanoma when Sartor was 16.


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