Frank J. Ney (May 12, 1918 – November 24, 1992) was a mayor of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, serving for twenty-one years. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Ney also served a term as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor He was known for his outgoing personality, his habit of attending civic events and dressing up like a pirate for the appearances, and playing a central role in initiating the bathtub races across Georgia Strait from Nanaimo to Vancouver. Bathtub racing started in Nanaimo, British Columbia and involves the use of a bathtub boat. The Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait (also known as the Gulf of Georgia) is a Strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal He was father to eleven children with his first wife, Jocelyn (Floyer). He was an active skier, swimmer, and boater.
Biography
Born in London, England, Ney served in the RAF and RCAF as a pilot during World War II. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was a resident of Nanaimo from 1946 until his death in 1992. He was Mayor of Nanaimo from 1968 to 1984, and 1987 to 1990, and a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nanaimo from 1969 to 1972. Social Credit is a socio-economic Philosophy wherein Consumers fully provided with adequate Purchasing power, establish the policy of production A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative Nanaimo is a provincial Electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
Ney was also a member of the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia from January, 1956, until his death in November 1992, and had a very busy notarial practice in Nanaimo. He was President of the Society from 1968-1969.
Ney, with his brother Bill, formed the Great National Land and Investment Corporation in 1964, was involved in real estate (as President of Nanaimo Realty Ltd. ), and promoted the economic development of Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British He is perhaps most famous for the purchase and subdividion of Protection Island in 1960 and selling it under the guise of a pirate-promotion theme.
He participated in many local and provincial associations, and was Chairman of the Nanaimo Centennial Committee (1967), responsible for organizing the inaugural Great Bathtub Race [1] between Nanaimo and Vancouver. The Canadian Centennial was a year long celebration held in 1967 when Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. He was the first Chairman and Admiral of the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society, established in 1968 to continue the bathtub race as an annual event. Ney was made Freeman of the City of Nanaimo in 1984. He died on November 24, 1992. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
A bronze statue of Ney is sited at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon in downtown Nanaimo [2].
An extensive archive relating to Ney's personal and professial life are held in the Frank. J. Ney fonds at the Nanaimo Community Archives.
A short biography about Frank Ney, based mainly on collected remembrance and stories about Ney, was published by Paul Gogo in 1995 (Frank Ney: A Canadian Legend).
A satirical musical review built around Ney's "Pirate Frank" persona premiered at Nanaimo's Western Edge Theatre in March 2007.
A play about him (Being Frank, by writer G. Kim Blank) was performed at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo in April 2007, produced by TheatreOne and directed by Burton Lancaster; there is also a book by Blank based on the play entitled Being Frank, from which the following portrayal of Ney's character is given:
" . . . you watch Frank, but you don’t necessarily understand Frank, or even keep up with him. . . . what is immediately apparent is how many people will go on record to say they were “good friends” of Frank, though no one on the planet could have that many 'good friends. ' But the effect he had on people, the way he moved around, his outward nature, his ability to be everywhere and always visible, the twinkle in his eye and the blarney of his gesture—all of this must have made him feel like everyone’s friend. Yet, despite this—and here is where his wonderfully maddening complexity sets in—those closest to him inevitably said something much more intriguing: they didn’t really know him; they didn’t really know what moved him forward and what made him tick, what got him going in the morning and kept him up at night. " [From the Preface to Being Frank, pages 9-11]
Trivia
- In 2005, a newspaper poll declared Ney as "The Greatest Nanaimoite. " Frank Ney's long association with Nanaimo lead to the term "Neynaimo. "
- The phrase "the full Nanaimo" has come to refer a certain style of dress associated with the male business community in Nanaimo dating in the 1960-1980s, and is often associated with Frank Ney. This dress style often features white patent leather shoes and a white belt, and sometimes with plaid pants or sports jacket, or with the fortrel leisure suit of this era.
- Because of the famous bathtub race, as well as Nanaimo's central location on Vancouver Island, and its numerous pubs in the old City, Nanaimo is sometimes referred to as "the hub, pub, and tub city. "
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