Frank Ney was Mayor of Nanaimo from 1968-1984, and 1987-1990,
and a Social Credit MLA for Nanaimo from 1969-1972.

Frank Ney was Chairman of the Nanaimo Centennial Committee (1967),
responsible for organizing the inaugural Great Bathtub Race between
Nanaimo and Vancouver. 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 November 24, 1992.

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