David Soknacki
| David Soknacki | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 43) Scarborough East | |
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In office September 23, 1999 – November 30, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Faubert |
| Succeeded by | Paul Ainslie |
| Chair of the Budget Committee | |
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In office December 1, 2003 – November 30, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | David Shiner |
| Succeeded by | Shelley Carroll |
| Scarborough City Councillor for Ward 8 | |
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In office December 1, 1994 – December 31, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Faubert |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 9, 1954 Scarborough, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Florence |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Business owner |
David Soknacki (born September 9, 1954) is a Canadian municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a councillor in Scarborough from 1994 to 1997 and then served as a Toronto City Councillor from 1999 to 2006 representing Ward 43 in the western half of the Scarborough East riding. He was a candidate for Mayor of Toronto in the 2014 election.
Soknacki graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1976. In 1978, he received his MBA degree from the University of Western Ontario.
He moved to eastern Scarborough in 1963, and founded the Densgrove Park Community Association.
He ran for Scarborough city council in 1991, but lost to Frank Faubert. When Faubert ran for the mayor's job in 1994, Soknacki tried for the seat again. This time he was successful, defeating Glenn De Baeremaeker and Zephine Wailoo.
When Scarborough was amalgamated with the City of Toronto and four other municipalities in 1997, ran for a seat on the new Toronto city council, but came in third, losing to Faubert and Ron Moeser. In June 1999, Faubert died of cancer and a by-election was called to replace him. Soknacki won by a considerable margin in a field of seven candidates.
During his first term on city council, one of his accomplishments was the creation of a position of poet laureate for the city. He was seen as a centre-right member of city council, but also had links to the left. Unusually for a conservative, he was endorsed by the left-leaning NOW magazine in the 2003 municipal election, and was appointed to the important position of budget chief by mayor David Miller in 2003, despite Soknacki's support for Miller's rival John Tory in the mayoral election.
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