Patrick Anthony "Pat" Sobeski (25 July 1951 – 17 March 2016) was a Canadian politician, who has served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993, and as mayor of Woodstock from 2010 to 2014.
Pat Sobeski | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Cambridge | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Speyer |
| Succeeded by | Janko Peric |
| City councillor of Woodstock, Ontario | |
| In office 2003–2010 | |
| Mayor of Woodstock, Ontario | |
| In office 2010–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Harding |
| Succeeded by | Trevor T. Birtch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Anthony Sobeski 25 July 1951 Woodstock, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 17 March 2016 (aged 64) Woodstock, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | architect |
He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Cambridge electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament but lost to Janko Peric of the Liberal Party in the 1993 federal election, finishing with less than half of Peric's votes, and even behind the Reform party's Reg Petersen.[1]
Sobeski served as a municipal councillor in Woodstock, Ontario beginning in 2003. He was elected as the mayor of Woodstock in the 2010 municipal election, defeating incumbent Michael Harding.[2][3]
Sobeski was defeated by Birtch in a faceoff along with former Mayor Harding in 2014.[4] He died on 17 March 2016.[5]
Electoral record edit
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 21,997 | 39.1 | +12.3 | ||||
| Reform | Reg Petersen | 18,932 | 33.7 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Sobeski | 9,776 | 17.4 | -23.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McBain | 2,962 | 5.3 | -22.8 | ||||
| National | Ron Cooper | 1,804 | 3.2 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Michael Picard | 407 | 0.7 | -3.8 | ||||
| Natural Law | Thomas Mitchell | 370 | 0.7 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 56,248 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Sobeski | 20,578 | 40.4 | -20.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Davidson | 14,298 | 28.1 | +3.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Cooper | 13,639 | 26.8 | +12.1 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rien Vanden Enden | 2,305 | 4.5 | |||||
| Independent | Shafiq Hudda | 141 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,961 | 100.0 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ Quantrell, Jim (4 November 2008). "1993: Peric wins local seat" (PDF). Cambridge Times. City of Cambridge, Ontario. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ "Sobeski wins in landslide". Woodstock Sentinel-Review. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Waterloo Region mayors re-elected, upset in Woodstock". CKCO-DT. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Sims, Jane (27 October 2014). "Incumbent mayors fell in Woodstock, Goderich and other municipalities". London Free Press. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Former Woodstock mayor, Cambridge MP Pat Sobeski dies at 64". CTV Kitchener. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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