15 Facts About David Soknacki

David Soknacki was born on September 9,1954 and is a Canadian municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario.

David Soknacki 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.

David Soknacki was a candidate for Mayor of Toronto in the 2014 election.

David Soknacki moved to eastern Scarborough in 1963, and founded the Densgrove Park Community Association.

David Soknacki ran for Scarborough city council in 1991, but lost to Frank Faubert.

When Faubert ran for the mayor's job in 1994, David Soknacki tried for the seat again.

When Scarborough was amalgamated with the City of Toronto and four other municipalities in 1997, David Soknacki ran for a seat on the new Toronto city council, but came in third, losing to Faubert and Ron Moeser.

David Soknacki won by a considerable margin in a field of seven candidates.

David Soknacki was seen as a centre-right member of city council, but had links to the left.

David Soknacki gave no reasons for leaving city council but said he was returning to run his spice importing business.

David Soknacki gave his retirement date as the end of the council term on November 30,2006.

On June 4,2007, David Soknacki was appointed Chairperson of the federal Crown Corporation Parc Downsview Park Inc for a five year term.

On February 16,2016, David Soknacki was appointed to the Toronto Police Transformation Task Force, which issued its Final Report on January 26,2017.

David Soknacki had been treated as a mainstream candidate by the media, despite early polls consistently showing he was last among the five major contenders.

In 2017, David Soknacki was one of the applicants for appointment to city council to succeed the late Ron Moeser in Ward 44.