Pat Sobeski Explained

Pat Sobeski
Birthname:Patrick Anthony Sobeski
Birth Date:1951 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Riding1:Cambridge
Predecessor1:Chris Speyer
Successor1:Janko Peric
Term Start1:1988
Term End1:1993
Office2:City councillor of Woodstock, Ontario
Term Start2:2003
Term End2:2010
Office3:Mayor of Woodstock, Ontario
Predecessor3:Michael Harding
Successor3:Trevor T. Birtch
Term Start3:2010
Term End3:2014
Profession:architect
Party:Progressive Conservative

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1993: Peric wins local seat . . 15 March 2009 . Jim . Quantrell . Cambridge Times . 4 November 2008 .
  2. News: Sobeski wins in landslide . 25 October 2010. . 25 October 2010 .
  3. News: Waterloo Region mayors re-elected, upset in Woodstock . . 25 October 2010 . 25 October 2010.
  4. News: Incumbent mayors fell in Woodstock, Goderich and other municipalities . Jane . Sims . 27 October 2014 . London Free Press . 6 February 2022.
  5. News: Former Woodstock mayor, Cambridge MP Pat Sobeski dies at 64 . CTV Kitchener . 18 March 2016 . 19 March 2016 .