Pat Sobeski

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 (1951-07-25)25 July 1951 Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Died	17 March 2016(2016-03-17) (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

v t e 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

v t e 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

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

External links

• Pat Sobeski – Parliament of Canada biography