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David SoknackiDavid Soknacki is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Scarborough East wards. He moved to eastern Scarborough in 1963 and founded the Densgrove Park Community Association. He first ran for Scarborough city council in 1991, but lost to Frank Faubert. When Faubert chose to run for the mayor's job Soknacki tried for the seat again. This time he was successful in 1994 defeating Glenn De Baeremaeker and Zephine Wailoo. With the creation of the megacity Soknacki ran for a seat on the new Toronto city council, but came in third losing to Faubert and Ron Moeser. In June 1999, however, Faubert died of cancer and a by-election called to replace him. Soknacki emerged triumphant, winning 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 is seen as a centre right member of city council, but also has links to the left. Unusually for a right winger he was endorsed by NOW in the 2003 Toronto election and was elevated to the important position of budget chief by leftist mayor David Miller in 2003, despite Soknacki's support for his rival John Tory. External link Soknacki, David
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