Patrick Anthony Sobeski (born 25 July 1951 in Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock, Ontario

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) is mayor-elect of Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...

 and was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1988 to 1993. His background was business and personnel management.

He was elected in the 1988 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1988

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 at the Cambridge electoral district

Cambridge (electoral district)

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 for the Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament

34th Canadian Parliament

The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988 until September 8, 1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21, 1988, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1993 election.It was...

 but lost to Janko Peric

Janko Peric

Janko Peric , is a former Canadian politician. Peric was the Liberal Party MP for the riding of Cambridge from 1993 to 2004.He was born Janko Perić in Orehovica near Bedekovčina, Croatia and was a welder and airplane pilot....

 of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in the 1993 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

, finishing with less than half of Peric's votes, and even behind the Reform party's

Reform Party of Canada

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 Reg Petersen.

Sobeski served as a municipal councillor in Woodstock, Ontario since 2003. He was elected as the mayor of Woodstock, Ontario in the 2010 municipal election

Oxford County municipal elections, 2010

Elections will be held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.-Oxford County Council:...

, defeating incumbent Michael Harding.

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