Taras Sokolyk

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Taras Sokolyk is a former political organizer. He played a prominent role in the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba's 1995 election campaign, in which the party won a majority government. [1]

Once a political organizer in Manitoba, Canada, he served as chief of staff to Progressive Conservative premier Gary Filmon in the 1990s. [2] Sokolyk resigned his post in July 1998 after he was accused of helping to rig the 1995 Provincial Election. [1] In November 1998 Sokolyk admitted that he had improperly used campaign funds in an attempt to split the vote to improve his party's chance of victory. [3] After this admission Filmon claimed that he hadn't known about Sokolyk's actions and blamed him and aide Julian Benson for the vote-rigging scandal. [4]

The Manitoba government refused to pay Sokolyk's legal fees arising from the case [5] and Sokolyk was ultimately not criminally charged in the case. [6] In December 2002 the Progressive Conservatives again hired Sokolyk as a campaign consultant entrusted with research and advising about campaign strategy [7] but fired him less than a month later. [8]

By 2004 Sokolyk was working for hotel chain Canad Inns. [9] By 2008 he had become CEO of the company. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Filmon's Chief Quits Amid Controversy". The Calgary Sun . July 24, 1998.
  2. ↑ "Manitoba: Premier's aide quits amid controversy". The Kingston Whig-Standard. July 24, 1998.
  3. ↑ Scott Edmonds (November 3, 1998). "Former Manitoba Tory insider admits using party funds improperly". The Hamilton Spectator .
  4. ↑ "Premier points finger at advisers". Waterloo Region Record . November 5, 1998.
  5. ↑ "Manitoba nixes legal fees at inquiry". North Bay Nugget . January 21, 1999.
  6. ↑ "Filmon aides spared charges". North Bay Nugget. August 13, 1999.
  7. ↑ Frank Landry (December 13, 2002). "Vote-Rigger Rehired - Tory Leader Gives Sokolyk Strategy Contract". Winnipeg Sun .
  8. ↑ "Conservative leader fires aide for second time". Waterloo Region Record . December 27, 2002.
  9. ↑ Tu-Uyen Tran (February 10, 2004). "City OKs Canad Tax Break". Grand Forks Herald .
  10. ↑ Ian Shanley (January 27, 2008). "Hail To The Chief". The Winnipeg Sun.
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