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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.

Once a political organizer in Manitoba, Canada, he served as chief of staff to Progressive Conservative premier Gary Filmon in the 1990s. Sokolyk resigned his post in July 1998 after he was accused of helping to rig the 1995 Provincial Election. 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. 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.

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

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

References

  1. ^ "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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