Sonnee Cohen

Cohen was a trustee with B'nai B'rith in the 1940s, and later served on the executive of the Toronto's Herzl Zion Club in the 1950s.

[4] Cohen was listed as chairman of the Canadian Diabetic Association in 1965, and as Vice-Chair of the North York Safety Council in 1966.

[5] He asked Canadians to support a mobile diabetes detection unit in 1970, and promoted healthy eating habits later in the decade.

Cohen campaigned as a reform candidate in 1969, and was endorsed by the North York Liberal Association.

[10] Seventy-seven years old in 1991, he centred his campaign on improved health care and the prevention of child and senior abuse.