Former Scarborough city councillor and Mayoral candidate David Soknacki wants his old job back.

David Soknacki filled in an application on Tuesday to be appointed to the council seat in Ward 44.

It was left vacant by the death of long-time councillor Ron Moeser.

Soknacki arguably has the highest public profile of any of the 21 candidates who have registered so far.

He was first elected to Scarborough city council in 1994, and was named by former Mayor David Miller to chair the city's budget committee.

Soknacki served on Toronto city council until 2006, and more recently ran against Mayor John Tory in the 2014 municipal election.

The conservative politician was an outspoken critic of the Scarborough subway extension proposal, which Mayor Tory championed.

The deadline to register to be nominated is June 19.