Career
Originally a Liberal, he was forced to leave his party over controversy arising from his comments about Serbs. Sola has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laurentian University in Sudbury. In 1976-1977, he was the president of the Toronto Metro-Croatia soccer club
Sola was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Bud Gregory by almost 6,000 votes.
The Liberals were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, although Sola retained his seat by more than 3,000 votes against an NDP challenger. In opposition, he was appointed as the Liberal critic for the Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet.
In the course of the interview, Sola said "I don"t think I"d be able to live next door to a Serb". In 1992, Sola was a supporter of Steve Mahoney during the leadership convention of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Controversy followed Sola in 1993 when he was taped giving an address to students at York University.
Though Sola issued an apology in the Ontario Legislature, McLeod expelled Sola from the Ontario Liberal Party caucus on April 28, 1993. Sola played only a minor role in the assembly after his expulsion from the Liberal Party, and did not seek re-election in 1995. After his defeat, Sola left provincial politics and was appointed Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Chicago.
His surname has also been referred to as Sladojević-Šola.
