Career
Central Nova had been considered a safe Progressive Conservative riding, but its popular Member of Parliament, Elmer MacKay, did not run for reelection in 1993. Due to redistribution prior to the 1997 federal election, Skoke was forced to run against fellow Liberal Member of Parliament Francis LeBlanc for the Liberal nomination in her riding, which was renamed Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough. She was defeated due, in part, to controversies surrounding her.
She refused to campaign for LeBlanc in the 1997 election leading some Liberals to blame her for LeBlanc"s defeat at the hands of Peter MacKay.
Skoke attempted a political comeback by running for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party later that year. She placed third.
In October 2015, she began a private lawsuit against the bishop and Diocese of Antigonish after the diocese announced the coming closure of Our Lady of Lourdes church.