Maximilien Polak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maximilien Polak

Dutch-born Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Maximilien Polak (born December 5, 1930 in Leiden) is a former judge and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Dutch-born and raised, Polak arrived in Canada in 1952, where he attended the Université de Montréal, earning a degree in law in 1958.Polak served as a municipal court judge in Côte Saint-Luc from 1969 to 1979. In 1981, Polak ventured into politics, and was elected to the Quebec National Assembly as a Liberal, representing the district of Sainte-Anne.
He was re-elected in 1985, and served as the deputy whip.
In 1989, he chose not to run again, and instead became a judge of Quebec Court.
He served as a judge from 1991 to 2000, at which point he retired; however, he served as an "ad hoc" judge from 2001 to 2005. Polak's son, Michael, also a lawyer, serves as the Honorary Consul General of the Netherlands in Montreal.