Maximilien Polak was a Dutch-born Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec.
11 Facts About Maximilien Polak
1.
2.
Maximilien Polak was born December 5,1930 in Leiden, Netherlands to professor Max Valentyn Polak and Maria Cordelia Nieuwenhuizen.
3.
Maximilien Polak studied at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden and University of Leiden, where he received his law license in 1952.
4.
Maximilien Polak enrolled in Universite de Montreal, earning a degree in law in 1958 and passed the Quebec Bar.
5.
Maximilien Polak worked as a lawyer at the office of Shriar and Maximilien Polak in the 1960s before serving as a municipal court judge in Cote Saint-Luc from 1969 to 1979.
6.
From 1971 to 1976, Maximilien Polak served as vice-president of the Conference of Municipal Judges of Quebec.
7.
In 1980 and 1981, Maximilien Polak served as a commissioner on the Commission scolaire de Montreal, and later on the board of directors of the school board.
8.
Maximilien Polak was first elected to the Quebec National Assembly in the 1981 Quebec general election as a Liberal, representing the district of Sainte-Anne.
9.
Maximilien Polak was re-elected in 1985, and served as the deputy whip during that term.
10.
Maximilien Polak served as a justice on the 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.
11.
Maximilien Polak married Celine Spier in 1954 and had three children.