Maximilien Polak Obituary

Maximilien Polak was a Dutch-born Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec. He arrived in Canada in 1952, where he attended the Universite de Montreal, earning a degree in law in 1958.

Polak served as a municipal court judge in Cote 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 the 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 died on December 27, 2022, at the age of 92.