Saulie Zajdel is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician. He served as Montreal

Montreal

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 city councillor

Montreal City Council

The Montreal City Council is the governing body of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the City Council. The mayor is Gérald Tremblay, who is a member of the Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l'Île de Montréal...

 for the districts of Victoria and Darlington in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Geography:Located to the north and west of Mount Royal, it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers...

 from 1986 to 2009. Zajdel spent 11 years as a member of Vision Montreal

Vision Montreal

Vision Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has been in existence since 1994 and presently forms the Official opposition on Montreal City Council under leader Louise Harel.-Origins:...

, before joining the Union Montreal

Union Montreal

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 municipal political party. He served on the city of Montreal's executive committee from 1994 to 2001 under former mayor Pierre Bourque

Pierre Bourque

Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.-Background:...

. He retired from municipal politics in 2009, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.

Zajdel serves as the director for the foundation of the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital in Laval, Quebec

Laval, Quebec

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.

He ran for the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

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 in the riding of Mount Royal

Mount Royal (electoral district)

Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....

 in the 2011 federal election.

Mount Royal electoral district

Mount Royal (electoral district)

Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....

Municipal

Montreal municipal election, 2005

Montreal municipal election, 2005

The 2005 Montreal municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a city mayor, borough mayors, city councillors, and borough councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

	Candidate	Party	Vote	%
	Saulie Zajdel (incumbent)	Union Montréal Union Montreal Union Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It currently governs Montreal's city government.-Origins:It was established as the Montreal Island Citizens Union in the aftermath of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001 and not long before the municipal election...	2,203	38.77%
	Kashmir Singh Randhawa	Vision Montréal Vision Montreal Vision Montreal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has been in existence since 1994 and presently forms the Official opposition on Montreal City Council under leader Louise Harel.-Origins:...	1,596	28.09%
	Alex Robels	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	769	13.53%
	Francine Brodeur	Parti Montréal - Ville-Marie Parti Montréal Ville-Marie Parti Montréal Ville-Marie is a municipal political party in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Led by its founder, Louise O'Sullivan, Parti Montréal Ville-Marie was founded on May 31, 2005....	603	10.61%
	Irwin Rapoport	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	269	4.73%
	Trevor Hanna	Projet Montréal Projet Montréal Projet Montréal is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Origins:Projet Montréal is possibly the first party since the Montreal Citizens' Movement that was not specifically established to promote a mayoral candidacy. It was created by environmental activists in May...	242	4.26%