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He served as <a href="/wiki/Montreal_City_Council" title="Montreal City Council">Montreal City Councillor</a> for the districts of Victoria and Darlington in the borough of <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te-des-Neiges%E2%80%93Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce" title="Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce">Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce</a> from 1986 to 2009, serving on the city's executive committee from 1994 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Les_Actualites_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Les_Actualites-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After running in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 Canadian federal election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party</a> in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal_(electoral_district)" title="Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal</a>, where he lost to the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> candidate by less than 2,500 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-Blatchford_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blatchford-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was employed by Conservative <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Canadian_Heritage" title="Minister of Canadian Heritage">Minister of Canadian Heritage</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Moore_(Canadian_politician)" title="James Moore (Canadian politician)">James Moore</a> as “a liaison between the Government and the city’s cultural communities from October 2011 until he quit in March 2012.”<sup id="cite_ref-Leblanc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leblanc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zajdel is an <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Jew">Orthodox Jew</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chabad" title="Chabad">Lubavitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">hasidic</a> movement. He serves as director for the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Rehabilitation_Hospital" title="Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital">Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Laval,_Quebec" title="Laval, Quebec">Laval, Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CJN_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJN-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Zajdel was arrested and charged with five counts of fraud, corruption, breach of trust and payment of secret commissions, related to construction permits issued between 2006 and 2011, when he was a city councillor. In May 2015 he pleaded guilty to corruption and breach of trust.<sup id="cite_ref-Plea_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plea-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An alumnus of <a href="/wiki/McGill_University" title="McGill University">McGill University</a>, where he got a BA of Commerce and Marketing and of Social Work,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zajdel worked as a <a href="/wiki/Programmer_analyst" class="mw-redirect" title="Programmer analyst">computer analyst</a> before entering politics.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zajdel is married. He and his wife Helen have five children.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipal_politics">Municipal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Municipal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zajdel served as <a href="/wiki/Montreal_City_Council" title="Montreal City Council">Montreal City Councillor</a> for the districts of Victoria and Darlington in the borough of <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te-des-Neiges%E2%80%93Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce" title="Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce">Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce</a> from 1986 to 2009, first under <a href="/wiki/Jean_Dor%C3%A9" title="Jean Doré">Jean Doré</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Citizens%27_Movement" title="Montreal Citizens' Movement">Montreal Citizens' Movement</a> (MCM), then for 11 years as a member of <a href="/wiki/Vision_Montreal" title="Vision Montreal">Vision Montreal</a>, serving from 1994 to 2001 on the city of Montreal's executive committee under former mayor <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bourque_(politician)" title="Pierre Bourque (politician)">Pierre Bourque</a>, before joining the <a href="/wiki/Union_Montreal" title="Union Montreal">Union Montreal</a> municipal political party under <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Tremblay" title="Gérald Tremblay">Gérald Tremblay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Les_Actualites_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Les_Actualites-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of Montreal's city executive committee he was in charge of urban planning.<sup id="cite_ref-GazetteSurprise_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GazetteSurprise-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zajdel retired from municipal politics in 2009, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.<sup id="cite_ref-Les_Actualites_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Les_Actualites-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_politics">Federal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zajdel ran for the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal_(electoral_district)" title="Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal</a>, a traditional <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> stronghold, in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 federal election</a>. He had been a Liberal for decades federally; he'd even considered running in a by-election for Mount Royal in 1998, but stepped aside in favour of Cotler. However, but switched to the Conservatives due to the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Harper</a> government's strong support for Israel and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ignatieff" title="Michael Ignatieff">Michael Ignatieff</a>'s claims that Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zajdel lost to <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Cotler" title="Irwin Cotler">Irwin Cotler</a> by less than 2,500 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-Blatchford_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blatchford-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the narrowest margin by which the Liberals have won the riding since 1958, and the closest that a centre-right party has come to winning anywhere in Montreal since the old <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party</a> lost all of its seats in the city in 1993. </p><p>From October 2011 to March 2012, Zajdel was employed by <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Canadian_Heritage" title="Minister of Canadian Heritage">Minister of Canadian Heritage</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Moore_(Canadian_politician)" title="James Moore (Canadian politician)">James Moore</a> as “a liaison between the Government and the city’s cultural communities.”<sup id="cite_ref-Leblanc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leblanc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reportedly described the job as "connecting principally with the anglophone and ethnic communities and municipalities to see if they can benefit from various federal programs."<sup id="cite_ref-CJNDefeated_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJNDefeated-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, Cotler claimed, after Zajdel had convened a meeting with municipal politicians in Mount Royal to explain the grants and programs offered by Canadian Heritage, and a phone campaign by the Conservatives in the riding, falsely claiming that he was about to resign, that Zajdel was in fact working as a "shadow MP," offering to help municipal politicians secure grants and services, and preparing for a second attempt to win the riding of Mount Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zajdel denied involvement in the phone campaign, stating that it was "a party thing."<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zajdel quit his federal post in March 2012, explaining in an interview in early April 2012 that he resigned because the controversy surrounding his federal job was distracting people from the work of prime minister Harper, saying that he "was tired of being this distraction."<sup id="cite_ref-CBC_Ex_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC_Ex-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_charges">Criminal charges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criminal charges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 17, 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec government">Quebec government</a>'s anti-corruption unit, known as the <i>Unité permanente anticorruption</i> or simply UPAC, announced that Zajdel had been arrested along with the city's interim mayor, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Applebaum" title="Michael Applebaum">Michael Applebaum</a>. Zajdel himself was charged with five counts of fraud, corruption, breach of trust and payment of secret commissions, related to construction permits issued between 2006 and 2011 when he was a city councillor.<sup id="cite_ref-Blatchford_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blatchford-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Leblanc_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leblanc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-De_Souza_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-De_Souza-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to arrest warrants issued by the anticorruption squad, the charges include arranging and accepting bribes from Montreal real estate developer Robert Stein between 2007 and 2008, in exchange for council votes by Zajdel in favour of Stein's real estate developments.<sup id="cite_ref-Gyulai19_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gyulai19-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to CBC News, the president of Zajdel's Mount Royal Conservative riding association said it decided to cut ties with Zajdel after his arrest, explaining that "As an association we have a duty to represent the desire of our members and our members did not want to be associated with a gentleman who has been charged with corruption," stating later that Zajdel could be reinstated if he is cleared.<sup id="cite_ref-CBC_Ex_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC_Ex-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 27, 2015, Zajdel pleaded guilty to charges of breach of trust and corruption in connection with two real estate deals.<sup id="cite_ref-Plea_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plea-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_results">Electoral results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipal">Municipal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Municipal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_Montreal_municipal_election" title="2005 Montreal municipal election">2005 Montreal municipal election</a><sup id="cite_ref-OfficialResults2005_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialResults2005-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">  </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Party </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00">  </td> <td>Saulie Zajdel (incumbent)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Montr%C3%A9al" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Montréal">Union Montréal</a></td> <td align="right">2,203</td> <td align="right">38.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B1BA1E">  </td> <td>Kashmir Singh Randhawa</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vision_Montr%C3%A9al" class="mw-redirect" title="Vision Montréal">Vision Montréal</a></td> <td align="right">1,596</td> <td align="right">28.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC">  </td> <td>Alex Robels</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">769</td> <td align="right">13.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FEBC38">  </td> <td>Francine Brodeur</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parti_Montr%C3%A9al_Ville-Marie" title="Parti Montréal Ville-Marie">Parti Montréal - Ville-Marie</a></td> <td align="right">603</td> <td align="right">10.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC">  </td> <td>Irwin Rapoport</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">269</td> <td align="right">4.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1C4E8E">  </td> <td>Trevor Hanna</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Projet_Montr%C3%A9al" title="Projet Montréal">Projet Montréal</a></td> <td align="right">242</td> <td align="right">4.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><b>Total valid votes</b></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><b>5,682</b></td> <td align="right"><b>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_Montreal_municipal_election" title="2001 Montreal municipal election">2001 Montreal municipal election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">  </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Party </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B1BA1E">  </td> <td>Saulie Zajdel</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vision_Montreal" title="Vision Montreal">Vision Montreal</a></td> <td align="right">3,304</td> <td align="right">49.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00">  </td> <td>Aline Malka</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Montreal" title="Union Montreal">Union Montreal</a></td> <td align="right">3,109</td> <td align="right">46.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC">  </td> <td>Koffi Doumon</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">230</td> <td align="right">3.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><b>Total valid votes</b></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><b>6,643</b></td> <td align="right"><b>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal">Federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mount_Royal_electoral_district">Mount Royal electoral district</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mount Royal electoral district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irwin_Cotler" title="Irwin Cotler">Irwin Cotler</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,151</td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.40%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-14.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Saulie Zajdel</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,891</td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.61%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Jeff Itcush</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,963</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.85%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+10.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #87CEFA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a></td> <td>Gabriel Dumais</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,136</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.91%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Brian Sarwer-Foner</td> <td style="text-align:right;">683</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.75%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Diane Johnston</td> <td style="text-align:right;">109</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.28%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Abraham Weizfeld</td> <td style="text-align:right;">74</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.19%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"></span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">Total valid votes/Expense limit</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">39,007</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00%</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"></span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">Total rejected ballots</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">312</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"></span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">Turnout</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">39,319</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">57.64%</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_candidates,_41st_Canadian_federal_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 41st Canadian federal election">Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 41st Canadian federal election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saulie_Zajdel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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