George Savoidakis

George Savoidakis (1938 – October 6, 1995) was a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served on the Montreal city council from 1978 to 1986, representing the Parc-Extension ward as a member of mayor Jean Drapeau's Civic Party of Montreal.

Savoidakis was born on the Greek island of Crete and spent his formative years in the community of Agioi Deka. He moved to Canada in 1955, studied business at Concordia University, and later became a broker with Whalen Beliveau and Associates. He also served as vice-president of the Caisse Populaire de St. Roch and the Hellenic Community of the Island of Montreal.

Savoidakis ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1976 provincial election.

Savoidakis was elected to the Montreal city council in the 1978 municipal election, as the Civic Party won almost all seats on council. He was re-elected in 1982. Throughout his time on council, he was a backbench supporter of Drapeau's administration. He also served on the Montreal Urban Community and was a member of its committee on minorities.

The Civic Party in this period was strongly centered around Drapeau's personality, and Savoidakis was known as one of the few party mavericks on council. In October 1985, he was quoted as saying, "Being a councillor in the Civic Party is a lonely place to be. Decisions are reached beyond our power. There are some of us, like myself, who feel we should have more input." Savoidakis tried, without success, to convince Drapeau's administration to hold night court sessions for the convenience of working Montrealers.

Savoidakis also sought to increase representation from Montreal's cultural communities on the city's police force, despite reluctance from within his own party. In 1985, he proposed that a local complaints committee be established at every police station in the Montreal Urban Community to ensure a more transparent complaints review process.

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