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MANITOBA Beatriz Alas ( Charleswood—St. James ) Alas was a twenty-three year old candidate Steven Fletcher . Allister Cucksey ( Portage—Lisgar ) Cucksey was a 23-year old university student living in , he took part in protests against the Invasion Of Iraq (''Guelph Mercury'', 4 January 2003). Cucksey was the first Communist candidate to run in Portage—Lisgar since the 1945 Election . He received 117 votes (0.34%), finishing sixth against Conservative candidate Brian Pallister . Gérard Guay ( St. Boniface ) Guay was born in Winnipeg, and was educated in economics, administration and law in Montreal . He was a practising lawyer for several years, and returned to Winnipeg following his retirement. As of the 2004 election, he lived in the city with a special-needs child. {Link without Title} The 2004 election was his first as a candidate. He received 77 votes (0.20%), finishing seventh against Liberal incumbent Raymond Simard . During the 1990s, a lawyer named Gérard Guay served as head of the Canadian Centre for Law and Justice (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 9 February 1996). He provided legal defense for right-wing Christian groups (''Toronto Star'', 22 November 1994), and Canadian supporters of Lyndon Larouche (''Globe and Mail'', 21 October 1986), although he clarified that he himself was not a supporter of Larouche's movement. It is not clear if this is the same person as the 2004 candidate. Anna-Celestyra Carr ( Winnipeg Centre ) Carr was eighteen years old at the time of the election, and may have been the youngest candidate anywhere in the country. She has been an active participant in Winnipeg 's peace movement, and has been involved in issues concerning refugees, the women's movement, and Manitoba's aboriginal community. She received 114 votes in the 2004 election, or about 0.5% of the total cast in the riding. Following the election, she moved to British Columbia to attend the Vancouver Film School . Carr is the daughter of Cheryl-Anne Carr , who has campaigned as a candidate of the Communist Party Of Canada - Manitoba on two occasions. ONTARIO Gurdev Singh Mattu ( Brampton—Springdale ) Mattu was born in . |
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