The

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ran a number of candidates in the 2004 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.

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Beatriz Alas ( Charleswood—St. James)

Alas was a 23-year-old

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and

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student at the

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She received 49 votes (0.12%), finishing sixth against Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative candidate Steven Fletcher.

Paul Sidon (
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)

Sidon was an overhead door mechanic in the

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region of

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at the time of the election. He became politically active in 1996, working within the progressive

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community and with Manitoba's

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, accessed 2 March 2007. Sidon ran for the Communist Party of Canada on two occasions, and was also candidate of the provincial

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in 1999. He challenged

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for the provincial party's leadership in January 2004, and received 21% delegate support. He reportedly left the Communist Party shortly after the 2004 election.

Allister Cucksey (
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)

Cucksey was a 23-year-old university student living in

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at the time of the election. He has served as secretary of the Brandon and Area Environmental Council. He has also been a member a Young Communist League, and has worked on matters relating to the environment, sustainable agriculture, medicare and similar issue

In 2003, he took part in protests against the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, 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 Party of Canada, Conservative candidate

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Anna-Celestrya Carr (
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)

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

'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. Carr also ran in the 2006 election. In 2004, Carr became the youngest Aboriginal women to ever run in an election in Canadian history. Carr is the daughter of Cheryl-Anne Carr, who has campaigned as a candidate of the

on three occasions.

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Gurdev Singh Mattu (
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)

Mattu was born in

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, and for many years served as the vice-president of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions in Punjab. He moved to

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in 1997, and became an active figure in the

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He received 86 votes (0.21%), finishing fifth against Liberal candidate

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Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

Beatriz Alas ( Charleswood—St. James)

Paul Sidon (Elmwood—Transcona Elmwood—Transcona (formerly Winnipeg—Transcona) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2011 was 85,906. Hi ...)

Allister Cucksey (Portage—Lisgar Portage—Lisgar is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Demographics Portage—Lisgar is the riding with the highest percentage of native German speakers (2 ...)