Mathieu Allard promotional photo of Mathieu . Mathieu Allard ( born in St . Boniface , Manitoba ) is a young politician in Manitoba , Canada . He was the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of St . Boniface in the 2004 and 2006 elections . Allard has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology from the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface . During the 2004 election , he was working towards completion of a Master 's Degree in public administration at the University of Manitoba . He was also a weight-lifter at the 1999 Canada Winter Games , and trained for two years as a boxer . Allard has served as a constituency assistant for two MLAs in the provincial New Democratic Party . He lost to Liberal candidate Raymond Simard in both 2004 and 2006 . A dedicated user and supporter of Free/Libre/Open-Source Software , he has worked to bring its advantages to the Government of Manitoba and to the NDP party ; he has proposed a resolution supporting its consideration and use which was passed at the 2005 NDP Annual General Meeting , making the Manitoba NDP the first political party in North America to officially endorse FLOSS . He received 6 , 954 votes or 18.01% in the 2004 federal election , and increased his votes to 9 , 311 votes or 21.9% in the 2006 federal election . External link Mathieu Allard 's official web site Information from this site has been integrated into this article . Categories : Manitoba politicians | Canadian socialists | Candidates for the Canadian House of Commons | Franco-Manitobans | People from Winnipeg 