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Gerry Goeujon, a law student, ran as a Canadian Democrat candidate in the 1957 Canadian election in the riding of New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada.

He collected 828 of the 47,692 votes cast (1.32% of the popular vote).

See also: List of Canadian political parties

Source: Parliament of Canada History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/)

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