- Source: Rhinoceros Party of Canada candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election
The first and original Rhinoceros Party of Canada fielded 116 candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election, none of whom were elected. Two candidates finished second. One finished third. Some who finished fourth beat the New Democratic Party (NDP), and are mentioned. Others who placed fourth beat Social Credit Party of Canada (Social Credit). In some cases, there were only four candidates on the ballot, in others there was a wide field of fringe parties.
Alberta
All Alberta Rhino candidates but one —Carl Hohol in Vegreville— came in fourth, for a number of reasons. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Samoil, Willy (Calgary Centre) 766 votes
Pazdor, Philip J. (Calgary East) 638 votes
Williams, Mike (Calgary North) 878 votes
Lambe, David E. Fred (Calgary South) 887 votes
Petti, Anthony G. (Calgary West) 1,027 votes
Walker, Dave (Edmonton Strathcona) 453 votes
Cavanagh, Allan G. W. (Peace River) 547 votes
Hohol, Carl M. (Vegreville) 359 votes
British Columbia
B.C. Rhino candidates generally ran against a wide field of minority parties and independent candidates. They placed fourth in all but one riding contested: Esquimalt—Saanich with Bob Maddocks standing. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Schaller, Richard the Troll (Capilano) 688 votes
Lesosky, Louis Crowbird (Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands) 444 votes
Maddocks, Bob (Esquimalt—Saanich) 548 votes
Storey, Kyle (Kamloops-Shuswap) 237 votes
Coffey, Frank Tee Pee Red (Nanaimo-Alberni) 591 votes
Kruger, Andre The Rock (Okanagan-Similkameen) 317 votes
Courchene, Albert The Cad (Surrey-White Rock-North Delta) 440 votes
Longworth, David J. (Vancouver Centre) 337 votes
Lyttle, Dandy Randy (Vancouver East) 198 votes
McDonald, Verne John Eh (Vancouver Quadra) 405 votes
Fleming, Linda (Vancouver South) 327 votes
Higgins, Rhino Kirk (Victoria) 446 votes
Manitoba
Manitoban Rhino candidates were generally uncontested for fourth, in which place all four shown below finished. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Campbell, Roland (at the time Churchill; now Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) 352 votes
Feilburg, Lawrence (Provencher) 433 votes
Bergen, Honest Don (Winnipeg—Birds Hill) 322 votes
Balderstone, Smilin Dave (Winnipeg—Fort Garry) 405 votes
New Brunswick
The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Both candidates in Gloucester combined, with Boudreau ranking fourth in his own right.
Boucher, Amede Le Terrible (then Gloucester, now Acadie—Bathurst in 1990) 362 votes
Boudreau, Jules Cesar (at the time Gloucester, later renamed Acadie—Bathurst) 736 votes.
Doucet, Arthur (Restigouche) 692 votes; finished in fourth rank.
Nova Scotia
Both NS Rhino candidates finished in fourth place. They were (with electoral districts) and number of votes received:
Moors, Mark (then, Annapolis Valley—Hants now, Kings—Hants) 343 votes
Tudor, Martha (at that time, South Shore, later South Shore—St. Margarets) 433 votes
Ontario
The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Reid, David J. (Beaches) 214 votes
Butterfield, Vicki (Broadview—Greenwood at the time, now called Toronto—Danforth)
Butterfield, wife of noted computer expert Jim Butterfield, ran a low-profile campaign. The Rhinoceros Party announced that she was "following the lead of another, more prominent candidate, and is hiding from the public". This was likely a reference to Liberal Party leader Pierre Trudeau. She received 196 votes (0.61%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bob Rae.
Wright, Douglas (Kitchener) 292 votes
Elson, Mark (Peterborough, now Peterborough—Kawartha) 243 votes
Pileggi, Salvatore (Spadina) 146 votes
Armour, Liza (St. Paul's) 311 votes
Matheson, John (York East) 237 votes
The following candidates all finished fourth:
Thorning, Steve (Guelph) 272 votes
Sabzali, James E. S. (Hamilton West) 304 votes
Sharp, Edward T. (Kingston and the Islands) 373 votes
Showers, Stewart (London West) 224 votes
Cockerell, Alan (Nepean—Carleton) 658 votes
Stranart, J. C. (Ontario) 313 votes
Langille, David (Ottawa Centre) 358 votes
Ashby, Graham Prickes (Ottawa-Vanier) 519 votes
Yates, Geoff (in 1980, Rosedale; now Toronto Centre) 319 votes
Douglas, John (Spadina) 250 votes
Lake, Fred Horny (St. Catharines) 230 votes
Lalonde, Raymond (Sudbury) 288 votes
Nigol, Rick (Waterloo) 330 votes
Oliver, Mark (York-Peel) 589 votes
Québec
The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were:
Des Gagne, Ti-Pit Claude (Berthier—Maskinongé) 728 votes — finished third behind the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives (PC Party). NDP did not run a candidate.
Grenier, Philippe Sarto (Blainville—Deux-Montagnes) 1,685 votes
Leblanc, Louis Philippe Tulipe (Bonaventure-Iles-De-La-Madeleine) 917 votes
Laliberté, Guy Pantouffe (Charlevoix) 945 votes. Guy Laliberté later went on to found Cirque de Soleil.
Cote, Sonia Chatouille (Laurier) 3,067 votes — finished second, beating the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party) and the NDP.
Richard, Gervais Prime (Lévis) 2,652 votes
Brunet, Jean-Marc Cornelius (at the time, Longueuil; now, Longueuil—Saint-Hubert) 2,631 votes
Regimbauld, Paul (Lotbiniere) 3,041 votes
Gavroche, Gosselin D. (Megantic-Compton-Stanstead) 1,002 votes
De Blois, Piggy Guy (Mercier) 1,835 votes
Paquette, J. Chretin (at that time, Portneuf; now Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier) 1,634 votes
Pollender, Raymond Patrotrovitch (Québec-Est) 1,862 votes
Moreau, Helene (then Richelieu, now Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel) 1,215 votes
Caron, Denys (Richmond) 876 votes
Saintonge, Jacques (Rimouski) 627 votes
Simard, Donald Bobette (Roberval) 503 votes
Arene, Jean-Luc (Saint-Jean) 982 votes
Bedard, Fernand (Sherbrooke) 909 votes
Massicotte, Michel Celestin (Temiscamingue, now reconstituted as Abitibi—Témiscamingue) 1,206 votes
Drapeau, Pedro Gervais G. D. (Terrebonne) 1,844 votes
De Vernal, J. F. Le Calife (Saint-Maurice) 1,206 votes
Chaput, Benoit Yodepech (Saint-Michel) 1,603 votes
Chamberland, Andre (Saint-Hyacinthe) 868 votes
These candidates all placed fourth in their races:
Lambert, Germain (Beauce) 624 votes; finished in fourth place, beating the NDP (who received 404 votes)
Chabot, Andree (Bellechasse) 815 votes; finished fourth, beating the NDP (730 votes)
Michaud, Helene (Chambly) 1,724 votes
Bernard, Denis Van (Charlesbourg, now Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) 3,066 votes
Vaillancourt, Pierre Elliot (Duvernay) 2,479 votes
Antonyszyn, Polack Eugene (Gamelin) 1,640 votes
Mainville, Francis Vitesse (Gaspe) 759 votes
Penzes, Francois R. (Gatineau) 640 votes
Gougeon, Diane (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) 1,412 votes
Dompierre, Sylvain (formerly Hull, now Hull—Aylmer) 598 votes
In Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, the combined vote of the two candidates was enough for them to rank fourth:
Guay, Raymond (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 349 votes
Lapierre, Andre Constance (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 358 votes
In Labelle, the combined vote of the three candidates was enough to rank fourth:
Collin, Gaston (Labelle) 664 votes
Gagnon, Richard Amouthd (Labelle) 331 votes
Morin, Jean-Marie (Labelle) 580 votes
Briand, Beru Louis (Lac-Saint-Jean) 1,159 votes
Baribeau, Jean Serge (Lachine) 692 votes
Lefebvre, Jean Obelix (at the time, Langelier; now Québec) 2,813 votes; finished second, beating the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate.
Ferron, Jacques (La Prairie) 1,868 votes. Jacques Ferron (1921–1985), physician and author, was a decorated Québec cultural hero.
Bonnier, Jean Chat Botte (Laval) 1,679 votes
Bonnier, Alain Bugs (Laval-Des-Rapides) 2,152 votes
Ouellet, François (Louis-Hebert) 3,795 votes
The combined vote of the two candidates in Manicouagan was enough for them to rank fourth, but not enough to beat the NDP.
Bedard, Denis Tarzan (Manicouagan) 715 votes
Truchon, Yves (Manicouagan) 841 votes
Belair, Michel (Matapedia-Matane) 892 votes; finished fourth, beating the NDP by four votes.
Gingras, Pierre Screwdriver (Missisquoi) 687 votes
Theriault, Face-Bleme Jacques (Montmorency) 1,913 votes
Rivard, Michel Flybin (Mount Royal) 715 votes
Roy, Cherubin Guy (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) 900 votes
Langlois, Philippe (Outremont) 2,065 votes
Beauregard, Gaston Lagaffe (Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle) 643 votes
Harvey, La Mule Louis (at the time, Rosemont, since renamed Papineau) 1,608 votes
Tremblay, G. Mara (then, Rosemont; now Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) 1,310 votes
Rose, Serge (Saint-Denis) 1,232 votes
Montpetit, Jean-Guy (Saint-Henri-Westmount) 1,140 votes
Tremblay, Rodrigue Chocolat (Saint Jacques) 1,080 votes
Guzzo-Ceros (Saint-Leonard-Anjou) 1,569 votes
Favreau, Francois Straight (Sainte-Marie) 1,659 votes
Brazeau, Cornelius Andre (Shefford) 1,274 votes
Mignault, Hughe Le Brulot (Vercheres) 2,804 votes
Cawthorn, Ronald (Verdun) 1,141 votes
Saskatchewan
Both Rhino candidates in Saskatchewan ranked fourth in their races and are shown (with electoral districts) and number of votes received:
Bowden, Ross Dunning (Kindersley-Lloydminster) 294 votes
Hoover, Derron H. X. (Regina East) 302 votes
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