DCHP-3

Rhinoceros Party

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a pseudo-political party which ran candidates in Montreal ridings during federal elections of the 1960's, the objective being to make the electors aware of purported inadequacies in the old-line parties.

The name appears to be derived from an incident in Rio de Janeiro, where, in 1959, a rhinoceros named Cacarecto, on loan from an Argentinian zoo, was elected as a councillor on a write-in vote. Though he was disqualified for not having Brazilian citizenship, the people were understood to have indicated their dissatisfaction with the official nominees.

Quotations

1964
Many people, however, are intrigued by the platform and pronouncements of a fifth and new group which might be called an anti-political party and which has also formally entered candidates in both ridings. This is the Rhinoceros Party, founded and headed by a Montreal physician, Dr. Paul Ferron, who is the party candidate in St. Denis.
1967
The candidates [include] Outremont-St. John--F.L.M. Bonnier, Rhinoceros Party.