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 federal election, none of whom were elected. One candidate finished second. One finished third. Some who finished fourth beat the NDP, and are mentioned. Others who placed fourth beat Social Credit, there were only four candidates on the ballot, or there was a wide field of fringe parties.
Alberta
All Alberta Rhino candidates but one came in fourth, for a number of reasons.
Samoil, Willy (Calgary Centre) 766 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Pazdor, Philip J. (Calgary East) 638 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Williams, Mike (Calgary North) 878 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Lambe, David E. Fred (Calgary South) 887 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Petti, Anthony G. (Calgary West) 1,027 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Walker, Dave (Edmonton-Strathcona) 453 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Cavanagh, Allan G. W. (Peace River) 547 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Hohol, Carl M. (Vegreville) 359 votes [1]
British Columbia
B.C. Rhino candidates generally ran against a wide field of minority parties and independent candidates. They came fourth in all but one riding contested.
Lesosky, Louis Crowbird (Cowichan-Malhat-The Islands) 444 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Maddocks, Bob (Esquimalt-Saanich) 548 votes [1]
Storey, Kyle (Kamloops-Shuswap) 237 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Coffey, Frank Tee Pee Red (Nanaimo-Alberni) 591 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Kruger, Andre The Rock (Okanagan-Similkameen) 317 votes [1]
Courchene, Albert The Cad (Surrey-White Rock-North Delta) 440 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Longworth, David J. (Vancouver Centre) 337 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Lyttle, Dandy Randy (Vancouver East) 198 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
McDonald, Verne John Eh (Vancouver Quadra) 405 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Fleming, Linda (Vancouver South) 327 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Manitoba
Manitoban Rhino candidates were generally uncontested for fourth.
Campbell, Roland ([formerly] Churchill) 352 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Feilburg, Lawrence (Provencher) 433 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Bergen, Honest Don (Winnipeg-Birds Hill) 322 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Balderstone, Smilin Dave (Winnipeg-Fort Garry) 405 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
New Brunswick
Boucher, Amede Le Terrible ( [formerly] Gloucester) 362 votes [1]
Boudreau, Jules Cesar ([formerly] Gloucester) 736 votes [1]
Both candidates combined and Boudreau himself ranked 4th.
Doucet, Arthur (Restigouche) 692 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Nova Scotia
Moors, Mark ([formerly] Annapolis Valley-Hants) 343 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Tudor, Martha ([formerly] South Shore) 433 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Ontario
Butterfield, Vicki ([formerly] Broadview—Greenwood)
Butterfield, wife of noted computer expert Jim Butterfield,[2] 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".[3] This was likely a reference to Liberal leader Pierre Trudeau. She received 196 votes (0.61%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bob Rae.
Sabzali, James E. S. (Hamilton West) 304 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Sharp, Edward T. (Kingston and the Islands) 373 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Showers, Stewart (London West) 224 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Cockerell, Alan (Nepean-Carleton) 658 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Langille, David (Ottawa Centre) 358 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Ashby, Graham Prickes (Ottawa-Vanier) 519 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Elson, Mark ([formerly] Peterborough) 243 votes [1]
Yates, Geoff ([formerly] Rosedale) 319 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Lake, Fred Horny (St. Catharines) 230 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Armour, Liza (St. Paul's) 311 votes [1]
Québec
Chabot, Andree (Bellechasse) 815 votes [1]
Finished 4th, beat the NDP (730 votes)
Des Gagne, Ti-Pit Claude (Berthier—Maskinongé) 728 votes [1]
Finished 3rd behind the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives. NDP did not run a candidate.
Grenier, Philippe Sarto (Blainville-Deux Montagnes) 1,685 votes [1]
Leblanc, Louis Philippe Tulipe (Bonaventure-Iles-De-La-Madeleine) 917 votes [1]
Michaud, Helene (Chambly) 1,724 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Bernard, Denis Van ([formerly] Charlesbourg) 3,066 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Laliberté, Guy Pantouffe (Charlevoix) 945 votes [1]
Guy Laliberté Later went on to found Cirque de Soleil
Gougeon, Diane (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) 1,412 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Dompierre, Sylvain ([formerly] Hull) 598 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Guay, Raymond (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 349 votes [1]
Lapierre, Andre Constance (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 358 votes [1]
The combined vote of the two candidates was enough to rank 4th.
Morin, Jean-Marie (Labelle) 580 votes [1]
The combined vote of the three candidates was enough to rank 4th.
Briand, Beru Louis (Lac-Saint-Jean) 1,159 votes [1]
Lefebvre, Jean Obelix ([formerly] Langelier) 2,813 votes [1]
Finished 4th, beat the NDP
Ferron, Jacques (Laprairie) 1,868 votes [1]
The late Jacques Ferron is a decorated Québec cultural hero. Ranked 4th.
Bonnier, Alain Bugs (Laval-Des-Rapides) 2,152 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Brunet, Jean-Marc Cornelius ([formerly] Longueuil) 2,631 votes [1]
Regimbauld, Paul (Lotbiniere) 3,041 votes [1]
Ouellet, François (Louis-Hebert) 3,795 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Bedard, Denis Tarzan (Manicouagan) 715 votes [1]
Truchon, Yves (Manicouagan) 841 votes [1]
The combined vote of the two candidates was enough to rank 4th, but not enough to beat the NDP.
Belair, Michel (Matapedia-Matane) 892 votes [1]
Finished 4th, beat the NDP by 4 votes.
Gavroche, Gosselin D. (Megantic-Compton-Stanstead) 1,002 votes [1]
Gingras, Pierre Screwdriver (Missisquoi) 687 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Theriault, Face-Bleme Jacques (Montmorency) 1,913 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Rivard, Michel Flybin (Mount Royal) 715 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Roy, Cherubin Guy (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) 900 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Beauregard, Gaston Lagaffe (Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle) 643 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Paquette, J. Chretin ([formerly] Portneuf) 1,634 votes [1]
Pollender, Raymond Patrotrovitch (Québec-Est) 1,862 votes [1]
Moreau, Helene ([formerly] Richelieu) 1,215 votes [1]
Simard, Donald Bobette (Roberval) 503 votes [1]
Tremblay, G. Mara ([formerly] Rosemont) 1,310 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Rose, Serge (Saint-Denis) 1,232 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Montpetit, Jean-Guy (Saint-Henri-Westmount) 1,140 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Chamberland, Andre (Saint-Hyacinthe) 868 votes [1]
Tremblay, Rodrigue Chocolat (Saint Jacques) 1,080 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Arene, Jean-Luc (Saint-Jean) 982 votes [1]
Guzzo-Ceros (Saint-Leonard-Anjou) 1,569 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Favreau, Francois Straight (Sainte-Marie) 1,659 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
De Vernal, J. F. Le Calife (Saint-Maurice) 1,206 votes [1]
Chaput, Benoit Yodepech (Saint-Michel) 1,603 votes [1]
Bedard, Fernand (Sherbrooke) 909 votes [1]
Massicotte, Michel Celestin ([formerly] Temiscamingue) 1,206 votes [1]
Drapeau, Pedro Gervais G. D. (Terrebonne) 1,844 votes [1]
Saskatchewan
Bowden, Ross Dunning (Kindersley-Lloydminster) 294 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
Hoover, Derron H. X. (Regina East) 302 votes [1]
Finished 4th.
References
- {{ |title=1980 Election Results |author=Elections Canada |url=http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/open-data_donnees-ouvertes/G0000811_1.txt }}
- Hook, Gail (September 1982). "TPUG's Grandfather: Getting Acquainted with Jim Butterfield" (PDF). The TORPET. Toronto PET Users Group (13): 4–8. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- Dampier, Bill (25 January 1980). "Broadview-Greenwood: Inflation, jobs major worries for residents". The Globe and Mail. p. A13.