Rhinoceros Party of Canada candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election

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 ==References==