Neorhino.ca

Infobox_Canada_Political_Party
party_name = neorhino.ca
party_wikicolourid = Rhino
status = active
class = fed
party_
leader = Richelle Cloutier
president = François Gourd
headquarters = 2–4534, de l’Hôtel-de-Ville Avenue
Montréal, Quebec
H2T 2B1
foundation = May 21, 2006
dissolution =
ideology = Satirical, Joke political party
int_alignment = None
colours = Red, white
seats_house = 0
website = [http://www.neorhino.ca/ http://www.neorhino.ca/]

neorhino.ca is a Canadian federal joke political party. Created in Montreal on May 21, 2006 and recognized by Elections Canada as being eligible for registration on August 16, 2007, and an official political party on August 23, 2007. It is the successor to the Rhinoceros Party of Canada.

The party was founded by François "Yo" Gourd, who was involved with the former Rhinoceros Party. He stated he named the new party for the Rhinoceros Party and for Neo, the "Matrix" character. The party is currently led by Richelle Cloutier.

It promises, like its predecessor, not to keep any of its promises if elected. Among its early platform planks was to "take away soldiers' weapons, replace them with paintball guns, and repaint Havana." The party has also proposed a mandatory national gas barbecue registry, a guaranteed weekly orgasm and the creation of an army of clowns to travel the world promoting peace and laughter.

Electoral record

Neorhino.ca contested its first elections in the Outremont and Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-elections that were held on September 17, 2007.

The party has entered seven candidates in the 2008 federal election.

ee also

*List of political parties in Canada
*List of frivolous political parties

External links

* [http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=pol&document=index&dir=par&lang=e&textonly=false Elections Canada List of Political Parties]
* [http://www.neorhino.ca neorhino.ca homepage]
* [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060521/CPACTUALITES/605210625/5032/CPACTUALITES "Le Néo Rhino est né..." ("La Presse")]