The Rhinoceros Party of Canada ceased to exist after the 1988 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1988

The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....

, although several independent candidates since them have adopted the "Rhinoceros" label. A number of independent Rhinoceros candidates campaigned in the 1997 election

Canadian federal election, 1997

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...

. Information about them may be found here.

M. Rhino Olito (Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South

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Olito is more accurately known as Michael Olito, a visual artist and performance after from Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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. He has described himself as the leader of the Independent Rogue Rhinocerous Party of Manitoba (Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1996).

Olito is six-foot, seven-inches tall, and has been described as "mammoth" in his personal appearance. His early displays, including a Winnipeg Art Gallery presentation in 1996, combined environmental and performance art (Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1996).

He first campaigned for parliament as a "Rogue Rhino" in the 1993 election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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, and received 113 votes (0.22%) for a seventh-place finish against Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate Reg Alcock

Reg Alcock

Reginald B. Alcock, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.-Early life and...

. He campaigned on a pledge of developing an alternative wooden helicopter for the Canadian military,http://www.videopool.org/catalogue/titles/?isbn=1552609219 and later released a film of his campaign under the name "Rhinos Rhule" (Winnipeg Free Press, 18 November 1995). In 1997, he received 191 votes (0.50%) for a fifth-place finish against Alcock.

He staged a performance cabaret Grant Guy and Deborah Patterson at Perf' 94, a Winnipeg performance arts festival (Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1994). He released his first novel, the acclaimed "Atli's Tale", in 1996 (Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1996). He has also co-written "The Icelanders" with David Arnason.http://www.canlit.ca/archive/archive1959-1999/cl_95.html