Canadian Politics: Rhino Party Candidate running on Promise to rename the country Nantucket

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Aug 8, 2007 6:46 PM EDT

Article Source: CBC

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The Rhinoceros party is heading back into the political jungle by launching a $50-million lawsuit and making plans to run in its first Canadian election race in 17 years.

The party's president, Brian (Godzilla) Salmi, said Tuesday he will run as a Rhino in the Sept. 17 federal byelection in Montreal's Outremont riding.

Salmi, who has legally changed his name to Satan, is running on the promise to rename the country Nantucket if he's elected.

Salmi's venture into politics marks the first time a Rhino candidate has entered a federal race since Bryan Gold ran unsuccessfully for the Rhinos in the 1990 byelection in Beauséjour, N.B.

Salmi said Tuesday he has also filed a lawsuit in a Federal Court in Montreal, contesting the election reform law that stripped his party of its registered party status in 1993.

Given Salmi's new name, the lawsuit is filed as Satan versus Her Majesty The Queen.

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Glinda

The party last ran in a full federal election in 1988, fielding 74 candidates. None were elected.

Well, no but that's not the point.

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