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a pseudo-political party which ran candidates in Montreal ridings during federal elections of the 1960's, the objective being to make the electors aware of purported inadequacies in the old-line parties.
The name appears to be derived from an incident in Rio de Janeiro, where, in 1959, a rhinoceros named Cacarecto, on loan from an Argentinian zoo, was elected as a councillor on a write-in vote. Though he was disqualified for not having Brazilian citizenship, the people were understood to have indicated their dissatisfaction with the official nominees.