My grandmother is in Wikipedia. Does that mean I'm famous?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_general_election,_1962
She ran for parliament in Rhodesia in 1962 and the election results are in Wikipedia. She received over 36 percent of the vote, which is actually quite impressive considering the politics of the time (and the fact that she was a woman - 5 women candidates out of 106). She ran with United Federal Party which was a not exactly a multi-racial party, but they were attempting to open the door to increased African leadership. The white supremacist Rhodesian Front party won, and was always going to win in her region. As the 94 year old family friend mentioned below said, "A duck could have stood for the [RF] and it would have won".
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