Rhodesian Action Party

<h2 id="electoral-history">Electoral history</h2>
<h3>House of Assembly elections</h3>
<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Popular Vote</th><th>Percentage</th><th>Seats</th><th>Government</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1977_Rhodesian_general_election/QQ2MWbbv">1977</a></td><td>6,224</td><td>9.26%</td><td>0 / 66</td><td>RF</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Herstigte_Nasionale_Party/6XrmALqV">Herstigte Nasionale Party</a> - splinter group of the South African <a href="/facts/National_Party_(South_Africa)/eYc5s5ot">National Party</a> (1969-1989)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(South_Africa)/Fzz3vVNW">Conservative Party</a> - splinter group of the South African <a href="/facts/National_Party_(South_Africa)/eYc5s5ot">National Party</a> (1982-1989)</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohEQhAQD_d8">FORMATION OF NEW RIGHT-WING RHODESIAN PARTY</a>, 5 Jul 1977, <a href="/facts/Associated_Press_Archive/b4T5P1bT">AP Archive</a>, Jul 24, 2015</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Ending Civil War: Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective, Matthew Preston, I.B.Tauris, 2004, pages 132-133 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dND1vyuZefwC&dq=%22Rhodesian%20Action%20Party%22&pg=PA132" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=dND1vyuZefwC&dq=%22Rhodesian%20Action%20Party%22&pg=PA132</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Political Handbook of the World, Council on Foreign Relations, State University of New York at Binghamton. Center for Comparative Political Research, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978, page 364 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ly80yYj7zQQC&q=%22Ian+Sandeman%22" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=ly80yYj7zQQC&q=%22Ian+Sandeman%22</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Under the Skin: The Death of White Rhodesia, David Caute, Northwestern University Press, 1983, page 87 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=57sqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=57sqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Bulletin, Volumes 15-16, Africa Institute of South Africa, 1977, pages 176-177 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kmjjAAAAMAAJ&q=Ian+Sandeman+Rhodesia" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=kmjjAAAAMAAJ&q=Ian+Sandeman+Rhodesia</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Volume 24, Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1978, page 100 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Bna2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Front%22+" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=Bna2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Front%22+</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Indispensable Traitors: Liberal Parties in Settler Conflicts, Thomas G. Mitchell, Greenwood Press, 2002, page 10 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n5C5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22+9.3+per+cent" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=n5C5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22+9.3+per+cent</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1968-1977, United States. Joint Publications Research Service, 1978, page 62 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=llxEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22+Highlands+North+by-election" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=llxEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22+Highlands+North+by-election</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Financial Mail, S.A.A.N. Limited, 1979, page 295 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gShPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=gShPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesian+Action+Party%22</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>A triumph for Ian Smith, The Spectator, 3 February 1979, page 8 <a href="http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/3rd-february-1979/8/a-triumph-for-ian-smith" target="_blank">http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/3rd-february-1979/8/a-triumph-for-ian-smith</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>African Recorder, Volume 18, page 5014 <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22The+Rhodesian+people+have+sold+their+souls+to+the+devil+and+deserve+to+reap+the+fruits+of+the+whirlwind.%22&num=30&rlz=1C1GGRV_enGB751GB751&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi28snGub3ZAhVkGsAKHU2YDk8Q_AUIECgB&biw=1024&bih=662" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22The+Rhodesian+people+have+sold+their+souls+to+the+devil+and+deserve+to+reap+the+fruits+of+the+whirlwind.%22&num=30&rlz=1C1GGRV_enGB751GB751&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi28snGub3ZAhVkGsAKHU2YDk8Q_AUIECgB&biw=1024&bih=662</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>The Economist, Volume 270, Part 2, page 40 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ti3WAAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+leader+of+the+Rhodesian+Action+party%2C+Mrs+Ina+Bursey%2C+says+she+will+dissolve+the+party+this+weekend+and+leave+the+country+herself%22" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=ti3WAAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+leader+of+the+Rhodesian+Action+party%2C+Mrs+Ina+Bursey%2C+says+she+will+dissolve+the+party+this+weekend+and+leave+the+country+herself%22</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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