Attractive color 8 x 12 election ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed on the space dedicated to the African National Congress party in black ballpoint, "N. Mandela, 18-11-2001." In fine condition. Consignor affirms that he met Mandela in November 2001 at a Toronto fundraising event at the home of Heather Reisman, chief executive officer of Indigo Books & Music Inc., and her husband, Gerry Schwartz, CEO of Onex Corp. The consignor notes: 'I asked him to sign a ballot for me. He said no, then I think when he saw the look of shock on my face, he said I could drop it off at his hotel, the Four Seasons...Promptly after the event, I rushed home, put together a package with a letter and three ballots in it. He subsequently signed all three which I got back later that week.' Mandela became the country's first black chief executive when his African National Congress won a sweeping victory in the South African general election of 1994.
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