List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election
Appearance
Colonial Era | |
1951 Assembly | (1951) |
1954 Assembly | (1954) |
1956 Assembly | (1956) |
First Republic | |
1957 Parliament | (1956) |
1965 Parliament | (1965) |
Second Republic | |
1969 Parliament | (1969) |
Third Republic | |
1979 Parliament | (1979) |
Fourth Republic | |
1992-1996-2000 | |
2004-2008-2012 | |
2016-2020 |
This is a list of members of parliament elected to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965.
Composition
In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed to make the country a One-party state. All members of the 1965 parliament therefore belonged to one political party; the Convention People's Party.
Affiliation | Members |
Convention People's Party (PP) | 198 |
Total | 198 |
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected in 1965, ordered by constituency.
Elected Members | |||||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
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Abetifi | Benjamin Kofi Asamoah | CPP | |||
Abirem | Kwamena Tuffuor Ampem | CPP | |||
Ablekuma | Sophia Doku (formerly Eastern Region MP) |
CPP | |||
Abura | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | CPP | Joseph Essilfie Hagan (Abura Asebu) |
CPP | |
Ada | Andrews Kwabla Puplampu | CPP | Andrews Kwabla Puplampu (Ada) | ||
Adansi | John Young Ghann | CPP | John Young Ghann (Adansi Banka) |
CPP | |
Adeiso | Kwasi Sintim Aboagye[1] | CPP | Kwasi Sintim Aboagye (Akim Abuakwa) |
CPP | |
Adidome | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka | CPP | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (Central Tongu) |
CPP | |
Adaagya | Edward Kojo Duncan-Williams | CPP | |||
Adotobri | Samuel Antwi Kwaku Bonsu | CPP | |||
Afadzato | David Kwaku Ziga | CPP | |||
Afigya-Kwabre | Yaw Konadu | CPP | |||
Afram | Erasmus Isaac Preko | CPP | Erasmus Isaac Preko | CPP | |
Agona | Martin Kyerematen | CPP | |||
Agona Nsaba | Swinthin Maxwell Arko | CPP | |||
Ahafo Ano | John Kwasi Appiah | CPP | |||
Ahantah | A. E. Inkumsah | CPP | A. E. Inkumsah (Ahanta Shama) |
CPP | |
Ajumako | Anthony Seibu Alec Abban[1] | CPP | Anthony Seibu Alec Abban (Ajumako Asikuma) |
CPP | |
Akan Bowiri | Theodore Obo Asare Jnr | CPP | |||
Akan Wawa | Kojo Obed Amoako-Prempeh[2] | CPP | |||
Akim Manso | Kofi Agyare | CPP | |||
Akrokerri Dompoase | Kwasi Nsarkoh | CPP | |||
Akropong | Kingsley Asiam | CPP | Kingsley Asiam (Akwapim South) |
CPP | |
Akuapem Akoropong | Andrew Yao Kwasi Djin | CPP | |||
Akwamu | Michael Paul Ansah | CPP | |||
Akyim Tafo | Bartholomew Ebassuah Kwaw-Swanzy | CPP | |||
Akyimpim | Mark Kwami Hayford | CPP | |||
Amanano | Margaret Ocran | CPP | |||
Amansie | James Kojo Obeng | CPP | |||
Anlo | Cornelius Dartey Tay | CPP | |||
Aowin | Kwamina Egyir Asaam | CPP | P. K. K. Quaidoo (Amenfi-Aowin) |
CPP | |
Asamankese | Margaret Selina Martei | CPP | |||
Asankragua | James Kwame Twum | CPP | James Kwame Twum | CPP | |
Asante Mampong | Comfort Asamoah | CPP | Comfort Asamoah (Ashanti Region) |
CPP | |
Ashanti Akim | Serwaa Annin | CPP | Charles de Graft Dickson | CPP | |
Asebu | Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr | CPP | Joseph Essilfie Hagan (Abura Asebu) |
CPP | |
Asesewa | Kofi Batsa | CPP | |||
Ashiedu Keteke | Emmanuel Kwamina Crentsil | CPP | Nkrumah became President | Kwame Nkrumah | CPP |
Asikuma | Kodwo Sam Annan | CPP | Anthony Seibu Alec Abban (Ajumako Asikuma) |
CPP | |
Asin-Apimanim | James Alfred Kwesi Dougan | CPP | |||
Asokwa | Osei Owusu Afriyie | CPP | Osei Owusu Afriyie | CPP | |
Assin-Atandaso | Daniel Buadi | CPP | |||
Asutifi | Edward Kwadwo Twumasi | CPP | |||
Atebubu | William Ntoso | CPP | |||
Ateiku | Kodwo Addison | CPP | |||
Avenor | Nelson Kwami Maglo | CPP | Nelson Kwami Maglo[3] | CPP | |
Awutu-Senya | N. A. Welbeck | CPP | N. A. Welbeck (Awutu Senya) |
CPP | |
Axim | Isaac Abraham Amihere[2] | CPP | |||
Ayawaso | Kweku Akwei | CPP | |||
Bantama | Sulemanu Kwame Tandoh | CPP | |||
Battor | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | CPP | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | CPP | |
Bawku | Baba Ayagiba | CPP | Baba Ayagiba | CPP | |
Bechem | Lucy Anin | CPP | Lucy Anin (Brong-Ahafo Region) |
CPP | |
Begoro | Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta | CPP | Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (Akim Abuakwa Central) |
CPP | |
Bekwai | Joseph Dawson Wireko | CPP | |||
Berekum | Isaac William Benneh | CPP | Isaac William Benneh | CPP | |
Biakoye | Sylvanus Desmond Magnus-George | CPP | |||
Bimbilla | Nantogma Atta | CPP | |||
Birimagya | Victoria Tagoe | CPP | |||
Bole | Emmanuel Adama Mahama | CPP | Emmanuel Adama Mahama (Gonja West) |
CPP | |
Bolgatanga | Ferdinand Anthony Chanayireh | CPP | |||
Bongo | William Atia Amoro[2] | CPP | William Atia Amoro | CPP | |
Bosomtwe | John Kwaku Bonsu | CPP | |||
Buem | Eric Kwame Heymann | CPP | Francis Yao Asare | CPP | |
Chereponi | Rowland Isifu Alhasan | CPP | |||
Chiana | Agnes Tahiru | CPP | |||
Dangbe | Edward Ago-Ackam | CPP | Edward Ago-Ackam (Dangbe-Shai) |
CPP | |
Dayi | Martin Theodore Djan | CPP | |||
Denkyimanfu | Ekow Daniels | CPP | |||
Denkyira | Kobina Hagan | CPP | F. E. Tachie-Menson | CPP | |
Dompim | Joseph Ampah Kojo Essel | CPP | |||
Dormaa | Stephen Willie Yeboah | CPP | Stephen Willie Yeboah | CPP | |
Dormaa-Drobo | Nicholas Anane-Agyei | CPP | |||
Duayaw-Nkwanta | Joseph Kingsley Baffour-Senkyire | CPP | |||
Dutasor | Kofi Kra Kpatakpa | CPP | |||
Dzodze | Charles Ahiadzro Adzofia | CPP | Charles Ahiadzro Adzofia (Dzodze East) |
CPP | |
Edina-Eguafo | Francis Edward Techie-Menson | CPP | Francis Edward Techie-Menson (Denkyria) |
CPP | |
Effutu | Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond | CPP | Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond (Awutu) |
CPP | |
Ekumfi | Kwaku Boateng | CPP | Kwaku Boateng (Ekumfi Enyan) |
CPP | |
Enyan-Breman | Alex Quaison-Sackey | CPP | Kwaku Boateng (Ekumfi Enyan) |
CPP | |
Funsi | Bukuli Bakubie | CPP | |||
Ga | Paul Teiko Tagoe | CPP | Paul Teiko Tagoe | CPP | |
Gamashie | Henry Sonnie Torgbor Provencal | CPP | |||
Garu | Jambaidu Awuni | CPP | Jambaidu Awuni (Kusasi Central) |
CPP | |
Gbi | Frank Kwami Tsaku | CPP | |||
Goaso | Solomon Kwame Opoku | CPP | |||
Gomoa | Grace Ayensu | CPP | Grace Ayensu (Western Region) |
CPP | |
Gomoa-Ajumako | Kojo Botsio | CPP | Kojo Botsio | CPP | |
Gomoa-Asin | Thomas Dominic Baffoe | CPP | |||
Guan | Paul Edward Affum Okwabi[4][5] | CPP | |||
Gushiegu | Sulemana Ibun Iddrissu | CPP | Sulemana Ibun Iddrissu (Dagomba North) |
CPP | |
Ho | Emmanuel Yaw Attigah | CPP | Emmanuel Yaw Attigah (Ho East) |
CPP | |
Jaman | Saarrah Adu-Gyamfi | CPP | |||
Jirapa | Robert Gbari-Gariba | CPP | |||
Jomoro | John Benibengor-Blay | CPP | John Benibengor-Blay (Western Nzima) |
CPP | |
Juabeng | Sarpong Kumankuma | CPP | Issac Boaten Asafu-Adjaye (Juaben-Edweso) |
UP | |
Juabeso-Bia | Kwaw Ampah | CPP | |||
Juaso-Bankaman | Stephen Agyei Owusu-Ansah | CPP | |||
Kade | Kwesi Amoako-Atta[2] | CPP | Kwesi Amoako-Atta {Akim Abuakwa West) |
CPP | |
Keta | Christian Kobla Dovlo | CPP | |||
Kibi | Kwesi-Ghapson | CPP | |||
Kintampo | Victoria Nyame | CPP | |||
Klotey Tenashie | Ehi Wonyanolo Dowuona | CPP | |||
Koforidua | Michael Osae Kwatia | CPP | |||
Komenda Abriem | Kobina Orleans Thompson | CPP | |||
Konongo-Odumasi | Osei Kojo Fori | CPP | |||
Kpandai | Gilbert Takora Dramanu | CPP | |||
Kpando | Regina Asamany (Volta Region) |
CPP | |||
Kpasempke | Mahama Nantogmah | CPP | |||
Kpeshie | Ebenezer George Tanti | CPP | |||
Krachi | Joseph Kodzo | CPP | Joseph Kodzo (Akan Krachi) |
CPP | |
Kraboa-Coaltar | Theodore Kofi Danso | CPP | |||
Kukuom | Baffour Kwabena Senkyire | CPP | |||
Kusamongo | Samuel Seidu Sakara | CPP | |||
Kusanaba | Ayeebo Asumda | CPP | Ayeebo Asumda (Kusasi West) |
CPP | |
Kwabeng | Samuel Osabutey Tetteh | CPP | |||
Kwabre | Joe Mainoo | CPP | |||
Kwame Danso | Wilfred Yawo Nyami | CPP | |||
Kwanwoma | Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah | CPP | Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah (Atwima Amansie) |
CPP | |
Lambussie | William Namebi | CPP | |||
Lawra | William Gangmir Wononuo | CPP | Abayifaa Karbo (Lawra Nandom) |
UP | |
Manhyia | Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei | CPP | Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei Kumasi North |
CPP | |
Manso | Kofi Badu | CPP | |||
Mfantsiman | Kofi Baako | CPP | Kofi Baako (formerly Saltpond) |
CPP | |
Mponua | Martin Appiah Danquah | CPP | |||
Mpraeso | Ofosu Henebeng | CPP | |||
Nabdam | Tubrow Kapeon Yentu | CPP | Tubrow Kapeon Yentu (Frafra East) |
CPP | |
Nandom | Chemogoh Yabepeni Deri | CPP | Abayifaa Karbo (Lawra Nandom) |
UP | |
Nanton | Susanna Al-Hassan | CPP | Susanna Al-Hassan (Northern Region) |
CPP | |
Nalerigu | Mumuni Bawumia | CPP | Mumuni Bawumia (South Mamprusi East) |
CPP | |
Navrongo | Lawrence Rosario Abavana[1] | CPP | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (Kassena-Nankani South) |
CPP | |
Nkawkaw | Daniel Ernest Mensah | CPP | |||
Nkoransa | George Obeng Boateng | CPP | |||
Nkroful | Isaac Kwadwo Chinebuah | CPP | |||
Nkwanta | Anthony Berkolai Quartey | CPP | |||
Nkwatia | Samuel Kofi Ntiamoah | CPP | |||
Nsuta-Kwamang | Atta Mensah | CPP | |||
Nsawam-Aburi | Lily Appiah | CPP | |||
Nwabiagya | Ernest Moses Opoku | CPP | Benjamin Freeman Kusi (Atwima Nwabiagya) |
UP | |
Obuasi | Robert Okyere Amoako-Atta[2] | CPP | Robert Okyere Amoako-Atta | CPP | |
Oda | Albert Kwame Onwona-Agyemang | CPP | |||
Odumase | Abraham Mate Johnson | CPP | |||
Offinso | Joseph Abrensu Owusu-Ansah | CPP | |||
Oguaa | Kojo Abraham[1] | CPP | Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck | CPP | |
Okaikwei | Robert Mensah Abbey[1] | CPP | Robert Mensah Abbey (Accra West) |
CPP | |
Osudoku | Edmund Nee Ocansey | CPP | |||
Paga | Clement Kubindiwo Tedam | CPP | Clement Kubindiwo Tedam (Kassena-Nankanni North) |
CPP | |
Prestea | Samuel Emanful Arkah | CPP | Samuel Emanful Arkah (Wassaw Central) |
CPP | |
Pusiga | Cecelia Anayori Bukari-Yakubu | CPP | |||
Saboba | Joseph Henry Allassani[2] | CPP | Joseph Henry Allassani (Dagomba East) |
CPP | |
Salaga | Joseph Adam Braimah | CPP | Joseph Adam Braimah (Gonja East, Yeji and Prang) |
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Sandema | Akantigsi Afoko | CPP | Akantigsi Afoko (Builsa) |
CPP | |
Savelugu | Salifu Yakubu | CPP | |||
Sefwi-Bibiani | James Kodjoe Essien | CPP | James Kodjoe Essien (Bibiani) |
CPP | |
Sekondi | John Arthur | CPP | John Arthur (Sekondi-Takoradi) |
CPP | |
Sekyere | Krobo Edusei | CPP | Krobo Edusei (Sekyere East) |
CPP | |
Sekesua | Emmanuel Narh Korley | CPP | |||
Shai | Emmanuel Adotei Maclean | CPP | Edward Ago-Ackam (Dangbe Shai) |
CPP | |
Shama | Christiana Wilmot | CPP | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah (Ahanta-Shama) |
CPP | |
Sogakofe | Benjamin Alphonsus Konu | CPP | Benjamin Alphonsus Konu (South Tongu) |
CPP | |
Somanya | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe | CPP | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe (Yilo Krobo) |
CPP | |
Some-Aflao | John K. Tettegah | CPP | |||
Subin | Mohammed Babaley Sulemana | CPP | |||
Swedru-Achease | Mary Winfred Koranteng | CPP | Mary Winfred Koranteng (Eastern Region) |
CPP | |
Suhum | Kwaku Amoa-Awuah[2] | CPP | Kwaku Amoa-Awuah (Abuakwa East) |
CPP | |
Sunyani | Kyere Awua Gyan | CPP | |||
Swedru | Emmanuel Kobla Bensah | CPP | Emmanuel Kobla Bensah (Agona Swedru) |
CPP | |
Takoradi | Kwesi Armah | CPP | |||
Tamale | Ebenezer Adam | CPP | |||
Tan-Banda | Paul Acheampong Cofie Atuahene | CPP | |||
Tarkwa-Aboso | Timothy Ansah | CPP | |||
Techiman | Christopher Samuel Takyi | CPP | |||
Tema | Zuberu Baba Shardow | CPP | |||
Tempane | Bukari Yakubu | CPP | |||
Teppa | Robert Nuaku Baffour-Awuah | CPP | |||
Tolon | Yakubu Tali (Tolon-Na) | CPP | Yakubu Tali (Tolon-Na) (Dangomba South) |
CPP | |
Tongo | David Dogbilla Balagumyetime | CPP | |||
Tumu | Imoru Egala | CPP | Imoru Egala | CPP | |
Wala | Mumuni Adams | CPP | |||
Walewale | Mahama Tampurie | CPP | |||
Wassaw-Akropong | William Kwabena Aduhene | CPP | William Kwabena Aduhene (Sefwi Wiawso) |
CPP | |
Wego | Paulina Senanu | CPP | |||
Wenchi | Charles Ebenezer Donkoh | CPP | |||
Wechiau | Seidu Hamidu | CPP | |||
Wheta | Kweku Hewlett | CPP | |||
Wiaso | Benjamin Annan Bentum | CPP | |||
Yeapra | James Emmanuel Kwaku Tawiah | CPP | |||
Yendi | Ramatu Baba | CPP | |||
Yiloyono | Andrews Tetteh Amakwata[2] | CPP | |||
Yingor | Hans Kofi Boni | CPP | |||
Zabsugu | Alfred Torponee-Cobla | CPP | |||
Zebila | Awani Akuguri | CPP | |||
Bunkpurugu | De Liman Issahaku | CPP | |||
Asakoduase | Dua Winifred | CPP | |||
Nyakrom-Nkum | Essibrah William Amuah Cadman | CPP | |||
Ejisu | Jantuah Francis Adubobi | CPP | |||
Nadawli | Kaleo Jatoe | CPP | |||
Ejura-Sekyidumase | Jantuah, Kwame Sanaa-Poku | CPP |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2. Accra: Ghana National Assembly. 1965. p. iii. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ghana Year Book 1966. Accra: Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Frazier, Joe (14 November 2015). "Job 600 and Members of Parliament". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
Messrs. K.A Gbedema and Nelson Maglo were the first MPs I saw and listened to. The two gentlemen were CPP Members of Parliament for Keta and Avenor respectively.
- ^ "West Africa Annual, Issue 3". James Clarke. 1966: 79.
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External links and sources
- "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana National Assembly. 1965.
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