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Solomon Kwabena Sarfoh

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Hon.
Solomon Kwabena Sarfoh
Member of parliament for Mampong constituency
In office
07 January 1997 – 06 January 2005
Preceded byGeorge Akosa
Succeeded byPeter Abum Sarkodie
Personal details
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
OccupationPolitician

Solomon Kwabena Sarfoh is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for the Mampong constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] He was a member of the 3rd parliament and a former chairman of the parliament select committee for roads and transport.[2]

Early life and Education

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Sarfoh was born in Mampong, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Politics

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Sarfoh was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the December 2996 Ghanaian Elections. He polled 21,183 votes out of the 29,385 valid votes cast representing 59.50% against Elizabeth Nico a lNDC member who polled 8,202 votes representing 23.00%.[3]

Sarfoh was a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a politician of the New Patriotic Party.[4] He was elected as a member of parliament for the mampong constituency during the 2000 Ghanaian general election with 21,183 votes.[5] He retained his seat in the 2000 general elections with a total of 23,352 making 74.30% of the total valid votes cast that year.[6][7]

He lost the seat in the 2004 delegate elections to Peter Abum Sarkodie of the same party.[8][9] He was later appointed me as the chairman for the parliamentary select committee for road and transport.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Ghana MPs - List of MPs". ghana mps. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. ^ "Ghana: The Way to Stop Shoddy Contracts".
  3. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Mampong Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Mampong Constituency Election 2012 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Mampong Constituency Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  6. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Mampong Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  7. ^ "Ghana Election mampong Constituency Results". graphic ghana. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  8. ^ "Work to start on Kpando-Dambai Road". ghanaweb. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  9. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Ashanti Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  10. ^ "The Way to Stop Shoddy Contracts". 3 June 2003.