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List Of MLAs Elected In The 1951 Gold Coast Legislative Election
This is a list of members elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast in 1951. 38 of the members were elected directly by the general population and 37 others elected by territorial councils. There were in addition 3 ex-officio members appointed by the Governor of the Gold Coast and six others representing commercial interests. The CPP won all the 5 seats from the urban areas and 29 of the 33 seats from the rural areas. It also had the support of enough of the members representing the territorial council to control a total of 56 out of the 84 seats in the assembly.McGinnis, M.D. (1999Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop/ref> Composition List of MPs elected in the general election The following table is a list of MPs elected on 8 February 1951 in the Gold Coast. __NOTOC__ Notes and references See also *Parliament of Ghana * 1951 Gold Coast legislative election External links and sources African Elections Database {{Ghanaian MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (British Colony)
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti, the Northern Territories Protectorate and the British Togoland trust territory. The first European explorers To arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1483, the Portuguese came to the continent for increased trade. They built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they acquired slaves and gold in trade for European goods, such as metal knives, beads, mirrors, rum, and guns. News of the successful trading spread quickly, and British, Dutch, Danish, Prussian and Swedish traders ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kojo Botsio
Kojo Botsio (21 February 1916 – 6 February 2001) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951, as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah, and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP). Early life and education Kojo Botsio attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast and then the Achimota College in Accra. He proceeded to Sierra Leone, where he obtained his first degree from the Fourah Bay College, Fourah Bay University College, the only university in West Africa at the time. He then went to the United Kingdom in 1945 and attended Brasenose College, Oxford University, where he was awarded a postgraduate degree in Geography and Education. Career Botsio was a teacher at the St. Augustine's College an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Casely-Hayford
Archibald "Archie" Casely-Hayford (1898 – 20 August 1977) was a British-trained Ghanaian barrister and politician, who was involved in nationalist politics in the former Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Having joined the Convention People's Party (CPP), in 1951 he was elected Municipal Member for Kumasi and was appointed by Kwame Nkrumah Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the government of the First Republic."The men who flanked Nkrumah on Independence eve" National Commission on Culture, 14 April 2007. . When Nkrumah declared Ghana's Independence on 6 March 1957, he was photographed on the podium flanked by Casely-Hayford, together with |
Lawrence Rosario Abavana
Lawrence Rosario Abavana (1920 – 29 May 2004) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher by profession. He served in various ministerial portfolios in the first republic and also served as a member of the council of state in the third republic.Ghanawe"State burial for Abavana on July 3 at Navrongo" Ghanaweb, 23 June 2004. He was a member of the Convention People's Party (CPP). Early life and education Lawrence was born in 1920 at Navrongo. He had his early education at the Roman Catholic School in Navrongo. He continued at Achimota College where he was trained as a teacher. Politics Member of parliament He was elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 1951 representing Kassena-Nankana South under the ticket of the Convention People's Party (CPP) that same year, he was appointed ministerial secretary to the minister of communication and works. In 1954, he defeated J. E. Seyire of the Northern People's Party by 5,795 to 3,344 to retain his seat as a member of the legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Essilfie Hagan
Joseph Esilifie Hagan was a Ghanaian politician. He served as a regional commissioner for the Western Region, the Central Region and the Eastern Region. He also served as a member of parliament for the Abura-Asebu constituency and later the Abura constituency. Early life and education Hagan was born in 1912. He had his early education at Nyakrom Methodist School and continued at St. Nicholas Grammar School (now Adisadel College), Cape Coast. Career and politics After his secondary school education, Hagan was employed as a storekeeper by the Union Trading Company (U.T.C.) from 1937 to 1950. Hagan joined the Cape Coast Town Council and became a foundation member of the Convention People's Party in 1949. In 1951 he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly. As a member of the Legislative Assembly, he was the Assistant Government Whip. He was re-elected in 1954 and in 1956. That same year (1956), he was appointed ministerial secretary (deputy minister) to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwesi Plange
Kwesi Plange (1926 – 1953) was a Ghanaian politician and educationist, He was a founding member of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the first headmaster of Ghana National College. Career and politics He was a teacher of St. Augustine's College in Cape Coast; his teaching appointment was terminated by the colonial government based on recommendations of the Quarshie-Idun Commission, the commission was set up to investigate the protest of students in Cape Coast schools following the detention in 1948 of "The Big Six". Together with three other teachers, they founded the Ghana National College and Plange become the college's first headteacher from 1948 to 1950. Plange was active in the politics of the Gold Coast, he was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention. When Kwame Nkrumah founded the Convention People's Party on 12 June 1949, he joined the convention and was a member of its first Central Committee. In 1951, he was elected to the legislative assembly to repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohene Djan
Ohene Djan (29 January 1924 – 26 March 1987) was a Ghanaian sports administrator. Ohene Djan was the First Director (Minister) of Sports of Ghana at the Central Organisation of Sports (COS) and was also vice-president of the Confederation of African Football. Early years and education He was born on 29 January 1924 as one of the children of Mankrado Kwafo Kraba II and Aberewatia Juliana Yaa Amponsah Otoo alias Yaa Gyinae both from Aburi, Eastern Region. His education begun at the Aburi Presbyterian Primary School and Aburi Methodist Boarding School. He later continued to the Accra Academy where he obtained his secondary education, completing in 1943. Career After his secondary school education, he joined his father in his cocoa business. He worked with his father for a year and joined the civil service as a second division clerk. His father's deteriorating health forced him to resign in 1949 to manage his father's business. The agitation of 1950 resulted in Ohene Djan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Volta Togoland
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa, under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered into union with Ghana, part becoming its Volta Region. It was effectively formed in 1916 by the splitting of the German protectorate of Togoland into two territories, French Togoland and British Togoland, during the First World War. Initially, it was a League of Nations Class B mandate. In 1922, British Togoland was formally placed under British rule while French Togoland, now Togo, was placed under French rule. Following the Second World War, the political status of British Togoland changed – it became a United Nations Trust Territory, although still administered by the United Kingdom. During the decolonization of Africa, a status plebiscite was organised in British Togoland in May 1956 to decide the future of the territory. 58% voters taking part voted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ofori Atta
William Ofori Atta (10 October 1910 – 14 July 1988), popularly called "Paa Willie", was a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana, as one of "The Big Six" detained by the British colonial government in the then Gold Coast. He later became a Minister for Foreign Affairs in Ghana's second republic between 1971 and 1972. Early life Nana William Ofori Atta was the son of Nana Sir Ofori Atta I who was the Omanhene (''King'') of Akyem Abuakwa between 1912 and 1943. He was thus a nobleman of royal lineage of the Ofori-Atta dynasty, although the fact that the Akan people (to which he belonged) are traditionally matrilineal meant that he was not a dynastic prince. William Ofori Atta attended Mfantsipim School, but was withdrawn to Achimota School where he was among the first batch of students to sit for the Cambridge School Certificate. Some of his school mates included Komla Agbeli Gbedemah and Edward Akufo-Addo. His batch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah
Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah was a Ghanaian chemist and politician. He occupied various ministerial portfolios during the first republic. He was the first deputy speaker of parliament from 1965 to 1966. Early life and education Inkumsah was born in 1900 at Sekondi, in the Western Region (Ghana), Western Region, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast (now Ghana). His father was a traditional priest at Ahanta who converted to Methodism. He started schooling at the Sekondi Methodist School and continued at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast graduating in 1921. Career and politics In January 1922 he was employed by Messrs. Miller Brothers Limited, Kumasi as an abstract clerk. In June 1922 he joined Messrs. F. & A. Swanzy Transport for six months as a stenographer typist. He was later moved to Swanzy Trading Company where he worked as a stenographer typist until 1927 when he returned to Sekondi. In Sekondi, he worked with a firm of general merchants; Pickerings & Bethod, for two and a half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (17 June 1913 – 11 July 1998) was a Ghanaian politician and Minister for Finance in Ghana's Nkrumah government between 1954 and 1961. Known popularly as "Afro Gbede", he was an indigene of Anyako in the Volta Region of Ghana. Early life and career Komla Gbedemah was born on 17 June 1913 in Warri, Nigeria, of Ewe parentage. He attended at Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast for his secondary education from 1925 to 1929 and Achimota College from 1929 to 1933. His early career was as an employed teacher at a high school in Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In 1939, he became a Science Master at Accra Academy in Jamestown. Alongside teaching, he engaged in the timber and confectionery business. In 1943, he quit his teaching role at Accra Academy to engage in the timber trade full-time. Political career Gbedemah was originally a member of the United Gold Coast Convention. He left with Dr Kwame Nkrumah to form the Convention People's Party (CPP). Gbede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
