John Duoghr Baloroo (born 17 December 1956)
is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He represented the
Lambuissie constituency of the
Upper West Region of Ghana
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest set ...
.
Early life and education
Baloroo was born on 17 December 1956. He is a native of
Lambussie in the
Upper West Region of Ghana
The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the north-western corner of Ghana and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest set ...
. He studied at City and Guilds in 1984.
Career and politics
He is a businessman and the managing director of his company John Duoghr Construction. He was first elected into parliament in
2008 Ghanaian General Election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the gover ...
on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party
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He won a total of 6,513 representing 55.4% out of the total valid votes cast of 11,755. He won against
Alice Teni Boon
Alice Teni Boon is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Lambussie constituency from 1999 to 2009.
Early life and education
Boon was born on 12 January 1962 and hails from Lambussie in the Upper West Region of ...
who won 4,716 votes, Amoah T. Basing who won 261 votes, Baloroo Balisosie David who won124 votes, Bele-Irs Vitus who also won 141 votes which represented 40.1%, 2.2%, 1.1%, 1.2% respectively.
He succeeded
Alice Teni Boon
Alice Teni Boon is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Lambussie constituency from 1999 to 2009.
Early life and education
Boon was born on 12 January 1962 and hails from Lambussie in the Upper West Region of ...
of the
National Democratic Congress and was preceded by
Edward Kaale-Ewola Dery of the
National Democratic Congress.
Personal life
He is married with three children and a
Catholic
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.
See also
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Lambussie Constituency (Ghana parliamentary constituency).
References
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1956 births
Living people
Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013
New Patriotic Party politicians
Ghanaian Roman Catholics