This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

on 15 June 1954. Unlike the previous Legislative Assembly, all members were elected directly by the general population. The membership was also increased to 104.

Composition

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected in the

1954 election. Some notable politicians lost their seats in this election. These include four members of The Big Six. The first was

Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey (26 April 1902 – 29 January 1963) was a political activist in the British colony of the Gold Coast. He was one of the founding fathers of Ghana and one of the founders and leaders of the United Gold Coast C ...

who lost out to Kwame Nkrumah in Accra Central. The next was J. B. Danquah, a founding member of the

United Gold Coast Convention The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was a political party founded in 1947 whose aim was to bring about Ghanaian independence from their British colonial masters after the Second World War. The United Gold Coast Convention appointed its leade ...

and now a member of the Ghana Congress Party who lost to a relative, Aaron Ofori-Atta. A third member of the Big Six,

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 co ...

of the GCP failed to keep his Akim Abuakwa West seat. The fourth was

Edward Akufo-Addo Edward Akufo-Addo (26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979) was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the " Big Six" leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for ...

who lost the Akwapim South election. The former wife of J. B. Danquah,

Mabel Dove Danquah Mabel Dove Danquah (1905
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(divorced in 1941) became the first female in the country to be elected when she won the Ga (rural) seat, beating

Nii Amaa Ollennu Raphael Nii Amaa Ollennu (21 May 1906 – 22 December 1986) was a jurist and judge who became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1962 to 1966, the acting President of Ghana during the Second Republic from 7 August 1970 to 31 Augu ...

. Kweku Bankole Awooner-Renner, leader of the

Muslim Association Party The Muslim Association Party (MAP) was a political party in the Gold Coast, active from 1954 to 1957. The MAP grew out of the Gold Coast Muslim Association, which was established as a welfare and social association in 1932. Involved in politics by ...

failed to win the Accra West seat.

Notes and references

External links and sources

African Elections Database

The electoral victories and shock losses of the 1954 Gold Coast election
{{Ghanaian MP 1954 Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956

Composition

List of MPs elected in the general election

Notes and references

See also

External links and sources