Samuel Johnfiah (born 9 September 1952) is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Ahanta West constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Early life and education

He was born on 9 September 1952. He hails from Hotopo in the Western Region of

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. He obtained his National Diploma in General Agriculture from

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

in 1984. He also had his Executive Masters in Governance & Leadership (EMGL) from Ghana Institute Management and Public Administration in 2008.

Career

Before becoming a parliamentarian, he was the Deputy general manager for Ahantaman Rural Bank.

Politics

His political career begun in 2001 after he emerged winner of the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections and was sworn in on 7 January 2001. He served as the member of parliament representing the Ahanta West constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected in the

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 govern ...

s with 20,871 votes out of the 38,798 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 53.8%. He was elected over Joseph Jones Amoah of the National Democratic Congress, Comfort Amoo of the Democratic Freedom Party and David Oscar Yawson of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 24.21%, 4.61% and 17.38% respectively of total valid votes cast. He lost the seat in

2012 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting ...

for George Kwame Aboagye from National Democratic Congress. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. In the year 2000, Johnfiah won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Ahanta West constituency of the Western Region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Western Region of Ghana. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He was elected with 16,478 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 60.90% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over William Cudjoe S. Kingsford of the National Democratic Congress, Joseph A. Eddie Mensah of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...

, Joseph Kweku Arthur of the People's National Convention, Eva Parker of the National Reformed Party and Joseph Jones Amoah of the United Ghana Movement. These won 8,107, 1,358, 509, 416 and 170 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 30.00%, 5.00%, 1.90%, 1.50% and 0.06% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Johnfiah is married with six children. He is a Christian and a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnfiah, Samuel 1952 births Living people Academic staff of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration University of Ghana alumni Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 New Patriotic Party politicians Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni Ghanaian Christians Politicians from Western Region (Ghana)