The
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
of
Members of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MPs) to the Parliament of the Third Republic was held on 18 June 1979.
Current composition
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected on 18 June 1979, ordered by region and constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat prior to the election.
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By-elections
* ''Mampong North constituency'' - Akwasi Afrifa was executed on 26 June 1979, eight days after he was elected MP. In a by-election later, Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko was elected to replace his vacant seat.
Notes and references
See also
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1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election
General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted in victory for Hilla Limann of the People's National Party, who received 62% of the votes in ...
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Parliament of Ghana
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
History
Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body, called the Legislative Council, ...
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Jacob Hackenbug Griffiths-Randolph
Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph (6 September 1914 – 25 July 1986) was a judge and also the Speaker (politics), Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana during the Third Republic. He was also the first Ghanaian to become Commissioner of Income Tax ...
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Speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
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** I ...
of the
Parliament of the 3rd Republic.
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Events
January
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