List of MLAs elected in the 1954 Gold Coast legislative election
This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast 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.
Colonial Era | |
1951 Assembly | (1951) |
1954 Assembly | (1954) |
First Republic | |
1957 Parliament | (1956) |
1965 Parliament | (1965) |
Second Republic | |
1969 Parliament | (1969) |
Third Republic | |
1979 Parliament | (1979) |
Fourth Republic | |
1992 Parliament | (1992) |
1996 Parliament | (1996) |
2000 Parliament | (2000) |
2004 Parliament | (2004) |
2008 Parliament | (2008) |
2012 Parliament | (2012) |
2016 Parliament | (2016) |
Composition
Affiliation | Members |
Convention People's Party CPP | 71 |
Northern People's Party (NPP) | 12 |
Togoland Congress (TC) | 2 |
Ghana Congress Party (GCP) | 1 |
Muslim Association Party (MAP) | 1 |
Anlo Youth Association (AYA) | 1 |
Independents | 16 |
Total | 104 |
Government Majority |
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected in the Gold Coast 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 who lost out to Kwame Nkrumah in Accra Central. The next was J. B. Danquah, a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention 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 of the GCP failed to keep his Akim Abuakwa West seat. The fourth was Edward Akufo-Addo who lost the Akwapim South election. The former wife of J. B. Danquah, Mabel Dove Danquah (divorced in 1941) became the first female in the country to be elected when she won the Ga (rural) seat, beating Nii Amaa Ollennu. Kweku Bankole Awooner-Renner, leader of the Muslim Association Party failed to win the Accra West seat.[1]
Elected Members | |||||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
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Abuakwa East | K. Amoah-Awuah | CPP | 1,207 votes | Gershon Ashie Nikoi | GCP |
Abuakwa West | William Ofori Atta | ||||
Abura Asebu | |||||
Accra Central (Ashiedu Keteke) | Kwame Nkrumah | Convention People's Party (CPP) | 13,938 votes | Kwame Nkrumah | CPP |
Accra East | Ebenezer Ako-Adjei | CPP | 11,660 votes | ||
Accra West | Thomas Hutton-Mills | CPP | 11,084 votes | Thomas Hutton-Mills | CPP |
Ada | Charles Ofoe Cudeto Amattey | CPP | |||
Adansi Banka | John Young Ghann[2] | CPP | N. B. Abubekr[3] | ||
Agona Kwabre | J. E. Jantuah[4] | CPP | |||
Agona Swedru | |||||
Ahanta-Shama | Ashford. E. Inkumsah | CPP | Ashford. E. Inkumsah (Ahanta) | CPP | |
Ajumako-Asikuma | Anthony Seibu Alec Abban | CPP | |||
Akim Abuakwa Central | Aaron Ofori-Atta | CPP | 4,958 | J. B. Danquah now with (GCP) | United Gold Coast Convention |
Akim Abuakwa West | S. A. Owusu-Afari | CPP | William Ofori Atta now with (GCP) | United Gold Coast Convention | |
Akim Abuakwa South | Kwasi Sintim Aboagye | CPP | |||
Akwapim South | K. Asiam | CPP | |||
Amenfi-Aowin | |||||
Ankobra | |||||
Anlo | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | CPP | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | CPP | |
Anlo East | |||||
Anlo West | |||||
Ashanti-Akim | |||||
Atwima-Amansie | Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah | CPP | |||
Atwima-Nwabiagya | |||||
Awutu | |||||
Berekum | |||||
Bibiani | |||||
Buem | |||||
Cape Coast | N. A. Welbeck | CPP | 7,665 votes | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | CPP |
Central Tongu | |||||
Dangbe-Shai | C. T. Nylander | CPP | |||
Denkyira | F.E. Techie-Menson[1] | CPP | |||
Eastern Gomoa | C. C. K. Baah | CPP | |||
Eastern Nzima-Axim | W. Baidoe-Ansah | ||||
Ekumfi-Enyan | |||||
Ga Rural | Mabel Dove Danquah (First female MP) | CPP | |||
Ho East | F. R. Ametowobla | Independent | |||
Juaben-Edweso | |||||
Keta | |||||
Kpandu North | S. G. Antor (Leader of Togoland Congress (TC)) | TC | 8,221 votes | ||
Kpandu South | |||||
Kumasi North | Archie Casely-Hayford | CPP | 6,133 votes | Archie Casely-Hayford (Kumasi) | CPP |
Kumasi South | Edward Asafu-Adjaye | CPP | 11,232 votes | ||
Kwahu North | Erasmus Isaac Preko | Independent | |||
North Birim | |||||
Obuasi | R. O. Amoako-Atta | CPP | |||
Osudoku | Alex Kwablah[5] | Independent | |||
Saltpond | Kofi Baako | CPP | William Arthur | CPP | |
Sefwi Wiawso | |||||
Sekondi-Takoradi | J. Arthur | CPP | 11,143 | ||
Sekyere East | Krobo Edusei | CPP | |||
South Tongu | W.M.N. Djietror | CPP | |||
Upper Tongu | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | CPP | |||
Wassaw Central | Samuel Emanful Arkah | CPP | |||
Wassaw South | |||||
Wenchi East | Kofi Abrefa Busia[1] (Leader of GCP) | GCP | 3,754 votes | Kofi Abrefa Busia (Asanteman Council) | Asanteman Council |
Wenchi West | |||||
Western Nzima | |||||
Winneba | Kojo Botsio | CPP | Kojo Botsio | CPP | |
Yilo Krobo | |||||
Modesto K. Apaloo (Leader of Anlo Youth Association (AYA)) | AYA | ||||
Northern Territories - 26 seats | |||||
Bawku | Adam Amandi | Independent | 3,118 votes | ||
Bolga | R. B. Braimah | NPP | 3,997 votes | ||
Bongo | W. A. Amoro | CPP | 2,201 votes | ||
Builsa | A. Afoko | CPP | 8,851 votes | A. Afoko (Northern Territories) | |
Dagomba East | J. H. Allassani | CPP | 2,766 votes | J. H. Allassani (Northern Territories) | |
Dagomba North | S. I. Iddrisu | CPP | 6,880 votes | ||
Dagomba South | Yakubu Tali (Tolon Naa) | NPP | 3,838 votes | ||
Frafra East | T. K. Yentu | NPP | 4,224 votes | ||
Gonja East, Yeji and Prang | J. A, Braimah | Independent | 4,286 votes | J. A. Braimah (Northern Territories) | |
Gonja West | E. A. Mahama | CPP | 4,599 votes | E. A. Mahama (Northern Territories) | |
Gulkpegu-Nanton | A. Osumanu | NPP | 2,238 votes | ||
Jirapa-Lambussie | Chief Simon Diedong Dombo (leader of NPP) | NPP | 4,227 votes | ||
Kassena-Nankanni North | C.K. Tedam (now Chairman of New Patriotic Party Council of Elders) | CPP | 6,880 votes | ||
Kassena-Nankani South | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | CPP | 5,795 votes | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | CPP |
Kusasi Central | J. Awuni | NPP | 6,349 votes | Jambaidu Awuni (Northern Territories) | |
Kusasi East | I. Asigri | NPP | 3,024 votes | ||
Kusasi West | A. Asumda | CPP | 4,366 votes | ||
Lawra-Nandom | Abayifaa Karbo | NPP | 2,764 votes | ||
Nanum-Dagbon | N. Atta | CPP | 7,344 votes | ||
Savelugu | Bukhari Sumani[6] | Independent | 1,755 votes | ||
South Mamprusi East | Mumuni Bawumia | NPP | 6,107 votes | Mumuni Bawumia (Northern Territories) | |
South Mamprusi West | J. K. Yakubu | CPP | 1,384 votes | ||
Talensi | A. T. Anaffu | Independent | 2,047 votes | ||
Tumu | Imoru Egala[7] | CPP | 3,599 votes | ||
Wala North | Jatoe Kaleo | NPP | 4,716 votes | ||
Wala South | Bukari K. Adama | NPP | 4,931 votes | ||
Notes and references
- Dokosi, Michael. "The electoral victories and shock losses of the 1954 Gold Coast election". BlakkPepper.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 1. Cite journal requires
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- "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 1. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "Ghana Mourns Egala". Daily Graphic. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2 April 1981.
See also
- Parliament of Ghana
- 1954 Gold Coast legislative election