List of MLAs elected in the 1951 Gold Coast general election
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This is a list of members elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast in 1951. 38 of the members were elected directly by the general population and 37 others elected by territorial councils. There were in addition 3 ex-officio members appointed by the Governor of the Gold Coast and six others representing commercial interests.[1] The CPP won all the 5 seats from the urban areas and 29 of the 33 seats from the rural areas. It also had the support of enough of the members representing the territorial council to control a total of 56 out of the 84 seats in the assembly.[2]
Composition
editAffiliation | Members |
---|---|
Convention People's Party CPP | 34 |
United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) | 2 |
Independents | 2 |
Territorial councils | 37 |
Commercial interests | 6 |
Governor appointees | 3 |
Total | 84 |
Government Majority | 28 |
List of MPs elected in the general election
editThe following table is a list of MPs elected on 8 February 1951 in the Gold Coast.
Elected Members - 38 seatsedit | |||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Accra Central (Ashiedu Keteke) |
Kwame Nkrumah[3] | Convention People's Party (CPP) | |
Accra West | Thomas Hutton-Mills | CPP | |
Ankobra | John Bogolo Erzuah | CPP | |
Anlo | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | CPP | |
Anlo | John Quarshie | CPP | |
Ahanta | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah | CPP | |
Akim Abuakwa Central | J. B. Danquah[4] | United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) | |
Akim Abuakwa West | William Ofori Atta[4] | UGCC | |
Akpini-Asogli (Trans-Volta Togoland) |
Gerald Otto Awuma | UGCC | |
Akwapim-New Juaben | Ohene Djan | CPP | |
Cape Coast (municipal) | Kwesi Plange[5] | CPP | |
Cape Coast (rural) | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | CPP | |
Ga-Adangbe | Issac Osabutey-Aguedze | CPP | |
Kumasi East | Fori Dwumah[5] | CPP | |
Kassena Nankani South | Lawrence Rosario Abavana[4] | CPP | |
Kwahu | Richard Ampadu | CPP | |
Mampong North | Yeboah Aukordieh | CPP | |
Saltpond | William Arthur | CPP | |
Sefwi | Anthony Woode | CPP | |
Sekondi-Takoradi | J. Kwesi Lamptey | CPP | |
Sekondi-Takoradi | Alfred Pobee Biney | CPP | |
Tarkwa | Emmanuel Dadson | CPP | |
Kumasi | Archie Casely-Hayford | CPP | |
Volta River | Abraham Johnson | CPP | |
Wenchi | Bediako Poku | Independent | |
Western Akim | Augustus Attafua | CPP | |
Winneba | Kojo Botsio | CPP | |
Kobina Arku Korsah[5] | CPP | ||
Elected by territorial councils - 37 seatsedit | |||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comments |
Asanteman Council | Kofi Abrefa Busia | ||
Northern Territories | Yakubu Tali (Tolon Naa) | ||
Northern Territories | J. H. Allassani | ||
Northern Territories | Seidu Wala (Ketua Naa) | ||
Northern Territories | E. A. Mahama | ||
Northern Territories | J. A Braimah | ||
Northern Territories | Mumuni Bawumia | ||
Northern Territories | Imoru Ayarna | ||
Northern Territories | Akantigsi Afoko | ||
Northern Territories | Jambaidu Awuni | ||
Members with commercial interests - 6 seatsedit | |||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comments |
Appointed by the Governor of the Gold Coast - 3 seatsedit | |||
Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comments |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections in Ghana". African Election Database. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ McGinnis, M.D. (1999) Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop
- ^ Dokosi, Michael. "How Nkrumah won the 1951 election to become Head of Government Business from prison". BlakkPepperr.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Dokosi, Michael. "The electoral victories and shock losses of the 1954 Gold Coast election". BlakkPepper.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Dokosi, Michael. "Of personalities, parties and curiosities in the 1954 Gold Coast election". BlakkPepper.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.