List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election

This is a list of members of parliament elected to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965.

Colonial Era
1951 Assembly (1951)
1954 Assembly (1954)
1956 Assembly (1956)
First Republic
1957 Parliament (1956)
1965 Parliament (1965)
Second Republic
1969 Parliament (1969)
Third Republic
1979 Parliament (1979)
Fourth Republic
1992-1996-2000
2004-2008-2012
2016-2020

Composition

In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed to make the country a One-party state. All members of the 1965 parliament therefore belonged to one political party; the Convention People's Party.

Affiliation Members
Convention People's Party (PP) 198
 Total 198

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected in 1965, ordered by constituency.

Elected Members

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Comment Previous MP Previous Party
AbetifiBenjamin Kofi AsamoahCPP
AbiremKwamena Tuffuor AmpemCPP
AblekumaSophia Doku
(formerly Eastern Region MP)
CPP
AburaJoseph Essilfie HaganCPPJoseph Essilfie Hagan
(Abura Asebu)
CPP
AdaAndrews Kwabla PuplampuCPPAndrews Kwabla Puplampu (Ada)
AdansiJohn Young GhannCPPJohn Young Ghann
(Adansi Banka)
CPP
AdeisoKwasi Sintim Aboagye[1]CPPKwasi Sintim Aboagye
(Akim Abuakwa)
CPP
AdidomeFerdinand Koblavi Dra GokaCPPFerdinand Koblavi Dra Goka
(Central Tongu)
CPP
AdaagyaEdward Kojo Duncan-WilliamsCPP
AdotobriSamuel Antwi Kwaku BonsuCPP
AfadzatoDavid Kwaku ZigaCPP
Afigya-KwabreYaw KonaduCPP
AframErasmus Isaac PrekoCPPErasmus Isaac PrekoCPP
AgonaMartin KyerematenCPP
Agona NsabaSwinthin Maxwell ArkoCPP
Ahafo AnoJohn Kwasi AppiahCPP
AhantahA. E. InkumsahCPPA. E. Inkumsah
(Ahanta Shama)
CPP
AjumakoAnthony Seibu Alec Abban[1]CPPAnthony Seibu Alec Abban
(Ajumako Asikuma)
CPP
Akan BowiriTheodore Obo Asare JnrCPP
Akan WawaKojo Obed Amoako-Prempeh[2]CPP
Akim MansoKofi AgyareCPP
Akrokerri DompoaseKwasi NsarkohCPP
AkropongKingsley AsiamCPPKingsley Asiam
(Akwapim South)
CPP
Akuapem AkoropongAndrew Yao Kwasi DjinCPP
AkwamuMichael Paul AnsahCPP
Akyim TafoBartholomew Ebassuah Kwaw-SwanzyCPP
AkyimpimMark Kwami HayfordCPP
AmananoMargaret OcranCPP
AmansieJames Kojo ObengCPP
AnloCornelius Dartey TayCPP
AowinKwamina Egyir AsaamCPPP. K. K. Quaidoo
(Amenfi-Aowin)
CPP
AsamankeseMargaret Selina MarteiCPP
AsankraguaJames Kwame TwumCPPJames Kwame TwumCPP
Asante MampongComfort AsamoahCPPComfort Asamoah
(Ashanti Region)
CPP
Ashanti AkimSerwaa AnninCPPCharles de Graft DicksonCPP
AsebuEdward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah JnrCPPJoseph Essilfie Hagan
(Abura Asebu)
CPP
AsesewaKofi BatsaCPP
Ashiedu KetekeEmmanuel Kwamina CrentsilCPPNkrumah became PresidentKwame NkrumahCPP
AsikumaKodwo Sam AnnanCPPAnthony Seibu Alec Abban
(Ajumako Asikuma)
CPP
Asin-ApimanimJames Alfred Kwesi DouganCPP
AsokwaOsei Owusu AfriyieCPPOsei Owusu AfriyieCPP
Assin-AtandasoDaniel BuadiCPP
AsutifiEdward Kwadwo TwumasiCPP
AtebubuWilliam NtosoCPP
AteikuKodwo AddisonCPP
AvenorNelson Kwami MagloCPPNelson Kwami Maglo[3]CPP
Awutu-SenyaN. A. WelbeckCPPN. A. Welbeck
(Awutu Senya)
CPP
AximIsaac Abraham Amihere[2]CPP
AyawasoKweku AkweiCPP
BantamaSulemanu Kwame TandohCPP
BattorStephen Allen DzirasaCPPStephen Allen DzirasaCPP
BawkuBaba AyagibaCPPBaba AyagibaCPP
BechemLucy AninCPPLucy Anin
(Brong-Ahafo Region)
CPP
BegoroKofi Asante Ofori-AttaCPPKofi Asante Ofori-Atta
(Akim Abuakwa Central)
CPP
BekwaiJoseph Dawson WirekoCPP
BerekumIsaac William BennehCPPIsaac William BennehCPP
BiakoyeSylvanus Desmond Magnus-GeorgeCPP
BimbillaNantogma AttaCPP
BirimagyaVictoria TagoeCPP
BoleEmmanuel Adama MahamaCPPEmmanuel Adama Mahama
(Gonja West)
CPP
BolgatangaFerdinand Anthony ChanayirehCPP
BongoWilliam Atia Amoro[2]CPPWilliam Atia AmoroCPP
BosomtweJohn Kwaku BonsuCPP
BuemEric Kwame HeymannCPPFrancis Yao AsareCPP
ChereponiRowland Isifu AlhasanCPP
ChianaAgnes TahiruCPP
DangbeEdward Ago-AckamCPPEdward Ago-Ackam
(Dangbe-Shai)
CPP
DayiMartin Theodore DjanCPP
DenkyimanfuEkow DanielsCPP
DenkyiraKobina HaganCPPF. E. Tachie-MensonCPP
DompimJoseph Ampah Kojo EsselCPP
DormaaStephen Willie YeboahCPPStephen Willie YeboahCPP
Dormaa-DroboNicholas Anane-AgyeiCPP
Duayaw-NkwantaJoseph Kingsley Baffour-SenkyireCPP
DutasorKofi Kra KpatakpaCPP
DzodzeCharles Ahiadzro AdzofiaCPPCharles Ahiadzro Adzofia
(Dzodze East)
CPP
Edina-EguafoFrancis Edward Techie-MensonCPPFrancis Edward Techie-Menson
(Denkyria)
CPP
EffutuAlfred Jonas Dowuona-HammondCPPAlfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond
(Awutu)
CPP
EkumfiKwaku BoatengCPPKwaku Boateng
(Ekumfi Enyan)
CPP
Enyan-BremanAlex Quaison-SackeyCPPKwaku Boateng
(Ekumfi Enyan)
CPP
FunsiBukuli BakubieCPP
GaPaul Teiko TagoeCPPPaul Teiko TagoeCPP
GamashieHenry Sonnie Torgbor ProvencalCPP
GaruJambaidu AwuniCPPJambaidu Awuni
(Kusasi Central)
CPP
GbiFrank Kwami TsakuCPP
GoasoSolomon Kwame OpokuCPP
GomoaGrace AyensuCPPGrace Ayensu
(Western Region)
CPP
Gomoa-AjumakoKojo BotsioCPPKojo BotsioCPP
Gomoa-AsinThomas Dominic BaffoeCPP
GuanPaul Edward Affum Okwabi[4][5]CPP
GushieguSulemana Ibun IddrissuCPPSulemana Ibun Iddrissu
(Dagomba North)
CPP
HoEmmanuel Yaw AttigahCPPEmmanuel Yaw Attigah
(Ho East)
CPP
JamanSaarrah Adu-GyamfiCPP
JirapaRobert Gbari-GaribaCPP
JomoroJohn Benibengor-BlayCPPJohn Benibengor-Blay
(Western Nzima)
CPP
JuabengSarpong KumankumaCPPIssac Boaten Asafu-Adjaye
(Juaben-Edweso)
UP
Juabeso-BiaKwaw AmpahCPP
Juaso-BankamanStephen Agyei Owusu-AnsahCPP
KadeKwesi Amoako-Atta[2]CPPKwesi Amoako-Atta
{Akim Abuakwa West)
CPP
KetaChristian Kobla DovloCPP
KibiKwesi-GhapsonCPP
KintampoVictoria NyameCPP
Klotey TenashieEhi Wonyanolo DowuonaCPP
KoforiduaMichael Osae KwatiaCPP
Komenda AbriemKobina Orleans ThompsonCPP
Konongo-OdumasiOsei Kojo ForiCPP
KpandaiGilbert Takora DramanuCPP
KpandoRegina Asamany
(Volta Region)
CPP
KpasempkeMahama NantogmahCPP
KpeshieEbenezer George TantiCPP
KrachiJoseph KodzoCPPJoseph Kodzo
(Akan Krachi)
CPP
Kraboa-CoaltarTheodore Kofi DansoCPP
KukuomBaffour Kwabena SenkyireCPP
KusamongoSamuel Seidu SakaraCPP
KusanabaAyeebo AsumdaCPPAyeebo Asumda
(Kusasi West)
CPP
KwabengSamuel Osabutey TettehCPP
KwabreJoe MainooCPP
Kwame DansoWilfred Yawo NyamiCPP
KwanwomaIsaac Joseph Adomako-MensahCPPIsaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah
(Atwima Amansie)
CPP
LambussieWilliam NamebiCPP
LawraWilliam Gangmir WononuoCPPAbayifaa Karbo
(Lawra Nandom)
UP
ManhyiaDaniel Emmanuel Asafo-AgyeiCPPDaniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei
Kumasi North
CPP
MansoKofi BaduCPP
MfantsimanKofi BaakoCPPKofi Baako
(formerly Saltpond)
CPP
MponuaMartin Appiah DanquahCPP
MpraesoOfosu HenebengCPP
NabdamTubrow Kapeon YentuCPPTubrow Kapeon Yentu
(Frafra East)
CPP
NandomChemogoh Yabepeni DeriCPPAbayifaa Karbo
(Lawra Nandom)
UP
NantonSusanna Al-HassanCPPSusanna Al-Hassan
(Northern Region)
CPP
NaleriguMumuni BawumiaCPPMumuni Bawumia
(South Mamprusi East)
CPP
NavrongoLawrence Rosario Abavana[1]CPPLawrence Rosario Abavana
(Kassena-Nankani South)
CPP
NkawkawDaniel Ernest MensahCPP
NkoransaGeorge Obeng BoatengCPP
NkrofulIsaac Kwadwo ChinebuahCPP
NkwantaAnthony Berkolai QuarteyCPP
NkwatiaSamuel Kofi NtiamoahCPP
Nsuta-KwamangAtta MensahCPP
Nsawam-AburiLily AppiahCPP
NwabiagyaErnest Moses OpokuCPPBenjamin Freeman Kusi
(Atwima Nwabiagya)
UP
ObuasiRobert Okyere Amoako-Atta[2]CPPRobert Okyere Amoako-AttaCPP
OdaAlbert Kwame Onwona-AgyemangCPP
OdumaseAbraham Mate JohnsonCPP
OffinsoJoseph Abrensu Owusu-AnsahCPP
OguaaKojo Abraham[1]CPPNathaniel Azarco WelbeckCPP
OkaikweiRobert Mensah Abbey[1]CPPRobert Mensah Abbey
(Accra West)
CPP
OsudokuEdmund Nee OcanseyCPP
PagaClement Kubindiwo TedamCPPClement Kubindiwo Tedam
(Kassena-Nankanni North)
CPP
PresteaSamuel Emanful ArkahCPPSamuel Emanful Arkah
(Wassaw Central)
CPP
PusigaCecelia Anayori Bukari-YakubuCPP
SabobaJoseph Henry Allassani[2]CPPJoseph Henry Allassani
(Dagomba East)
CPP
SalagaJoseph Adam BraimahCPPJoseph Adam Braimah
(Gonja East, Yeji and Prang)
SandemaAkantigsi AfokoCPPAkantigsi Afoko
(Builsa)
CPP
SaveluguSalifu YakubuCPP
Sefwi-BibianiJames Kodjoe EssienCPPJames Kodjoe Essien
(Bibiani)
CPP
SekondiJohn ArthurCPPJohn Arthur
(Sekondi-Takoradi)
CPP
SekyereKrobo EduseiCPPKrobo Edusei
(Sekyere East)
CPP
SekesuaEmmanuel Narh KorleyCPP
ShaiEmmanuel Adotei MacleanCPPEdward Ago-Ackam
(Dangbe Shai)
CPP
ShamaChristiana WilmotCPPAshford Emmanuel Inkumsah
(Ahanta-Shama)
CPP
SogakofeBenjamin Alphonsus KonuCPPBenjamin Alphonsus Konu
(South Tongu)
CPP
SomanyaEmmanuel Humphrey Tettey KorboeCPPEmmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe
(Yilo Krobo)
CPP
Some-AflaoJohn K. TettegahCPP
SubinMohammed Babaley SulemanaCPP
Swedru-AcheaseMary Winfred KorantengCPPMary Winfred Koranteng
(Eastern Region)
CPP
SuhumKwaku Amoa-Awuah[2]CPPKwaku Amoa-Awuah
(Abuakwa East)
CPP
SunyaniKyere Awua GyanCPP
SwedruEmmanuel Kobla BensahCPPEmmanuel Kobla Bensah
(Agona Swedru)
CPP
TakoradiKwesi ArmahCPP
TamaleEbenezer AdamCPP
Tan-BandaPaul Acheampong Cofie AtuaheneCPP
Tarkwa-AbosoTimothy AnsahCPP
TechimanChristopher Samuel TakyiCPP
TemaZuberu Baba ShardowCPP
TempaneBukari YakubuCPP
TeppaRobert Nuaku Baffour-AwuahCPP
TolonYakubu Tali (Tolon-Na)CPPYakubu Tali (Tolon-Na)
(Dangomba South)
CPP
TongoDavid Dogbilla BalagumyetimeCPP
TumuImoru EgalaCPPImoru EgalaCPP
WalaMumuni AdamsCPP
WalewaleMahama TampurieCPP
Wassaw-AkropongWilliam Kwabena AduheneCPPWilliam Kwabena Aduhene
(Sefwi Wiawso)
CPP
WegoPaulina SenanuCPP
WenchiCharles Ebenezer DonkohCPP
WechiauSeidu HamiduCPP
WhetaKweku HewlettCPP
WiasoBenjamin Annan BentumCPP
YeapraJames Emmanuel Kwaku TawiahCPP
YendiRamatu BabaCPP
YiloyonoAndrews Tetteh Amakwata[2]CPP
YingorHans Kofi BoniCPP
ZabsuguAlfred Torponee-CoblaCPP
ZebilaAwani AkuguriCPP
Bunkpurugu De Liman Issahaku CPP
Asakoduase Dua Winifred CPP
Nyakrom-Nkum Essibrah William Amuah Cadman CPP
Ejisu Jantuah Francis Adubobi CPP
Nadawli Kaleo Jatoe CPP
Ejura-Sekyidumase Jantuah, Kwame Sanaa-Poku CPP

See also

References

  1. Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2. Accra: Ghana National Assembly. 1965. p. iii. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. Ghana Year Book 1966. Accra: Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. Frazier, Joe (14 November 2015). "Job 600 and Members of Parliament". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Messrs. K.A Gbedema and Nelson Maglo were the first MPs I saw and listened to. The two gentlemen were CPP Members of Parliament for Keta and Avenor respectively.
  4. "West Africa Annual, Issue 3". James Clarke. 1966: 79. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: v. 1965.
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