Edward Ago-Ackam
Edward Ago-Ackam | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Dangbe[1] | |
In office 1965–1966 | |
Preceded by | New |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Dangbe-Shai[2] | |
In office 1956–1965 | |
Preceded by | Clarkson Thomas Nylander[3] |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Tetteh Ofei |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Ago-Ackam 30 November 1899 Ningo, Gold Coast |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | Convention People's Party |
Edward Ago-Ackam was a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of parliament for the Dangbe-Shai electoral area from 1956 to 1965.[4] In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Dangbe constituency until February 1966.[5]
Early life and education[]
Ago-Ackam was born on 30 November 1899 at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast). He studied at the Wesleyan Mission School in Kpong.[6][7]
Career and politics[]
Ago-Ackam was a clerk and a storekeeper for Messrs Millers, F and A Swanzy A. and E.T.C., and U.A.C. from 1921 to 1948. He later joined Messrs A.G. Leventis and Company Limited from 1949 to 1956.[7] In 1950 he was the vice chairman of the Convention People's Party and in 1953 he doubled as the chairman of the Ningo Area Committee.[7] He served in these positions until 1956 when he was nominated by the CPP to represent the Dangbe Shai electoral area in the Legislative Assembly.[8] He replaced Clarkson Thomas Nylander who had represented the Dangbe-Shai area on the ticket of the CPP from 1954 to 1956.[9] Nylander from 1956 onwards represented the Ga Rural electoral area. Ago-Ackam won the Dangbe-Shai seat and remained in parliament representing the area from 1956 until 1965.[7][10] In 1965, the constituency was split into the Dangbe constituency and the Shai constituency. Ago-Ackam became the member of parliament for the Dangbe constituency from 1965 to February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.
Personal life[]
Ago-Ackam's hobbies included reading and gardening.[7]
See also[]
- List of MLAs elected in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election
- List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election
References[]
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 22.
- ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Ghana National Assembly. 1963: ii. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Debates". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1956. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1961. p. 12.
- ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana National Assembly. 1965: iii. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 182. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1". Government Print Office. 1956: 852. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 2. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Debates, Part 2". Information Section, Ghana Office. 1956: xii. Cite journal requires
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- 1899 births
- Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965
- Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966
- Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians
- 20th-century Ghanaian politicians