Hon. Edith Hazel | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament for Evalue Gwira constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2001 –6 January 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic congress |
| Occupation | Politician |
Edith Hazel is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat who served as the Member of Parliament for the Evalue Gwira constituency in the Western Region of Ghana from 2001 to 2005. [1] [2]
Hazel attended the University of Ghana. [2] Until she was appointed as a Ghanaian ambassador to Denmark and Finland [3] in July 2014, she held the position of deputy head of Ghana's mission in Washington, D.C., U.S. [2]
Hazel was elected as the member of parliament for the Evalue Gwira constituency in the Western Region of Ghana in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. She therefore was as a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic with 6,598 votes with its equivalence of 42.80% on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
She won the seat in 2004 to Kojo Armah. [4] [5] [6] She was elected over Kojo Armah of the Convention Peoples Party, Sagary Nokoe of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Kwabena Erskine of the National Reform Party. [7] These obtained votes 5,994, 2,702 and 115 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. [7] These were equivalent to 38.90% , 17.50% and 0.70% respectively of the total valid votes cast. [7]
Hazel was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.(NDC) [2] The National Democratic Congress won a total of 9 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats in the Western Region in that elections. [8] In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. [8]