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]
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]
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.
Ago-Ackam's hobbies included reading and gardening. [7]
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