Obuasi (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Obuasi
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Obuasi Municipal District
Region Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Edward Michael Ennin [1]

The Obuasi Constituency was a constituency in the Obuasi Municipal District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In 2003, the Electoral Commission of Ghana, created 30 new constituencies in the country by dividing certain already existing ones. With the Obuasi constituency, it was split into the Obuasi and Akrofuom with Obuasi and Akrofuom as their headquarters. [2] The Obuasi constituency was further split in 2011 into the Obuasi West and Obuasi East constituencies.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1954 Robert Okyere Amoako-Atta Convention People's Party 1954-1966
1969 Justice Akuamoa Boateng Progress Party 1969‐1972
1979 F. K. Mensah People's National Convention 1979-1981
1992 Peter Keneth Owusu National Democratic Congress 1992-1996
1996 Anthony Bright Boadi-Mensah New Patriotic Party 1996‐2004
2004 Edward Michael EnninNew Patriotic Party2004‐2012

The constituency was split in 2012 into the Obuasi East and Obuasi West constituencies.

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References

  1. http://www.ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=140
  2. "Electoral Commission to create 30 new constituencies". www.ghanaweb.com. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 2017-11-15.