Edith Hazel

Edith Hazel is a Ghanaian politician who served for the Evalue Gwira constituency in the Western Region of Ghana in 2001.[1][2]

Hon.

Edith Hazel
Member of parliament for Evalue Gwira constituency
In office
07 January 2001 – 06 January 2005
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic congress
OccupationPolitician

Early Life and Education

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]

Politics

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 lost 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.[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]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. "Former Ghana Ambassador Meets LDS Leaders". news-gh.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. Minister calls for closer ties with Finland
  4. "Edith Hazel | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  5. FM, Peace. "Parliament - Western Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  6. GHDiaspora (2017-02-03). "NDC Finland bids farewell to Ghana Ambassador to Denmark". GH Diaspora. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Evalue Ajomoro Gwira Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
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