Ophelia Hayford

Ophelia Mensah Hayford is a Ghanaian Politician.[1] She contested in the 2020 Ghanaian General Election and won the parliamentary seat for the Mfantsiman Constituency.[2]

Politics

Hayford is a member of the New Patriotic Party. Her late husband, Ekow Hayford was the Member of parliament for Mfantsiman Constituency. After the death of her husband while serving in office, she decided replace him as the Member of parliament for the Mfantsiman constituency.[1] In December 2020, she was elected member of Parliament for Mfantsiman Constituency after she competed in the 2020 Ghanaian General Election under the ticket of the New Patriotic Party and won. She polled 36,091 votes which represents 51.83% of the total votes cast. She was elected over James Essuon of the National Democratic Congress and Alijatu Ibrahim of the Ghana Union Movement. These obtained 32,379 and 911 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 46.76%, and 1.31% respectively of total valid votes cast.[2]

Personal life

She is the wife of the late Ekow Hayford.[3][1]

References
  1. "Ophelia Hayford now Mfantseman Parliamentary candidate". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  2. "Widow Ophelia Hayford wins Mfantseman seat". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  3. "Ophelia Hayford officially replaces late husband as Mfantseman Parliamentary Candidate". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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