Yaw Asiedu-Mensah

Yaw Asiedu-Mensah was a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for the Dormaa West constituency of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.

Hon.

Yaw Asiedu-Mensah
Member of Parliament for Dormaa West Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Member of Parliament for Dormaa West Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born (1939-01-26) 26 January 1939
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
ProfessionEducationist

Early life and Education

Asiedu-Mensah was born on 26 January 1939.[1] He has a GCE A Level Certificate in Education.[1]

Career

Asiedu-Mensah is a Teacher by profession.[1]

Political career

2000 Elections

Asiedu-Mensah first entered parliament as the member of parliament for the Dormaa West constituency after he won the constituency election in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[2] He thus represented the constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. Asiedu-Mensah was elected with 20,331votes out of 40,665 total valid votes cast.[2] This was equivalent to 50.0% of total valid votes cast.[2] He was elected over Thomas Kwame Yeboah of the National Democratic Congress, Dr. Solomon Anso Manson an independent candidate, Chou-En-Lai Paul Ankomah of the National Reform Party, Kofi Adu-Gyamfi of the Convention People's Party, Christopher AA-Bagme of the People's National Convention and Arhin Seth Asante of the United Ghana Movement.[2] These obtained 17,618 votes, 1,088votes, 588votes, 460votes, 369votes and 211 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[2] These were equivalent to 43.3%, 2.7%, 1.4%, 1.1%, 0.9% and 0.5% respectively of the total valid votes cast.1 Asiedu-Mensah was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2] His constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total 21 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that elections in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.[3][4] In all, the New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary representation out of 200 parliamentary seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4]

2004 Elections

Asiedu-Mensah was re-elected as the member of parliament for the Dormaa West constituency for the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[5][6] He thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. Asiedu-Mensah was elected with 23,764 votes out of 47,412 total valid votes cast.[5][6] This was equivalent to 50.1% of total valid votes cast.[5][6] He was elected over Oppong Asamoah Vincent of the National Democratic Congress and Kwadwo Agyei-Dwomor of the Democratic People's Party.[5][6] These obtained 22,601 votes and 1,047 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. 4.5 This were equivalent to 47.7% and 2.2% of the total valid votes cast.[5][6] Asiedu-Mensah was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[5][6] His constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total 24 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana in that elections.[4][7] In all, the New Patriotic Party won an majority total of 114 parliamentary representation out of a total 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4]

Personal life

Asiedu-Mensah is a Christian.[1]

References
  1. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. 2004. p. 189.
  2. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Dorma Central Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Berekum East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 133.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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