Comfort Asamoah Explained
| Comfort Asamoah |
| Constituency Mp1: | Asante Mampong |
| Parliament1: | Ghana |
| Predecessor1: | New |
| Successor1: | Constituency split |
| Term Start1: | 1965 |
| Term End1: | 1966 |
| Constituency Mp2: | Member for the Ashanti Region |
| Parliament2: | Ghana |
| Term Start2: | 1960 |
| Term End2: | 1965 |
| Birth Name: | Comfort Asamoah |
| Birth Place: | Gold Coast |
| Death Place: | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | Convention People's Party |
| Children: | 4 including John K. Tettegah |
| Residence: | Dansoman |
Comfort Asamoah was a Ghanaian politician. She was a member of parliament representing the Ashanti Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Asante Mampong from 1965 to 1966.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Asamoah was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party.[12] [13]
Prior to entering parliament, she served with the Workers Brigade from 1957 to 1960.[14]
See also
Notes and References
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1 . 626 and iii . Ghana National Assembly . 1960 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report . Ghana National Assembly . 1961 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1 . xiv . Ghana National Assembly . 1962 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1 . iii . Ghana National Assembly . 1963 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Ghana Year Book 1961 . 13 . Daily Graphic . 1961 . Ghana Year Book.
- New Ghana, Volumes 8–9 . Information Services Department Accra . 247 . 1964 . New Ghana.
- Web site: Ghana Foreign Affairs, Volume 1, Issue 2 . Ghana Foreign Affairs . 35 . 1961.
- Book: Arhin, Kwame . The life and work of Kwame Nkrumah: papers of a symposium organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon . 1991 . Sedco . 9964721072 . 132.
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2 . Ghana National Assembly . 1965 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Ghana Year Book . Daily Graphic . 22 . 1966 . Ghana Year Book.
- West Africa Annual, Issue 8 . James Clarke . 80 . 1965 . West Africa Annual.
- Web site: Ghana Today, Volumes 3–4 . Information Section, Ghana Office . 10 . 1959.
- Web site: Ghana Gazette . National government publication . 19 . 1960.
- White paper on the Report of the Second report of the Jiagge Commission of Enquiry into the Assets of Specified Persons . 4 . Ghana Publishing Corporation . 1969.
