Robert Mensah Abbey Explained

Robert Mensah Abbey
Constituency Mp:Okaikwei
Parliament:Ghana
Predecessor:New
Successor:Carl Daniel Reindorf
Term Start:1965
Term End:1966
Constituency Mp1:Accra West[1]
Parliament1:Ghana
Successor1:Constituency abolished
Term Start1:1956
Term End1:1965
Birth Name:Robert Mensah Abbey
Party:Convention People's Party
Profession:Politician, boxer

Robert Mensah Abbey was a Ghanaian boxer and politician. Before politics, Abbey was a professional boxer and later clerk who worked in Accra.[2] [3] Abbey was nominated by the Convention People's Party to contest for the Accra West seat in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election in place of Thomas Hutton-Mills who had been appointed deputy commissioner of the Gold Coast.[4] [3] He won the seat and served as a member of parliament for Accra West from 1956 to 1965.[5] [6] [7] [8] In 1965 he became the member of parliament representing the Okaikwei electoral district.[9] Abbey was the father of J. L. S. Abbey the former Ghanaian public servant and ambassador.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 9 . 1960.
  2. Web site: West Africa, Issues 3826–3843 . West Africa Publishing Company Limited . 91 . 1991.
  3. Web site: Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1 . Government Print Office . 812 . 1956.
  4. Web site: Debates, Issue 2 . Gold Coast Legislative Assembly . 3 . 1954.
  5. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 12 . 1961.
  6. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 12 . 1962.
  7. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 19 . 1963.
  8. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 26 . 1964.
  9. Web site: Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation . 21 . 1966.