Robert Mensah Abbey

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]

Robert Mensah Abbey
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Okaikwei
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byCarl Daniel Reindorf
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Accra West[1]
In office
1956–1965
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Robert Mensah Abbey

Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party
ProfessionBoxer

See also

References
  1. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1960: 9. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "West Africa, Issues 3826–3843". West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1991: 91. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1". Government Print Office. 1956: 812. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1961: 12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963: 19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1964: 26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1966: 21. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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