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
ProfessionPolitician, boxer

See also

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


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