# Edward Salia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Salia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Salia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Salia > Source revision: 1355261521 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Edward Kojo Salia** (20 June 1952 – 16 February 2009) was a [Ghanaian](/source/Ghanaian) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament). He was also a member of the [National Democratic Congress](/source/National_Democratic_Congress_(Ghana)) and was a Minister of State in the [Rawlings government](/source/Rawlings_government). ## Early life and education Salia was born on 20 June 1952.[1] He was born at [Amasaman](/source/Amasaman) in the [Greater Accra Region](/source/Greater_Accra_Region) of Ghana. His parents were Bajeluru Dorcie Salia, a farmer and Habiba Yiringsaa, a housewife. He attended the [University of Ghana](/source/University_of_Ghana) at [Legon](/source/Legon). He also attended the [Institute of Social Studies](/source/Institute_of_Social_Studies) at [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). He also studied at the [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University) in [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada) and [Ottawa University](/source/Ottawa_University) . Between 2005 and 2007, he studied at the [Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration](/source/Ghana_Institute_of_Management_and_Public_Administration) at [Achimota](/source/Achimota) in [Accra](/source/Accra).[2] ## Politics Salia was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications in the [Rawlings government](/source/Rawlings_government) in 1993. He also served as Minister for Mines and Energy and later for Roads and Transport in [Jerry Rawlings](/source/Jerry_Rawlings)'s government.[citation needed] He was first elected as the member of parliament for the [Jirapa](/source/Jirapa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)) in the [2000 election](/source/2000_Ghanaian_parliamentary_election) and he retained his seat in the two subsequent elections in [2004](/source/2004_Ghanaian_parliamentary_election) and [2008](/source/2008_Ghanaian_parliamentary_election).[3] ### 2000 Elections Salia was elected as the member of parliament for the [Jirapa](/source/Jirapa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)) constituency in the [Upper West region](/source/Upper_West_Region) of [Ghana](/source/Ghana) in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[4] He therefore represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4] He was elected with 16,446 votes out of the total votes cast.[4] This is equivalent to 87.9% of the total valid votes cast.[4] He was elected over Salifatu Badiu of the National Reform Party and Timothy Taafaale Dombo of the [New Patriotic Party](/source/New_Patriotic_Party).[4] These two obtained 1,380 and 891 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[4] These were equivalent to 7.4% and 4.8% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[4] Salia was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4] The [National Democratic Congress](/source/National_Democratic_Congress_(Ghana)) won a total of 7 parliamentary seats in the [Upper West Region](/source/Upper_West_Region) in that election.[5] In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5] ### 2004 Elections Salia was elected as the member of parliament for the Jirapa constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[4][6] He represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1] He was elected with 15,580 votes out of 20,697 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 75.3% of the total valid votes cast.[6][4] He was elected over James Amare of the People's National Convention, Winifred A. DY-Yakah of the New Patriotic Party and Nuah Bibiana, an independent candidate.[6][4] They obtained 483 votes, 4280 votes and 354 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[6][4] These were equivalent to 2.3%, 20.7% and 1.7% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[6][4] Salia was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[6][4] The National Democratic Congress won a total of 7 parliamentary seats in the Upper West Region in that elections.[7][8] In all, the party won a minority total of 94 parliamentary representation out of 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[7] ## Personal life Salia was a Christian.[1] ## References 1. *Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008*. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 477. 1. ["NDC MP for Jirapa Edward Salia is dead"](https://www.modernghana.com/news/202792/ndc-mp-for-jirapa-edward-salia-is-dead.html). *Modern Ghana*. Retrieved 2021-01-22. 1. ["What do 2008 Ghanaian general election and Edward Salia..."](https://hyperleap.com/topic/2008_Ghanaian_general_election/Edward_Salia). *hyperleapsite*. Retrieved 2022-09-14. 1. FM, Peace. ["Ghana Election 2000 Results - Jirapa Constituency"](https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/upperwest/177/). *Ghana Elections - Peace FM*. Retrieved 2020-08-03.[dead link] 1. FM, Peace. ["Ghana Election 2000"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221116133229/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/index.php). *Ghana Elections - Peace FM*. Archived from [the original](http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/index.php) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 2020-09-02. 1. [*Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections*](https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf). Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 189. 1. ["Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results"](https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/). *Fact Check Ghana*. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03. 1. FM, Peace. ["Ghana Election 2004 Results - Upper West Region"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240526092205/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/upperwest/index.php). *Ghana Elections - Peace FM*. Archived from [the original](http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/upperwest/index.php) on 26 May 2024. 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