Grace Coleman

Grace Coleman (29 April 1943 – 27 August 2009) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament for the Effiduase Asokore Constituency representing the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

Early life and education Coleman was born at Effiduase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She attended Wesley Girls High Schoo l from 1962, she obtained her Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates and continued her education at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she studied Economics and obtained a Bachelor's degree. She polled 13,154 votes out of the 19,077 valid votes cast representing 54.90%. She maintained her seat in the 2000 Elections In the year 2000, Coleman won the general election as the member of parliament for the Effiduase Asokore constituency of the Ashanti Region. She won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. She was elected with 13,954 votes out of 19,799 total valid votes cast.

Personal life Coleman was married to David Coleman and had four children. She died on 27 August 2009 of stress-related illness including diabetes.