Samuel Johnfiah

Samuel Johnfiah (born 9 September 1952) is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Ahanta West constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Early life and education He was born on 9 September 1952. He hails from Hotopo in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his National Diploma in General Agriculture from University of Ghana in 1984.

Career Before becoming a parliamentarian, he was the Deputy general manager for Ahantaman Rural Bank.

He was elected in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections with 20,871 votes out of the 38,798 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 53.8%. He was elected over Joseph Jones Amoah of the National Democratic Congress, Comfort Amoo of the Democratic Freedom Party and David Oscar Yawson of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 24.21%, 4.61% and 17.38% respectively of total valid votes cast.

He was elected with 16,478 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 60.90% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over William Cudjoe S. Kingsford of the National Democratic Congress, Joseph A. Eddie Mensah of the Convention People's Party, Joseph Kweku Arthur of the People's National Convention, Eva Parker of the National Reformed Party and Joseph Jones Amoah of the United Ghana Movement. These won 8,107, 1,358, 509, 416 and 170 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 30.00%, 5.00%, 1.90%, 1.50% and 0.06% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life Johnfiah is married with six children. He is a Christian and a member of the Methodist Church.