Emmanuel Charles Quist

Infobox Politician
name = Emmanuel Charles Quist


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office = 1st Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
term_start = March 6, 1957
term_end = December, 1957
predecessor = "New Position"
successor = Augustus M. Akiwumi
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office2 = Speaker of the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly
term_start2 = March 6, 1951
term_end2 = March 5, 1957
predecessor2 = "New Position"
successor2 = "Position abolished on Independence"
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death_date = 1959
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occupation = Barrister
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Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist, Kt. O.B.E. (died 1959) was a barrister and the first Ghanaian Speaker of the Legislative Assembly [cite web|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3011R%2F26 |title=Barrister E.C. Quist O.B.E. becomes First African President of the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] Legislative Council] of the Gold Coast and the first Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. [cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003 |title=Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-18 |work=Official website of the Parliament of Ghana |publisher=Parliament of Ghana]

Honours

*“The Speakers Conference Hall” at the Parliament House has been named after Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist. [cite web|url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/news/article.php?id=0000019378 |title=Conference Hall named after Ghana's first Speaker |accessdate=2007-04-18 |date=2007-03-07 |publisher=Ghana government]
*First Ghanaian President of the Gold Coast Legislative Council

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External links

* [http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/1147/1/RCSPC-Y3011R-026.jpgCouncil Chamber, with Quist seated in the Speaker's chair in the centre]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lawyer and First Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
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