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Pontian Utara (federal Constituency)
Pontian Utara was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan R ... from 1959 to 1974. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. History It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. Representation history State constituency Election results References {{reflist Defunct Johor federal constituencies ...
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Johor
Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to both the west and east. Johor Bahru is the capital city and the economic centre of the state, Kota Iskandar is the seat of the state government, and Muar serves as the royal town of the state. The old state capital is Johor Lama. As of 2020, the state's population is 4.01 million, making it the second most populated state in Malaysia. Johor has highly diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges form part of the Titiwangsa Range, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Range connected to Thailand and Myanmar, with Mount Ophir being the highest point in Johor. While its state capital, Johor Bahru, which is located within Iskandar Mala ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital, the country's largest city, and the seat of the legislative branch of the federal government. The nearby planned capital of Putrajaya is the administrative capital, which represents the seat of both the executive branch (the Cabinet, federal ministries, and agencies) and the judicial branch of the federal government. With a population of over 32 million, Malaysia is the world's 45th-most populous country. The southernmost poi ...
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Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Rakyat sits in the Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur, along with the Dewan Negara, the upper house. The Dewan Rakyat is a directly elected body consisting of 222 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected by first-past-the-post voting with one member from each federal constituency. Members hold their seats until the Dewan Rakyat is dissolved, the term of which is constitutionally limited to five years after an election. The number of seats each state or territory is entitled to is fixed by Article 46 of the Constitution. While the concurrence of both chambers of Parliament is normally necessary for legislation to be enacted, the Dewan Rakyat holds significantly more power in practice; the Dewan Negara very ...
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Johore Selatan (federal Constituency)
Johore Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime bo ..., Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system. History It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed. Representation history State constituency Election Result References {{Reflist Defunct Johor federal constituencies 1959 disestablishments in Malaya 1955 establishments in Malaya ...
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1st Parliament Of The Federation Of Malaya
This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan R ... (House of Representatives) of the First Parliament of the Federation of Malaya (known as the Parliament of Malaysia afte2 November 1963, elected in 1959. Composition Elected members by state __NOTOC__ Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (fro11 September 1959until 1 March 1964). Perlis Kedah Kelantan Trengganu Penang Perak Pahang Selangor Negri Sembilan Malacca Johore Appointed and nominated members by state Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served fro2 November 1963until 1 March 1964. Singapore Sabah Sarawak Notes References *Abdullah, Z. G., Adnan, H. N., & Lee, K. H. (1997). ''Malaysia, tokoh dulu dan kini ...
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Sardon Jubir
Tun Sardon bin Jubir ( ms, سعدون بن زبير, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 19 March 1917 – 14 December 1985) was a Malaysian politician. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Works and Communications and was the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang from 1975 to 1981. Early life Sardon was born in Rengit, Batu Pahat, Johor on 19 March 1917. His father, Haji Jubir bin Haji Mohd Amin was a plantation owner and a ''kathi'' in Singapore. Sardon was educated at Victoria Bridge School and Raffles Institution in Singapore. At Raffles, he formed a Malay literary association with friends including Aziz Ishak, Abdul Hamid Jumat, and Ahmad Ibrahim and contributed articles on the Malays and their plight to Warta Malaya, a leading Malay newspaper in Singapore. This was done through Aziz's brother, Yusof Ishak who was already working as a journalist. Yusof later became the first President of Singapore. After passing his Senior Cambridge examination, ...
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Alliance Party (Malaysia)
The Alliance Party ( ms, Parti Perikatan) was a political coalition in Malaysia. The Alliance Party, whose membership comprised United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), was formally registered as a political organisation on 30 October 1957. It was the ruling coalition of Malaya from 1957 to 1963, and Malaysia from 1963 to 1973. The coalition became the Barisan Nasional in 1973. History Origin The Alliance Party had its origin in an ''ad hoc'' and temporary electoral arrangement set up between the local branches of UMNO and MCA to contest the Kuala Lumpur municipal election in 1952. The UMNO-MCA candidates won in 9 of the 12 seats contested, beating the non-communal Independence of Malaya Party (IMP) which won 2 seats and Selangor Labour Party which won none. Their success in this election led to firmer association between the two parties and further successes in other municipal elections that the U ...
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United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has once been called Malaysia's "Grand Old Party". UMNO is a founding and the principal dominant member of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which taken along with its predecessor Alliance, had been the main governing party of Malaysia from the independence of Malaya in 1957 until its defeat in the 2018 general election. From 1957 to 2018, every Prime Minister of Malaysia was also the President of UMNO. It has since returned to power twice as a result of the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis, firstly as a partner in a Perikatan Nasional-led government and subsequently as the leading party in a BN-led government with UMNO vice-president Ismail Sabri serving as Prime Minister. A race-focused party, UM ...
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1st Parliament Of Malaysia
This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan R ... (House of Representatives) of the First Parliament of the Federation of Malaya (known as the Parliament of Malaysia afte2 November 1963, elected in 1959. Composition Elected members by state __NOTOC__ Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (fro11 September 1959until 1 March 1964). Perlis Kedah Kelantan Trengganu Penang Perak Pahang Selangor Negri Sembilan Malacca Johore Appointed and nominated members by state Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served fro2 November 1963until 1 March 1964. Singapore Sabah Sarawak Notes References *Abdullah, Z. G., Adnan, H. N., & Lee, K. H. (1997). ''Malaysia, tokoh dulu dan kini ...
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2nd Parliament Of Malaysia
This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 2nd Parliament of Malaysia The Parliament of Malaysia ( ms, Parlimen Malaysia) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, lit. "People's Assembly") and the ..., elected in 1964. Composition Elected members by state __NOTOC__ Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (fro18 May 1964until 20 March 1969). Perlis Kedah Kelantan Trengganu Penang Perak Pahang Selangor Negri Sembilan Malacca Johore Appointed and nominated members by state Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (fro18 May 1964until 20 March 1969). Singapore Sabah Sarawak Notes References *Abdullah, Z. G., Adnan, H. N., & Lee, K. H. (1997). ''Malaysia, tokoh dulu dan kini = Malaysian personalities, past and present''. ...
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3rd Parliament Of Malaysia
This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan R ... (House of Representatives) of the 3rd Parliament of Malaysia, elected in 1969. From 1969 to 1971, the National Operations Council governed the country in lieu of the elected government. In 1971, the NOC was dissolved with the restoration of Third Parliament of Malaysia. Composition Elected members by state __NOTOC__ Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (fro20 February 1971until 31 July 1974). Perlis Kedah Kelantan Trengganu Penang Perak Pahang Selangor Negri Sembilan Malacca Johore Sabah Sarawak Notes References *Abdullah, Z. G., Adnan, H. N., & Lee, K. H. (1997). ''Malaysia, tokoh dulu dan kini = Malaysian p ...
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Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after coalition Pakatan Harapan with 82 seats and the coalition Perikatan Nasional with 73 seats. The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded, but since 2008 has faced stronger challenges from opposition parties, notably the Pakatan Rakyat and later the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances. Taken together with its predecessor (Alliance), it had a combined period of rule from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition party in the democratic world. In ...
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