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Democratic Party (Singapore)
The Democratic Party (abbreviation: DP; ) was a short-lived political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1956, it was started by various wealthy businessmen, many of whom were leaders of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. History DP was led by Tan Eng Joo, the nephew of tycoon Tan Lark Sye. Tan was recognised for driving the Natural rubber, rubber trade, and was the founder of the International Rubber Association. Due to its financial backing, DP was often labelled as the "''party of millionaires''" and the "''Chamber Party''". In its manifesto, DP had called for the enactment of a multilingual legislature, promotion of free trade and investment, provision of equal grants for schools of all races, and setting up of low cost housing schemes. DP was one of the largest political parties in Singapore, and had send 20 candidates to contest the 25 seats in the 1955 Singaporean general election, 1955 general election, versus 22 candidates by the Progressive Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Eng Joo
Tan Eng Joo (30 October 1919 – 29 October 2011) was a prominent businessman and leader of the Chinese community of Singapore. Early life and education Tan was born in Singapore on 30 October 1919. His father, his third uncle and his sixth uncle, Tan Lark Sye, established Aik Hoe, a rubber re-milling and trading business. He attended the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Anglo-Chinese School and completed his Senior Cambridge examination there in 1937. He began studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939 and obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from the university in 1943. Career After graduating he worked at the National Defense Research Committee at Princeton University. He was then employed at the Timber Engineering Company as a researcher. Following the end of the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Tan returned to Singapore and became the managing director of Aik Hoe. He co-founded Union Limited with Lien Ying Chow, and established a factory that manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Singaporean General Election
The 1959 Singaporean general election was held on 30 May 1959 to elect all 51 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. It was the first general election after Singapore was granted full internal self-government from Britain, excluding matters of defence and foreign affairs. Prior to the election, the constitution was revised, known as the Singapore (Constitution) Order in Council 1958. Along with a wholly elected Legislative Assembly, it also created the position of the '' Yang di-Pertuan Negara'' as head of state and a Prime Minister as head of government. Voting was made compulsory for the first time, leading to a voter turnout of 90.07%, a significant increase from 52.66% in 1955. The People's Action Party (PAP), led by Lee Kuan Yew, achieved a landslide victory by winning 43 of the 51 seats and securing 54.08% of the popular vote. The PAP, which benefited from the support of trade unions and Chinese-speaking working-class voters, had focused on completely ending co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Disestablished In 1956
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 1955
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social status, status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Political Parties In Singapore
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Workers' Party (Singapore)
The Workers' Party (WP) is a major Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Singapore, political party in Singapore and one of the two contemporary political parties represented in Parliament of Singapore, Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP). The WP sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and is currently the largest and oldest opposition party in Parliament, having contested every parliamentary election since 1959 against the dominant PAP. Since the 2011 Singaporean general election, 2011 general election, the WP has been the only political party, other than the PAP, with elected Members of Parliament (MPs). The WP was founded in 1957 by David Marshall (Singaporean politician), David Marshall, having previously led the more left-wing Labour Front (LF) to victory in 1955 Singaporean general election, 1955, forming a minority government and becoming the first Chief Minister of Singapore. After the British initially rej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Democratic Party
The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is a social liberal political party in Singapore. Founded in 1980 by Chiam See Tong, the party gained its first seat in 6th Parliament of Singapore, Parliament in 1984 Singaporean general election, 1984 when Chiam was elected the MP for Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, Potong Pasir. In the 1991 Singaporean general election, 1991 general election, the SDP achieved its peak electoral success, securing three parliamentary seats with Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen winning in Bukit Gombak Single Member Constituency, Bukit Gombak and Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency, Nee Soon respectively. However, internal conflicts emerged in 1993, leading to Chiam's departure from the party in 1996 to form the Singapore People's Party (SPP). He was succeeded by Chee Soon Juan, who has served as Secretary-General since then. The SDP identifies as a centrism, centrist to centre-left party, drawing on both liberalism, liberal and social democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singapore, Workers' Party (WP). The PAP was established in 1954 as a conventional centre-left party. Following its initial electoral success in 1959 Singaporean general election, 1959, Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to reposition the party ideologically toward the centrism, centre. In pursuit of this objective, he expelled the party's Barisan Sosialis, leftist faction in 1961, during the period of Singapore in Malaysia, Singapore's merger with Malaysia. Over the course of the 1960s and since then, the PAP continued its ideological shift towards the centre-right. After Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, Singapore's separation from Malaysia and subsequent independence in 1965, the majority of opposition part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Front
The Labour Front (abbreviation: LF), was a political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1960. It won the 1955 legislative assembly election, and lasted for one term as the ruling coalition. History LF was founded in 25 August 1954, as an alliance between the Singapore Labour Party (SLP) and the Singapore Socialist Party (SSP), the latter was itself an offshoot from SLP. LF was created to contest the 1955 legislative election by David Marshall, Singapore's first chief minister and Lim Yew Hock, Singapore's second chief minister. LF had called for self-government through unity with the Federation of Malaya, creation of citizenship and setting up a welfare state with housing loans, medical services, unemployment insurance and minimum wage. It also wanted to repeal the emergency regulations and amend the trade union ordinance for greater autonomy. A centre-left grouping, LF won 10 out of 25 elected seats in the legislative assembly and formed the first elected gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)
The Liberal Socialist Party (abbreviation: LSP) was a political party in Singapore that operated from 1956 to 1963. History LSP was founded in February 1956 from the merger of the Progressive Party (PP) and the Democratic Party (DP), the latter not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). The move was deemed advantageous, as PP had the numerical strength in lawyers, while DP had the patronage and support of wealthy Chinese businessmen. It consolidated the relatively compatible and similar aims of DP and PP, that of gradual and nonradical progressivism implementing liberal policies. The decision was also driven by the weak performance of both parties in the 1955 general election. LSP was led by E.K. Tan. It wanted to pursue an economic programme to foster job creation, improve the inflow of foreign investment, and reduce industrial disputes. It also wanted to improve social welfare by expanding public housing, and establishing a national health insurance s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Party (Singapore)
The Singapore Progressive Party (abbreviation: PP), or simply the Progressive Party, was a conservatism, conservative political party that was formed on 25 August 1947. It won the 1948 Singapore general election, 1948 Legislative Assembly general elections with three out of six electable seats. At that time, the self-government power of the legislative system was still rather limited. History The Progressive Party was founded by three lawyers, namely Tan Chye Cheng, John Laycock and Nazir Ahmad Mallal. All three were educated at the University of London and were three of the six first ever elected legislative councillors in Singapore. The party was Singapore's first political party. In its manifesto, PP had campaigned to localise the civil service, implement six years of free education for children, more free medical services, no increase in income tax, and establish a national agency for low cost housing. In the 1955 Singaporean general election, 1955 Legislative Assembly general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Singaporean General Election
The 1955 Singaporean general election was held on 2 April 1955 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. It marked a pivotal moment in Singapore's political development, being the first election conducted under the Rendel Constitution, which introduced a significantly expanded legislature with a majority of elected seats. Of the 32 seats in the new Legislative Assembly, 25 were contested by election, while the remainder were filled by nominated or ''ex-officio'' members. The election featured multiple new political parties and was the first to witness widespread participation by locally founded political organisations. The election resulted in a hung assembly, with the Labour Front (LF), a newly formed centre-left party led by David Marshall (Singaporean politician), David Marshall, emerging as the largest party with 10 seats. The People's Action Party (PAP), contesting its first general election under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, won 3 seats, while the Progre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
