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Malay Union
The Malay Union () (abbreviation: KMS), was a political party in Singapore from 1926 to 1960. History KMS was established on 14 May 1926 as a religious and cultural organisation for the Malay community. KMS's leaders were for the most part, English-educated professionals, and persons of social standing in the Malay community. Ishak bin Ahmad was one of its founding members. KMS wanted to promote the rights and interests of the Malays, and was known for establishing the Jalan Eunos Malay Settlement or ''Kampong Melayu'' in 1929. In 1954, KMS, together with Singapore Labour Party and Singapore Socialist Party allied and formed the Labour Front (LF). When a decision was made to merge into a single party, KMS withdrew, and joined another alliance with two Malayan political parties, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (whose Singaporean branch had been founded by the leaders of the KMS) and the Malayan Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association ( abbrev: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishak Bin Ahmad
Ishak bin Ahmad (1887 — 8 January 1969) was a prominent civil servant and the father of Yusof Ishak, the first president of Singapore. Career In 1906, Ishak became a clerk at the Taiping District Office. In 1914, he joined the Fisheries Department as an assistant inspector. In 1923, Ishak and his family moved to Singapore, and was made the Senior Fishery Officer at the Fisheries Department. Throughout the 1920s and the 1930s, he conducted biological surveys of Pulau Tioman, tuna experiments in Terengganu and inspections of Kelongs on Pulau Ketam. In 1926, he participated in the first survey expedition conducted by the Fisheries Department. He was the only Malay member of the expedition, and served as its official taxonomiser. During the expedition, he provided the Malay names of more than 75 species of fish. In the same year, he became a founding member of the Kesatuan Melayu Singapura, a political party in Singapore. In 1933, he served as the acting Director of Fisheries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inche Sidik
Inche Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid (born 1896 or 1897), commonly known as Inche Sidik, was a Singaporean politician. He was a member of Malay Union before he left in 1957 and joined the Singapore branch of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Southern Islands Constituency from 1955 to 1959. He also served as the Assistant Education Minister. Early life and education He was born at Bussorah Street (now known as Sultan Road) and went to Raffles Institution. He worked as a clerk. He spent 33 years working at the Customs Department as a senior preventive officer. Sidik was also the vice-president of the south zone of the Malay Football Association of Malaya and the president of the Malay Union. Career In 1952, Sidik and members of the Malay Union protested against the construction of a park in Geylang. In 1954, Sidik stated that the Malay Union had not joined Labour Front. In 1955, he contested in the 1955 Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Establishments In Singapore
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Political Parties Established In 1926
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Defunct Political Parties In Singapore
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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] |
Parti Rakyat Malaysia
The Parti Rakyat Malaysia (abbreviation: PRM; English: ''Malaysian People's Party'') is a dormant political party in Malaysia. Founded on 11 November 1955 as Partai Ra'ayat, it is one of the older political parties in Malaysia and traces its pedigree to the anti-colonial movements from the pre World War II period like the Kesatuan Melayu Muda. It was part of the Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front coalition with the Labour Party of Malaya and was a force in the late 1950s and 1960s although the coalition was eventually decimated by politically-motivated detentions. In 1965, the party renamed itself Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia in keeping with its scientific socialist ideology, but this was reversed in 1989. A small faction of the party re-emerged to form the leadership of the Socialist Party in 1998. Eventually, PRM merged with Parti Keadilan Nasional to form Parti Keadilan Rakyat in 2003, but was revived by a minority of its former membership in 2005. It contested in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ( Malay: ''Parti Islam Se-Malaysia''; abbrev: PAS), is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Ideologically focused on Islamic fundamentalism and Malay dominance; PAS's electoral base is largely centered around Peninsular Malaysia's rural northern and east coast regions particularly the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, and Kedah. They also gained significant support in the rural areas of Perak and Pahang in the last 2022 general election and the 2023 state elections; dubbed as the " Green Wave". The party was a component party of the then governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis. In the past, it was a coalition partner in the state governments of Penang and Selangor as part of the federal opposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Singaporean By-elections
A by-election was held on 29 June 1957, with nomination day occurring on 18 May 1957 in both the constituencies of Cairnhill and Tanjong Pagar. Ultimately, Labour Front lost the Cairnhill seat to the new Liberal Socialist Party candidate Soh Ghee Soon, while Tanjong Pagar incumbent Lee Kuan Yew retained his seat. The by-election had a voter turnout of merely 43.55%, the lowest of any elections during the period between 1948 and 1959. With the introduction of compulsory voting in 1959, the turnout of 43.55% remains the lowest for any elections in Singapore's history. Background When talks with the British authorities for self-governance fell, Chief Minister David Marshall resigned his Cairnhill seat and his Labour Front party membership on 7 June 1956; LF representative Keng Bang Ee was fielded as a candidate. The seat of Tanjong Pagar was vacated when Lee Kuan Yew resigned his seat when Marshall publicly challenged Lee in a by-election, in which Lee accepted. Marshall withdrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Islands Single Member Constituency
Southern Islands Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1955 to 1968 and included Sentosa, Pulau Brani, Kusu Island and St John's Island Saint John's Island ( ), also known as St John's, is an island in the Straits of Singapore located 6.5 km off the southern coast of Singapore. With an area of , it is the largest of the Sisters' Islands Marine Park, Marine Park islands wh .... Member of Parliament Electoral results Elections in 1950s Elections in the 1960s Historical maps File:Southern Islands 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Election References Singaporean electoral divisions Southern Islands {{Singapore-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Singapore Alliance
The Singapore Alliance Party (abbreviation: SAP), or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political alliance in Singapore. It was formed on 2 June 1961 with the support of the ruling Alliance Party in Malaya along with the leader of the opposition Lim Yew Hock, who saw the merger with Malaya for Singapore to be a Malaysian state synonymous to Penang or Malacca. SAP consisted of the local branch of Malaya's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), local chapters of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA), Malayan Indian Congress (MIC), and Lim's Singapore People's Alliance (SPA). It was notable for contesting the 1963 general election with a large number of candidates but was ultimately unpopular with voters, having failed to win any seats. History The alliance was formalised on 24 June 1963 as the Singaporean component of the ruling Alliance Party in Malaya. Its campaign policy during the 1963 general election was similar to what the UMNO had used during the federal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
