The Malayan Party (, MP) was a political party in

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

formed by former MCA

Malacca Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca ...

working comittee member, Tan Gee Gak.

History

The party was established by Tan Gee Gak on 24 October 1956 in

with the support of the Federation of Chinese Guilds and Associations and the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce (which Tan was president of).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp742–743 Its formation was a response to concerns over the Alliance Party's stance on the constitution being drafted, and the party was deliberately established on

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to represent its support for the

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. It also supported Malacca's status as a

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, which allowed Chinese greater rights than the Malay states. The party won seats in the

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and 1958 local elections in Malacca. Although it failed to win a seat in the 1959 state elections, in the 1959 general elections it won one seat in Parliament, Tan winning in Malacca City. However, the party disbanded in March 1964 when Tan rejoined the

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (Abbreviation, abbrev: MCA; Malay language, Malay: ''Persatuan Cina Malaysia''), formerly known as the Malayan Chinese Association, is an ethnic List of political parties in Malaysia, political party in Malaysi ...

(MCA), the party he had left to form the MP.

List of party leaders

General election results

References

{{Malaysian political parties Defunct political parties in Malaysia 1956 establishments in Malaya Political parties established in 1956 1964 disestablishments in Malaysia Political parties disestablished in 1964