Members of the Federal Legislative Council (1955–1959)

Members of the Federal Legislative Council (1955–59)	(1955)
1st Parliament Members of the Dewan Rakyat	(1959)
2nd Parliament Members of the Dewan Rakyat	(1964)

In 1955, a general election was held for the first time. 52 seats were contested, with the majority party earning the right to appoint seven more.^[1] In the election, the Alliance Party contested all 52 seats and won 51, while the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party won the remaining seat. Following the elections, Raja Uda Raja Muhammad was elected as the Speaker of the Council, similar to the present Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat.

This is a list of the members of the Federal Legislative Council, elected in 1955.

Composition[]

State	# of Seats	UMNO Seats	MCA Seats	MIC Seats	PMIP Seats	Lab Seats	Negara Seats	PPP Seats	NAP Seats	PML Seats	IND Seats
Perlis	1	1
Kedah	6	4	2
Kelantan	5	5
Trengganu	3	3
Penang-Province Wellesley	4	2	2
Perak	10	5	3	1	1
Pahang	3	3
Selangor	7	4	3
Negri Sembilan	3	2	1
Malacca	2	1	1
Johore	8	4	3	1
Seats won	52	34	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seats contested	129	35	15	2	11	4	30	2	9	3	18

Elected members by state[]

Perlis[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 1
	Perlis		Alliance (UMNO)

Kedah[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 6
	Alor Star		Alliance (MCA)
	Kedah Selatan		Alliance (MCA)
	Kedah Tengah	Khir Johari	Alliance (UMNO)
	Kedah Utara	Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabudin	Alliance (UMNO)
	Kota Star		Alliance (UMNO)
	Sungei Muda	Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	Alliance (UMNO)

Kelantan[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 5
	Kelantan Selatan		Alliance (UMNO)
	Kelantan Tengah	Abdul Hamid Mahmud	Alliance (UMNO)
	Kelantan Timor		Alliance (UMNO)
	Kelantan Utara		Alliance (UMNO)
	Pasir Mas		Alliance (UMNO)

Trengganu[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 3
	Trengganu Selatan		Alliance (UMNO)
	Trengganu Tengah		Alliance (UMNO)
	Trengganu Utara		Alliance (UMNO)

Penang-Province Wellesley[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 4
	George Town		Alliance (MCA)
			Alliance (UMNO)
	Wellesley North		Alliance (UMNO)
	Wellesley South		Alliance (MCA)

Perak[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 9 | PMIP 1
	Batang Padang		Alliance (UMNO)
			Alliance (UMNO)
	Ipoh-Menglembu	D. R. Seenivasagam from 23 November 1957	PPP
		Leong Yew Koh until 1957	Alliance (MCA)
	Kinta Selatan		Alliance (MCA)
	Kinta Utara	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance (MIC)
		Ahmad Tuan Hussain	PMIP
	Larut-Matang		Alliance (MCA)
			Alliance (UMNO)
		from 26 October 1957	Alliance (UMNO)
		until 1957	Alliance (UMNO)
	Telok Anson		Alliance (UMNO)

Pahang[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 3
	Pahang Timor		Alliance (UMNO)
	Semantan	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
	Ulu Pahang		Alliance (UMNO)

Selangor[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 7
	Kuala Lumpur Barat	Omar Ong Yoke Lin	Alliance (MCA)
	Kuala Lumpur Timor		Alliance (MCA)
	Kuala Selangor		Alliance (UMNO)
	Langat		Alliance (UMNO)
	Selangor Barat	Aziz Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
	Selangor Tengah		Alliance (MCA)
	Ulu Selangor	Che Halimahton Abdul Majid	Alliance (UMNO)

Negri Sembilan[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 3
	Negri Sembilan Selatan		Alliance (UMNO)
	Negri Sembilan Utara		Alliance (UMNO)
	Seremban		Alliance (MCA)

Malacca[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 2
	Malacca Central	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance (MCA)
	Malacca Luar	Abdul Ghafar Baba	Alliance (UMNO)

Johore[]

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 8
	Batu Pahat	Syed Esa Alwee from 14 December 1957	Alliance (UMNO)
		until 1957	Alliance (MIC)
	Johore Bahru	Suleiman Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
			Alliance (MCA)
			Alliance (MCA)
	Johore Timor	Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	Muar Selatan		Alliance (MCA)
	Muar Utara	Hassan Yunus	Alliance (UMNO)
	Segamat	Sardon Jubir	Alliance (UMNO)

Appointed and nominated members[]

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Member	Party (Coalition)
Quota: 46
Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (Speaker)
(Chief Secretary)
(Attorney-General)
(Financial Secretary)
(Minister for Economic Affairs)
(Secretary for Defence)
Henry Lee Hau Shik (Kuala Lumpur Nominated)	Alliance (MCA)
(Nominated)	Alliance (MCA)
Onn Jaafar
(temporary)
(temporary)
(temporary)
Mohamad Noah Omar (temporary)
(temporary)
K. Mohd Ariff
(temporary)
Abdul Razak Hussein
(temporary)
(temporary)
Jules Martin

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