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 | |||
References[]
- ^ Tun Omar Yoke-Lin Ong - The Last Independence Fighter Archived 2010-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
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