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05-04-2015, 08:40 PM
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The Workers' Party is new? Give them a chance to learn? Did you know WP won the Anson by election in 1961 that almost destroyed the PAP? Lucky for Singapore and Singaporeans, they didn't succeed. MAJULAH SINGAPURA. MAJULAH PAP.
[1]The Anson by-election was held to fill the Legislative Assembly seat left vacant by the death of People’s Action Party (PAP) assemblyman Baharuddin bin Ariff.
Nomination day was set for 10 June 1961 with polling to take place on 15 July. Five candidates – Chee Phui Hung (Singapore Alliance), K. M. Ibrahim (Singapore Congress), Ismail Haji Hussain (Liberal Socialist Party), Mahmud Awang (PAP) and David Marshall (Workers’ Party) – vied for the seat.
The by-election saw a split within the PAP as left-wing pro-communist members withdrew their support for the PAP candidate and backed Marshall, chairman of the Workers' Party, instead. Marshall secured 3,598 votes to win by a narrow margin against M. Awang, who polled 3,052 votes.This was the PAP’s second by-election defeat in less than three months, after having lost in the Hong Lim by-election held earlier on 29 April.
After the by-election, 13 PAP assemblymen defected and joined the opposition to form a new party on the extreme left of the political spectrum, the Barisan Sosialis.
Thus in the course of three months, the (Singapore) Government had its voting strength reduced from 43 seats to a bare majority of 27 in the 51-member Assembly.
In 1988 Barisan Sosialis merged into The Workers Party.
[1] http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/…/e912c...f71-ac8b-7887… (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/…/e912c9b0-5b34-4f71-ac8b-7887…)
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The Workers' Party is new? Give them a chance to learn? Did you know WP won the Anson by election in 1961 that almost destroyed the PAP? Lucky for Singapore and Singaporeans, they didn't succeed. MAJULAH SINGAPURA. MAJULAH PAP.
[1]The Anson by-election was held to fill the Legislative Assembly seat left vacant by the death of People’s Action Party (PAP) assemblyman Baharuddin bin Ariff.
Nomination day was set for 10 June 1961 with polling to take place on 15 July. Five candidates – Chee Phui Hung (Singapore Alliance), K. M. Ibrahim (Singapore Congress), Ismail Haji Hussain (Liberal Socialist Party), Mahmud Awang (PAP) and David Marshall (Workers’ Party) – vied for the seat.
The by-election saw a split within the PAP as left-wing pro-communist members withdrew their support for the PAP candidate and backed Marshall, chairman of the Workers' Party, instead. Marshall secured 3,598 votes to win by a narrow margin against M. Awang, who polled 3,052 votes.This was the PAP’s second by-election defeat in less than three months, after having lost in the Hong Lim by-election held earlier on 29 April.
After the by-election, 13 PAP assemblymen defected and joined the opposition to form a new party on the extreme left of the political spectrum, the Barisan Sosialis.
Thus in the course of three months, the (Singapore) Government had its voting strength reduced from 43 seats to a bare majority of 27 in the 51-member Assembly.
In 1988 Barisan Sosialis merged into The Workers Party.
[1] http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/…/e912c...f71-ac8b-7887… (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/…/e912c9b0-5b34-4f71-ac8b-7887…)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?204279-WP-is-new-Give-them-chance-to-learn-Did-u-know-WP-is-almost-as-old-as-PAP&goto=newpost).