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Crawford Single Member Constituency
Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency. Member of Parliament *Kenneth Michael Byrne Kenneth Michael Byrne (13 May 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a Singaporean politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as Minister for Health between 1961 and 1963, Minister for Labour between 1959 and 1961 and Minister for Law between 1959 and 1963. ... (1959 - 1963) * S.T. Bani (1963 - 1966) * Sellappa Ramaswamy (1966 - 1968) * Low Yong Nguan (1968 - 1972) * Ang Kok Peng (1972 - 1976) Elections Elections in 1950s Elections in 1960s References Singaporean electoral divisions {{Singapore-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochore Constituency
Rochore Constituency was a Constituencies of Singapore, constituency in Singapore that existed from 1951 until 1988. The constituency was represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore, Legislative Council from 1951 until 1955, in the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1965, and in Parliament of Singapore, Parliament from 1965 until 1988. It elected one member of Parliament. The constituency was formed in 1951 by merging parts of the Municipal North–East Constituency and the Municipal South-West Constituency. The first election was won by Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj of the Labour Party (Singapore), Labour Party. In 1955, parts of the constituency were carved out to form Cairnhill Constituency, Cairnhill, Kampong Kapor Constituency, Kampong Kapor and Stamford Constituency, Stamford constituencies. The constituency was won by Tan Theng Chiang of the Labour Front. In 1959, parts of the constituency were separated to form Crawford Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Michael Byrne
Kenneth Michael Byrne (13 May 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a Singaporean politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as Minister for Health between 1961 and 1963, Minister for Labour between 1959 and 1961 and Minister for Law between 1959 and 1963. Early life and education Byrne was born in Singapore on 13 May 1913. His parents, John and Lizzy Byrne, were both born in Singapore and he was the second child. He attended St Xavier's School in Penang where his father was working then and returned to Singapore with his family at the end of 1926. He continued his education at St. Joseph's Institution and Raffles Institution before enrolling into Raffles College in 1933 and graduating in 1936 with a Diploma in Arts with Class One honours. Career Colonial Civil Service Byrne joined the service in 1938 and was assigned to the Colonial Administrative Service in 1946. Byrne was appointed as the magistrate of the Fourth Police Court to replace R. E. Turnbull in 1939. Byrne was called to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Yong Nguan
Low or LOW or lows, may refer to: People * Low (surname), listing people surnamed Low Places * Low, Quebec, Canada * Low, Utah, United States * Lo Wu station (MTR code LOW), Hong Kong; a rail station * Salzburg Airport (ICAO airport code: LOWS), Austria Music * Low (band), an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota Albums * ''Low'' (David Bowie album), 1977 * ''Low'' (Testament album), 1994 * ''Low'' (Low EP), 1994 Songs * "Low" (Cracker song), 1993 * "Low" (Flo Rida song), 2007 * "Low" (Foo Fighters song), 2002 * "Low" (Juicy J song), 2014 * "Low" (Kelly Clarkson song), 2003 * "Low" (Lenny Kravitz song), 2018 * "Low" (Sara Evans song), 2008 * "Low", by Camp Mulla * "Low", by Coldplay from '' X&Y'' * "Low", by Inna from the self-titled album * "Low", by Marianas Trench from ''Fix Me'' * "Low", by R.E.M. from '' Out of Time'' * "Low", by Silverchair from ''Young Modern'' * "Low", by Sleeping with Sirens from ''Feel'' * "Low", by Tech N9ne from '' K.O.D.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on 30 May 1959. They were held under the new constitution and were the first in which all 51 seats in the Legislative Assembly were filled by election. This was the first election victory for the People's Action Party (PAP), as they won a landslide victory with 43 seats, and the party has remained in power ever since these elections. Background Political developments David Marshall, the politician who led the ruling Labour Front after winning the previous general election in 1955, was vocally anti-British and anti-colonialist, and the British found it difficult to come to an agreement or a compromise about a plan for self-government; Marshall resigned from the party a year later, pledging that he would either achieve self-government or to resign. In his place, Lim Yew Hock pursued an aggressive anti-communist campaign and manage to convince the British to make a definite plan for self-government. By the time of the 1959 elections th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on 21 September 1963. The elections saw the Malaysian ruling party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), backed with Singapore Alliance Party (SAP) in an attempt to oust the People's Action Party (PAP), after violating previous agreement not to do so and a highlight in the relations between UMNO and the PAP. However, the result was a victory for the PAP, which won 37 of the 51 seats in the Singapore Legislative Assembly. The 1963 election was the only election to date with no boundary changes to any of the 51 existing constituencies. As Singapore would gain independence in 1965, this election was the only election that was held as a state of Malaysia. After independence, the elected members of the Legislative Assembly would then become Members of the inaugural Parliament of Singapore. The elections would be the last until 2015 in which all seats were contested. Background Although the People's Action Party (PAP) had won 43 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |