The Sabah Chinese Association ( ms, Persatuan Cina Sabah, SCA) was a

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

political party in the North Borneo and the

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...

state of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

History

The party was established in October 1962 as Borneo Utara National Party, a merger of the United Party and the Democratic Party after encouragement from the

Malayan Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

.R.S. Milne & K.J. Ratnam (2014) ''Malaysia: New States in a New Nation'', Routledge, p138Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p771 Both parties had been founded earlier in the year; the United Party by Khoo Siak Chew in

Sandakan Sandakan (, Jawi: , ) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of ...

and the Democratic Party by Peter Chin in Jesselton. It was later renamed the

Sabah National Party The Sabah Chinese Association ( ms, Persatuan Cina Sabah, SCA) was a Malaysian Chinese, Chinese political party in the Crown Colony of North Borneo, North Borneo and the Sabah state of Malaysia. History The party was established in October 1962 a ...

, before becoming the Sabah Chinese Association in 1965 when it merged with a non-political organisation by the same name. SCA's

Peter Lo Sui Yin Tan Sri Datuk Peter Lo Su Yin (; 19 May 1923 – 1 January 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Sabah from January 1965 to May 1967. He was a member of the Sabah Chinese Association (SCA). ''Malaysia: Who� ...

was the second

Chief Minister of Sabah The Ketua Menteri Sabah or Chief Minister of Sabah is the head of government of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Since September 2020, the position has been held by Hajiji Noor from the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Perikatan Na ...

from 1965 to 1967.''Malaysia: Who’s Who Constitution Government & Politics'', Edition 2011, p1129, Kusuya Management Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur 2011, Following the merger, the new party contested the local elections in an alliance with the

United Sabah National Organisation The United Sabah National Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu; abbrev: USNO) was a political party in North Borneo and later Sabah, Malaysia. The widely known Sabah's Muslim indigenous especially Suluk- Bajau ethnic based ...

and the

United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation The United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Kadazan Bersatu; abbrev: UPKO) was a Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) based political party in North Borneo and later Sabah at the time it became a state of Malaysia in the 1960s. ...

. It won five seats in the 1967 state elections, and three seats in the 1969 general elections, and retained all three in the 1974 general elections, in which it was part of the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

. However, it failed to win a seat in the 1976 state elections, defeated by the

Sabah People's United Front Sabah People's United Front or in Malay ''Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah'' is more commonly known by its abbreviation BERJAYA, was a political party based in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. BERJAYA was formed by former United Sabah National Or ...

in every seat it contested;Regina Lim (2008) ''Federal-state Relations in Sabah, Malaysia: The Berjaya Administration, 1976-85'', Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p105 following the defeat, it was dissolved.

General election results

State election results

References

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