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Singapore—City and State

Singapore—City and State Singapore Political Parties Elections of 1959 Part.y* PAP SPA Ind. LS UMNO CP MCA Candidates 61 39 Elected 43 Party2 PR LF PMIP SMU MIC KURA WP Candidates 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 Elected ’See e.g., PETIR, Official Organ of the People’s Action Party, Vol. 1, No. 10, Singapore, Oct. 1967. (PETIRis the Malay word for lightning. The PAPS emblem is a red flash of lightning within a blue circle.) ‘PAP, People’s Action Party; SPA, Singapore People’s Alliance (a combination of former Liberal Socialist, Labour Front and nondescript political pasonalities led by the previous Chief Minister, Lim Yew Hock) ; Ind., independent candidates (conservative); LS, Liberal Socialist Party, representing almost entirely Chinese business and banking interests (conservative); and including the remaining vestiges of the Progressive Party, a former pro-colonial, pro-British group ; UMNO, the United Malays National Organization branch i Singapore; n CP, Citizen’s Party (conservative), created a t the eve of the elections by a dissident minority group ; MCA, the Malayan Chinese Association branch in Singapore; PR, Party Ra’ayat, actually a cover for certain extreme left-wing elements; LF, what was left over after the creation of the SPA, led by Francis Thomas, one of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1959 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0004-9522
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1467-8497
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10.1111/j.1467-8497.1959.tb01193.x
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Singapore Political Parties Elections of 1959 Part.y* PAP SPA Ind. LS UMNO CP MCA Candidates 61 39 Elected 43 Party2 PR LF PMIP SMU MIC KURA WP Candidates 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 Elected ’See e.g., PETIR, Official Organ of the People’s Action Party, Vol. 1, No. 10, Singapore, Oct. 1967. (PETIRis the Malay word for lightning. The PAPS emblem is a red flash of lightning within a blue circle.) ‘PAP, People’s Action Party; SPA, Singapore People’s Alliance (a combination of former Liberal Socialist, Labour Front and nondescript political pasonalities led by the previous Chief Minister, Lim Yew Hock) ; Ind., independent candidates (conservative); LS, Liberal Socialist Party, representing almost entirely Chinese business and banking interests (conservative); and including the remaining vestiges of the Progressive Party, a former pro-colonial, pro-British group ; UMNO, the United Malays National Organization branch i Singapore; n CP, Citizen’s Party (conservative), created a t the eve of the elections by a dissident minority group ; MCA, the Malayan Chinese Association branch in Singapore; PR, Party Ra’ayat, actually a cover for certain extreme left-wing elements; LF, what was left over after the creation of the SPA, led by Francis Thomas, one of

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Published: Nov 1, 1959

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