Malayan Party
Parti Malaya | |
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| Abbreviation | MP |
| Chairman | Tan Gee Gak |
| Founder | Tan Gee Gak |
| Founded | 24 October 1956[1] |
| Dissolved | 4 March 1964 |
| Split from | Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Headquarters | Melaka, Malaysia |
| Ideology | Colonialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Black |
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The Malayan Party (Malay: Parti Malaya, MP) was a political party in Malaysia formed by former MCA Malacca working comittee member, Tan Gee Gak.
History
[edit]The party was established by Tan Gee Gak on 24 October 1956 in Malacca with the support of the Federation of Chinese Guilds and Associations and the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce (which Tan was president of).[2] Its formation was a response to concerns over the Alliance Party's stance on the constitution being drafted, and the party was deliberately established on United Nations Day to represent its support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[2] It also supported Malacca's status as a crown colony, which allowed Chinese greater rights than the Malay states.[2]
The party won seats in the 1956,[3] 1957 and 1958 local elections in Malacca. Although it failed to win a seat in the 1959 state elections,[4] in the 1959 general elections it won one seat in Parliament, Tan winning in Malacca City.[2] However, the party disbanded in March 1964 when Tan rejoined the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA),[2] the party he had left to form the MP.[5][6]
List of party leaders
[edit]| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tan Gee Gak | 24 October 1956 | 4 March 1964 |
General election results
[edit]| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1 / 104
|
13,404 | 0.87% |  1 seat; Opposition
|
Tan Gee Gak |
References
[edit]- ^ "Challenge to Alliance". The Straits Times. 1956-10-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ a b c d e Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp742–743
- ^ "ALLIANCE vs. NEW PARTY IN MALACCA". The Straits Times. 1956-10-29. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ Malayan Party is 'undeterred' The Straits Times, 26 May 1959
- ^ Kee Gak to rejoin MCA The Straits Times, 4 March 1964
- ^ "TANKEEGAK: WHY I AM REJOINING THE M.C.A." The Straits Times. 1964-03-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
