First David Marshall Cabinet
Appearance
First David Marshall Cabinet | |
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David Marshall | |
No. of ministers | 9 |
Total no. of members | 9 |
Member party | Labour Front United Malay National Organisation Malayan Chinese Association |
Status in legislature | Minority 12 / 32 |
Opposition party | Malay Union People's Action Party |
Opposition leader | Lee Kuan Yew |
History | |
Election | 1955 |
Predecessor | First Cabinet of Singapore |
Successor | I Lim Yew Hock |
The Labour Front won the most seats in the 1955 Singaporean general election. The leader of the Labour Front, David Saul Marshall negotiated with other parties to form a coalition government.
After spent three days of discussion, a minority coalition government of LF-UMNO-MCA was formed.
List of ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
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Chief Minister Minister of Commerce and Industry |
David Marshall | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing | Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat
|
United Malay National Organisation | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry | J.M. Jumabhoy | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Chief Secretary
|
William Allmond Codrington Goode
|
Independent | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Attorney-General | E.J. Davies | Independent | 6 April 1955 | 5 September 1955 | |
Charles Harris Butterfield | Independent | 6 September 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Minister of Health | Armand Joseph Braga
|
Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Minister for Communications and Works | Francis Thomas | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Minister for Labour and Welfare | Lim Yew Hock | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Minister for Education | Chew Swee Kee | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Financial Secretary
|
T.M. Hart
|
Independent | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 |
The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons
References
- ^ "Marshall Names His Men". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 April 1955. Retrieved 2 April 2022.