Jufrie Mahmood
Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood | |
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محمد جفرياي بن مهمود | |
4th Chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party | |
In office 2011–2013 | |
Preceded by | Gandhi Ambalam |
Succeeded by | Jeffrey George |
Personal details | |
Born | Colony of Singapore | February 4, 1950
Political party | Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) |
Other political affiliations | Worker's Party (WP) |
Spouse | 1 |
Children |
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Residence | Singapore |
Profession | politics |
Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood (
Political career
At the 1984 general election, Jufrie stood as a candidate for the Workers' Party in the constituency of Kampong Kembangan. He was defeated by Yatiman Yusof of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) by 8,210 votes (44.3%) to 10,326 (55.7%).
At the 1988 general election, Jufrie stood as a candidate for the SDP in the Aljuined GRC. Jufrie and fellow SDP members Ashleigh Seow and Neo Choon Aik were defeated by the PAP's team by 26,375 votes (43.7%) to 34,020 (56.3%).
At the 1991 general election, Jufrie stood as a candidate for the Workers' Party in the
At the 1997 general election, Jufrie stood as a candidate for the SDP in the Jalan Besar GRC. He and his fellow SDP members David Chew, Gandhi Ambalam and Low Yong Nguan were defeated by the PAP's team by 21,537 votes (32.4%) to 44,840 (67.6%).
Jufrie was among a group of SDP members charged with participating in an unlawful political assembly on the driveway leading to Parliament House in 2008. He was fined after being found guilty of this offence.[2]
Jufrie was elected the party chairman of the SDP in 2011 and served in this role until 2013.
Personal life
Jufrie had a least one daughter and two sons.[3]
References
- ^ Singapore Election Candidates (M) Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, singapore-elections.com, retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ Judge dismisses appeals by SDP members and supporters Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, Channel News Asia, 23 February 2011.
- ^ "The Singapore that we aspire to build - Perspective - Perspective - Welcome to the Singapore Democrats". yoursdp.org. Retrieved 2018-05-28.