Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 1st Malayan Parliament

1st Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
Jurisdiction	Federation of Malaya; (later Malaysia)
Meeting place	Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall
Term	11 September 1959 – 1 March 1964
Election	1959 general election
Government	Second Rahman cabinet
Website	www.parlimen.gov.my
Dewan Rakyat
Members	104 (until 2 November 1963); 159
Speaker	Mohamad Noah Omar
Secretary	C. A. Fredericks
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Leader of the Opposition	Burhanuddin al-Helmy
Party control	Alliance
Sovereign
Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Tuanku Abdul Rahman (until 1 April 1960); Tuanku Hisamuddin Alam Shah (until 1 September 1960); Tuanku Syed Putra
Sessions
1st
1st	11 September 1959 – 24 February 1960
2nd	19 April 1960 – 11 February 1961
3rd	19 April 1961 – 31 January 1962
4th	25 April 1962 – 13 March 1963
5th	22 May 1963 – 11 January 1964

This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the First Parliament of the Federation of Malaya (known as the Parliament of Malaysia after 2 November 1963), elected in 1959.^[1]

Composition

State	# of Seats	UMNO Seats	MCA Seats	MIC Seats	PMIP Seats	PPP Seats	Lab Seats	Ra'ayat Seats	Negara Seats	MP Seats	IND Seats
Perlis	2	2
Kedah	12	10	2
Kelantan	10	1			9
Trengganu	6	1			4				1
Penang	8	3	2				3
Perak	20	9	5	1		4					1
Pahang	6	5	1
Selangor	14	5	3	1			3	2
Negri Sembilan	6	3		1							2
Malacca	4	2	1							1
Johore	16	11	5
Seats won	104	52	19	3	13	4	6	2	1	1	3
Seats contested	259	70	31	3	58	19	38		9	2	29

Elected members by state

Shortcut: Perlis \| Kedah \| Kelantan \| Terengganu \| Pulau Pinang \| Perak \| Pahang \| Selangor \| Negeri Sembilan \| Melaka \| Johor

Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served the entire term of the parliament (from 11 September 1959 until 1 March 1964).

Perlis

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 2
P001	Perlis Utara	Othman Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)
P002	Perlis Selatan	Mokhtar Ismail	Alliance (UMNO)

Kedah

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 12
P003	Jitra-Padang Terap	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
P004	Kubang Pasu Barat	Azahari Ibrahim	Alliance (UMNO)
P005	Kota Star Utara	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	Alliance (UMNO)
P006	Alor Star	Lim Joo Kong	Alliance (MCA)
P007	Kuala Kedah	Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	Alliance (UMNO)
P008	Kota Star Selatan	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam	Alliance (UMNO)
P009	Kedah Tengah	Khir Johari from 30 September 1959	Alliance (UMNO)
P010	Jerai	Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof	Alliance (UMNO)
P011	Baling	Harun Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)
P012	Sungei Patani	Abdul Samad Osman	Alliance (UMNO)
P013	Kulim Utara	Hanafi Mohd Yunus	Alliance (UMNO)
P014	Kulim-Bandar Bahru	Tan Tye Chek	Alliance (MCA)

Kelantan

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
PMIP 9 \| Alliance 1
P015	Tumpat	Hassan Ahmad	PMIP
P016	Kelantan Hilir	Wan Mustapha Ali	PMIP
P017	Pasir Mas Hilir	Nik Man Nik Mohamed	PMIP
P018	Kota Bharu Hilir	Ahmad Abdullah	PMIP
P019	Bachok	Zulkiflee Muhammad	PMIP
P020	Kota Bharu Hulu	Hussain Rahimi Saman	PMIP
P021	Pasir Mas Hulu	Mohamed Hanifah Abdul Ghani	PMIP
P022	Pasir Puteh	Mohamad Asri Muda	PMIP
P023	Tanah Merah	Othman Abdullah	MIP
P024	Ulu Kelantan	Tengku Indra Petra Abdullah Ibrahim of Kelantan	Alliance (UMNO)

Trengganu

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
PMIP 4 \| Alliance 2
P025	Besut	Burhanuddin al-Helmy	PMIP
P026	Kuala Trengganu Utara	Hasan Adli Mohd Arshad	PMIP
P027	Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Ismail Kassim from 19 March 1962^{[N 1]}	Alliance (UMNO)
P027	Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Onn Jaafar until 19 January 1962	Parti Negara
P028	Dungun	Che Khadijah Mohd Sidik	PMIP
P029	Kemaman	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed	Alliance (UMNO)
P030	Trengganu Tengah	Harun Pilus	PMIP

Penang

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 5 \| Socialist Front 3
P031	Bagan	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance (MCA)
P032	Seberang Tengah	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
P033	Seberang Selatan	Veerappen Veerathan	Socialist Front (Lab)
P034	Penang Utara	Geh Chong Keat	Alliance (MCA)
P035	Penang Selatan	Ismail Idris	Alliance (UMNO)
P036	Tanjong	Tan Phock Kin	Socialist Front (Lab)
P037	Dato' Kramat	Lim Kean Siew	Socialist Front (Lab)
P038	Seberang Utara	Ahmad Saaid	Alliance (UMNO)

Perak

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 13 \| PPP 5 \| IND 2
P039	Ulu Perak	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	Alliance (UMNO)
P040	Krian Laut	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
P041	Krian Darat	Ahmad Yusof	Alliance (UMNO)
P042	Larut Utara	Tajudin Ali	Alliance (UMNO)
P043	Larut Selatan	Lim Swee Aun	Alliance (MCA)
P044	Bruas	Yeoh Tat Beng	IND
P045	Sitiawan	Yong Woo Ming	Alliance (MCA)
P046	Sungei Siput	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance (MIC)
P047	Kuala Kangsar	Abdullah Abdul Raof	Alliance (UMNO)
P048	Parit	Hussein Mohd Noordin	Alliance (UMNO)
P049	Ulu Kinta	Chan Swee Ho	PPP
P050	Ipoh	D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP
P051	Menglembu	S. P. Seenivasagam	PPP
P052	Batu Gajah	Khong Kok Yat	PPP
P053	Kampar	Chan Yoon Onn from 18 May 1960^{[N 2]}	PPP
P053	Kampar	Leong Kee Nyean until 31 March 1961	Alliance (MCA)
P054	Hilir Perak	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
P055	Telok Anson	Too Joon Hing from 30 May 1961^{[N 3]}	IND
P055	Telok Anson	Woo Saik Hong until 6 April 1961	Alliance (MCA)
P056	Bagan Datoh	Yahya Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
P057	Batang Padang	Abdul Hamid Khan	Alliance (UMNO)
P058	Tanjong Malim	Lee Seck Fun	Alliance (MCA)

Pahang

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 6
P059	Raub	Hussein Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
P060	Bentong	Chan Siang Sun	Alliance (MCA)
P061	Kuantan	Abdul Rahman Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
P062	Pekan	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
P063	Temerloh	Mohamed Yusof Mahmud	Alliance (UMNO)
P064	Lipis	Abdul Razak Hussin from 20 October 1962^{[N 4]}	Alliance (UMNO)
P064	Lipis	Mohamed Sulong Mohd. Ali until 24 August 1962	Alliance (UMNO)

Selangor

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 9 \| Socialist Front 5
P065	Kuala Selangor	Mohamed Dahari Mohd Ali	Alliance (UMNO)
P066	Batu	Ng Ann Teck	Socialist Front (Lab)
P067	Kapar	Hamzah Alang	Alliance (UMNO)
P068	Rawang	Liu Yoong Peng	Socialist Front (Lab)
P069	Langat	Zakaria Mohd Taib	Alliance (UMNO)
P070	Setapak	Ahmad Boestamam	Socialist Front (Ra'ayat)
P071	Bangsar	V. David	Socialist Front (Lab)
P072	Bukit Bintang	Cheah Theam Swee	Alliance (MCA)
P073	Damansara	Karam Singh Veriah	Socialist Front (Ra'ayat)
P074	Klang	V. Manickavasagam	Alliance (MIC)
P075	Kuala Langat	Abdul Aziz Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
P075	Kuala Langat	Abdul Aziz Ishak	NCP
P076	Sepang	Lee Siok Yew	Alliance (MCA)
P077	Sabak Bernam	Syed Hashim Syed Ajam	Alliance (UMNO)
P078	Ulu Selangor	Omar Ong Yoke Lin	Alliance (MCA)

Negri Sembilan

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 4 \| IND 2
P079	Kuala Pilah	Bahaman Samsudin	Alliance (UMNO)
P080	Seremban Timor	Chin See Yin	IND
P081	Rembau-Tampin	Redza Mohd Said	Alliance (UMNO)
P082	Port Dickson	T. Mahima Singh	Alliance (MIC)
P083	Jelebu-Jempol	Mohamed Ujang	Alliance (UMNO)
P084	Seremban Barat	Quek Kai Dong	IND

Malacca

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 3 \| MP 1
P085	Malacca Tengah	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance (MCA)
P086	Bandar Malacca	Tan Kee Gak	MP
P087	Malacca Utara	Abdul Ghani Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
P088	Malacca Selatan	Hassan Mansor	Alliance (UMNO)

Johore

No.	Federal Constituency	Member	Party
Alliance 16
P089	Muar Dalam	Abdul Aziz Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
P090	Segamat Selatan	Teoh Chze Chong	Alliance (MCA)
P091	Muar Pantai	Seah Teng Ngiab	Alliance (MCA)
P092	Muar Selatan	Awang Hassan from 28 December 1963^{[N 5]}	Alliance (UMNO)
P092	Muar Selatan	Suleiman Abdul Rahman until 6 November 1963	Alliance (UMNO)
P093	Batu Pahat	Kang Kok Seng	Alliance (MCA)
P094	Batu Pahat Dalam	Syed Esa Alwee (Deputy Speaker)	Alliance (UMNO)
P095	Kluang Utara	Lee San Choon	Alliance (MCA)
P096	Johore Tenggara	Syed Jaafar Albar	Alliance (UMNO)
P097	Pontian Utara	Sardon Jubir	Alliance (UMNO)
P098	Pontian Selatan	Zainon Munshi Sulaiman	Alliance (UMNO)
P099	Kluang Selatan	Chan Chong Wen	Alliance (MCA)
P100	Johore Bahru Timor	Mohamad Noah Omar (Speaker)	Alliance (UMNO)
P101	Johore Bahru Barat	Ahmad Mohamed Shah	Alliance (UMNO)
P102	Johore Timor	Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
P103	Segamat Utara	Abdullah Mohd Salleh	Alliance (UMNO)
P104	Muar Utara	Ahmad Arshad	Alliance (UMNO)

Appointed and nominated members by state

Unless noted otherwise, the MPs served from 2 November 1963 until 1 March 1964.

Singapore

Member	Party
15 seats
Abdul Rahim Ishak	PAP
Chia Thye Poh	Barisan Sosialis
Goh Keng Swee	PAP
Ho See Beng	PAP
Jek Yeun Thong	PAP
Kow Kee Seng	Barisan Sosialis
Lee Kuan Yew	PAP
Lim Huan Boon	Barisan Sosialis
Lim Kim San	PAP
Ong Pang Boon	PAP
Othman Wok	PAP
S. Rajaratnam from 18 December 1963	PAP
Toh Chin Chye	PAP
Wee Toon Boon	PAP
Yong Nyuk Lin	PAP

Sabah

Member	Party
16 seats
Aliuddin Harun
Amadeus Mathew Leong
Donald Aloysius Marmaduke Stephens	UNKO
Ganie Gilong	UNKO
Ganing Jangkat
Hong Teck Guan	SCA
Jhumah Salim
Mahali Matjakir
Mohamed Dara Langpad
Mohamed Dun Banir
Mohd. Arif Salleh
Ngui Ah Kui	SCA
Peter J. Mojuntin from 3 January 1964	UNKO
Peter Lo Sui Yin	SCA
Stanley Ho Ngun Khiu
Yeh Pao Tze	SCA

Sarawak

Member	Party
24 seats
Abang Ikhwan	PANAS
Abang Othman Abang Moasili	PANAS
Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	BARJASA
Ajibah Abol	BARJASA
Awang Daud Matusin	IND
Banyang Janting	PESAKA
Charles Linang	SUPP
Dagok Randen	PANAS
Edmund Langgu Saga	SNAP
Edwin Tangkun	SNAP
Francis Umpau Empam	PESAKA
Jinggut Attan	PESAKA
Jonathan Bangau Renang	PESAKA
Jugah Barieng	PESAKA
Kadam Kiai	SNAP
Ling Beng Siew	SCA
Muhammad Su'aut Muhd. Tahir
Sim Boon Liang	SUPP
Sng Chin Joo	SUPP
Song Thian Cheok	SUPP
Sandom Nyuak	PESAKA
Stephen Yong Kuet Tze	SUPP
Tan Tsak Yu	PANAS
Wan Abdul Rahman Tuanku Bujang	BARJASA

Notes

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