Labour Front

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Labour Front was a left-leaning political party in Singapore in the 1950s that briefly governed the colony under Chief Minister David Marshall before declining and being succeeded in prominence by the People’s Action Party.

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Labour Front canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
activePeriod 1950s ⓘ
associatedWith trade unions in Singapore ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
declineReason electoral defeat ⓘ
internal divisions ⓘ
labour unrest ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1960 ⓘ
electoralOutcome1959 lost majority to People’s Action Party ⓘ
formedGovernmentType coalition government ⓘ
formedGovernmentWith Singapore Alliance ⓘ
foundedIn 1954 ⓘ
founder David Marshall ⓘ
governedEntity Colony of Singapore ⓘ
governingPeriodEnd 1959 ⓘ
governingPeriodStart 1955 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringRule David Marshall ⓘ
Lim Yew Hock ⓘ
heldOfficeOf Chief Minister of Singapore ⓘ
historicalRole early self-government movement in Singapore ⓘ
ideology centre-left politics ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
keyFigure Chan Chiaw Thor ⓘ
David Marshall ⓘ
Francis Thomas ⓘ
Lim Yew Hock ⓘ
languageOfPolitics Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
leader David Marshall ⓘ
legislature Legislative Assembly of Singapore ⓘ
negotiatedWith British colonial authorities ⓘ
notableEvent formation of first elected government of Singapore in 1955 ⓘ
opposedBy People’s Action Party ⓘ
participatedInElection 1955 Singapore general election ⓘ
politicalPosition left-leaning ⓘ
politicalSystemContext British colonial rule in Singapore ⓘ
positionOnColonialStatus negotiated for greater autonomy from Britain ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
representedConstituenciesIn Legislative Assembly of Singapore ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
succeededInProminenceBy People’s Action Party ⓘ
successorOrganization Singapore People’s Alliance ⓘ
supportedPolicy self-government for Singapore ⓘ
wonElection 1955 Singapore general election ⓘ

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David Marshall → memberOf → Labour Front ⓘ