| Led by David Marshall, it first arised as a coalition of three parties, SMU and two short lived splinters of LP - Democratic Labour Party (3 November 1953) and Singapore Socialist Party (1 May 1954). SMU pulled out upon its integration into a single party. The ruling coalition of British-colony Singapore with UMNO and MCA from 1955 to 1959, it saw two Chief Ministers, Marshall and his successor Lim Yew Hock. Before the 1959 GE, Lim led majority of its members to abandon it and form SPA along with members of LSP and WP, but PAP was voted into power. Left to its general secretary Francis Thomas and other remnants, they opted to dissolve it as they felt its purpose had been fulfilled by PAP. |
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