Workers' Party of Singapore
Overview
Centre-left
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opposition
Opposition (politics)
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political party
Political party
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in Singapore
Singapore
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. The party currently has six elected seats in Parliament
Parliament of Singapore
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, with the party's Secretary-General
Secretary-General
-International intergovernmental organizations:-International nongovernmental organizations:-Sports governing bodies:...
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang
Low Thia Khiang is a politician and businessman from Singapore. He is currently the leader of the opposition Workers' Party, and since 1991 has been a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Hougang until 2011 where he contested and won in Aljunied GRC. He is in charge of the Bedok...
, Chairman
Party Chair
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Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao
Chen Show Mao
Chen Show Mao, J.D. is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, and has been a Member of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011. He represents the Paya Lebar ward, replacing PAP's Cynthia Phua.-Personal...
, Muhamad Faisal Manap
Muhamad Faisal Manap
Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap is a Singaporean Malay politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore who has been serving as a Member of Parliament in Singapore since May 2011...
and Pritam Singh serving as Members of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
Aljunied Group Representation Constituency
Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The GRC consists of a large part of Hougang, Serangoon Gardens, a portion of Bedok and Aljunied...
, and Yaw Shin Leong
Yaw Shin Leong
Yaw Shin Leong is currently the Treasurer of The Workers' Party of Singapore, and a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Hougang after the 2011 Singapore General Elections.-Personal profile:...
serving as the Member of Parliament for Hougang
Hougang Single Member Constituency
Hougang Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency whose borders roughly enclose the town of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The boundary includes a portion of Hougang and is an opposition held seat with its Member of Parliament the Workers' Party's Yaw...
.
The Workers' Party was founded by Singapore's former Chief Minister
Chief Minister of Singapore
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, David Marshall
David Saul Marshall
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, in 1957. In 1981, the party's then-leader J.B. Jeyaretnam
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was a politician and lawyer from Singapore. He was the leader of the Workers' Party from 1971 to 2001...
became the first opposition MP to be elected to Parliament since Singapore's independence in 1965, when he defeated the candidate of the governing People's Action Party
People's Action Party
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(PAP) at a by-election
By-election
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in the constituency of Anson.
