Cabinet Name: | First David Marshall Cabinet |
Jurisdiction: | Singapore |
Cabinet Number: | 1st |
Flag: | Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 6 April 1955 |
Date Dissolved: | 7 June 1956 |
Government Head: | David Marshall |
State Head: | John Nicoll William Goode Robert Black |
Current Number: | 9 |
Total Number: | 9 |
Political Party: | Labour Front United Malay National Organisation Malayan Chinese Association |
Legislature Status: | Minority |
Opposition Party: | Malay Union People's Action Party |
Opposition Leader: | Lee Kuan Yew |
Election: | 1955 |
Previous: | First Cabinet of Singapore |
Successor: | I Lim Yew Hock |
The Labour Front won the most seats in the 1955 Singaporean general election. The leader of the Labour Front, David Saul Marshall negotiated with other parties to form a coalition government.
After spent three days of discussion, a minority coalition government of LF-UMNO-MCA was formed.
Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Term start | Term end | ||
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Chief Minister Minister of Commerce and Industry | David Marshall | bgcolor=Brown | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing | Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat | bgcolor=Red | United Malay National Organisation | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry | J.M. Jumabhoy | bgcolor=Brown | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Chief Secretary | William Allmond Codrington Goode | bgcolor=grey | Independent | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | |
Attorney-General | E.J. Davies | bgcolor=grey | Independent | 6 April 1955 | 5 September 1955 | |
Charles Harris Butterfield | bgcolor=grey | Independent | 6 September 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Minister of Health | Armand Joseph Braga | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Minister for Communications and Works | Francis Thomas | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Minister for Labour and Welfare | Lim Yew Hock | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Minister for Education | Chew Swee Kee | Labour Front | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
Financial Secretary | T.M. Hart | Independent | 6 April 1955 | 7 June 1956 | ||
The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons