Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam

Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (born 1926; more commonly known as J.B. Jeyaretnam) was Singapore's first ever opposition party candidate to become Member of Parliament (MP) in its 16 years of independence.

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A Tamil Christian, Jeyaretnam was the leader of the Workers' Party of Singapore, challenging the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), which had effectively ruled Singapore as a one-party state.

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Representing the Workers' Party, Jeyaretnam defeated the People's Action Party's Pang Kim Him in the 1981 Anson by-election with 51.9% to 47.1% of the vote to become Singapore's first opposition MP. He was again re-elected to the same seat in 1984 as one of only two opposition politicians to win in that election.

 

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