The Sabah Chinese Association (, SCA) was a Chinese political party in the North Borneo and the Sabah state of Malaysia.
History The party was established in October 1962 as the Borneo Utara National Party, a merger of the United Party and the Democratic Party after encouragement from the Malayan Chinese Association.R.S. Milne & K.J. Ratnam (2014) Malaysia: New States in a New Nation, Routledge, p138Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p771 Both parties had been founded earlier in the year; the United Party by Khoo Siak Chew in Sandakan and the Democratic Party by Peter Chin in Jesselton. It was later renamed the Sabah National Party, before becoming the Sabah Chinese Association in 1965 when it merged with a non-political organisation by the same name.
SCA's Peter Lo Sui Yin was the second Chief Minister of Sabah from 1965 to 1967.Eintrag auf www.worldstatesmen.org; Retrieved on 12 June 2012Malaysia: Who’s Who Constitution Government & Politics, Edition 2011, p1129, Kusuya Management Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur 2011,
Following the merger, the new party contested the local elections in an alliance with the United Sabah National Organisation and the United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation. It won five seats in the 1967 Sabah state election,Milne & Ratnam, p212 and three seats in the 1969 Malaysian general election, and retained all three in the 1974 Malaysian general election, in which it was part of the Barisan Nasional. However, it failed to win a seat in the 1976 Sabah state election, defeated by the Sabah People's United Front in every seat it contested;Regina Lim (2008) Federal-state Relations in Sabah, Malaysia: The Berjaya Administration, 1976-85, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p105 following the defeat, it was later dissolved.Malaysia's Who's who, Volume 1, 2007, p230
Government offices State governments Sabah (1963–1964, 1965–1967, 1967–1976)
Note: bold as Chief Minister, italic as junior partner
Election results General elections ElectionLeaderVotes%SeatsStatus1964Peter Lo Sui YinAppointed byLegislative Assembly1969Peter Lo Sui Yin24,6991.031974Peter Lo Sui Yin
State elections ElectionSeats1967 Sabah1971 SabahEntirely won on walkover, no vote was conducted.1976 Sabah
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