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Sungei Perak Hilir (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

federal constituency in Malaya, 1955–1959

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ114634968 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sungei Perak Hilir was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sungei Perak Hilir (Federal Legislative Council constituency)” as federal constituency in Malaya, 1955–1959. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sungei, Perak and Hilir.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955, 1959—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sungei, Perak and Hilir providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q114634968. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955 and 1959.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sungei Perak Hilir (Federal Legislative Council constituency)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.