muslim league formed government in nwfp after the elections of 1937.
muslim league formed government in nwfp after the elections of 1937.
which party formed government in nwfp after the elections of 1937?
muslim league
the 1st nwfp legislative council was established in 1932 and abdul qayyum was appointed the first and sole minister of transferred departments. as a consequence of the government of india act, 1935, the nwfp status was upgraded to a governors' province, hence requiring a separate legislative assembly. following the first elections in nwfp in 1937, no single political party was able to gain a majority. sahibzada abdul qayyum became the first chief minister of the khyber-pakhtunkhwa on 1 april 1937. however, this government could not last more than 6 months. owing to indian national congress conspiracies, a vote of no-confidence was passed against him in september 1937. he was replaced by the congress ministry headed by dr khan sahib.
sahibzada abdul qayyum
cowper was elected in the first free elections for the new south wales legislative assembly held in march 1856, and fought unsuccessfully with stuart donaldson to form government. when donaldson's government faltered a little over two months after it was formed, cowper formed government on the first occasion, but he also lost the confidence of the assembly a few months later. cowper formed government on the second occasion between 1857 and 1859; but it also lost the confidence of the assembly. on the third occasion, cowper formed government following the decision by the leader of the government, john robertson, to step aside and focus on land reform, however cowper then lost confidence to james martin. cowper retained government on the fourth occasion by defeating martin at the 1864–65 general election. following the resignation of his colleague, robertson, who lost the confidence of the assembly, cowper became premier on the fifth and final occasion in 1870.
cowper ministry (1870)