Datuk Haji Ismail bin Idris

Datuk Haji Ismail bin Idris (1920 - 1986)
http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Idris

Birth: 1920, Balik Pulau, Penang
Education: Penang Free School, Senior Cambridge
School activities: hockey, football
Government Service: Hospital Assistant (HA), General Hospital Penang

Political involvement: Involved with UMNO since 1948
MP UMNO Penang Selatan, Penang
Ketua Pemuda UMNO Cawangan Dhoby Ghat, Penang 1948
Ketua Pemuda UMNO Penang mid-1950s
1959 Dewan Rakyat
1962 Naib Ketua UMNO Penang
1964 Dewan Rakyat
1964 Represented Malaysia to the Commonwealth Conference of Parlimentarians, London

Activities involved/seen:
1963 Formation of Malaysia
1962-1966 Confrontation (Malaysia-Indonesia)
Brought problems of the rural farmers & fishermen of Penang (Balik Pulau, Bayan Lepas and Teluk Kumbar) to Parliament
1969 Lost the elections and left
Entered into business and continued to support UMNO
1973 Setiausaha Perhubungan UMNO Penang
1974 Ketua UMNO Balik Pulau
1976 Pengerusi Persatuan Pemborong Binaan Bumiputra Penang
1976 Timbalan Ketua UMNO Perhubungan Negeri Penang
1975 Recipient of Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negeri (DMPN) --> "Datuk" from Yang Dipertua Negeri Penang, Tun Sardon Haji Jubir
1980 Retired from politics
1986 Died of myocardial infarction (MI) (serangan sakit jantung)

Wife: Datin Hajjah Marfu'ah bte Abdul Rashid
Children: 6 (Mariam, Azlan, etc)

List of Malaysian Parliament Members 1959
http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarai_ahli_parlimen_Malaysia_1959