Datuk Fatimah binti Abdul Majid was one of the founders of the establishment and fight another UMNO since 1946. She and other members of the campaign day and night in the interior of a bike ride, boat and on foot to meet people to find support and influence.
In 1959 she won Plentong by-election and was elected as the first woman to be a member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly. Malaysia's 1964 general election she won and became the first woman elected to the Johor state of Malaysia Parliament. The next she was winning until the 1978 Malaysian general election.
She founded and established the Territorial Army Women's team in 1964. While the country is facing tough scenario the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
On 27 November 2008 she was awarded the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) which carries the title Datuk by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin at Istana Negara. She died on 12 April 2013 at the National Heart Institute (IJN) due to old age.
Honours Honours of Malaysia
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2008)
Election results + Johor State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1959Plentong (UMNO)12,60067.47% (SF)5,343NANA2,320NA
+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1964P100 Johore Bahru Timor, JohorFatimah Abdul Majid (UMNO)6,90130.68% (SF)4,80528.61%18,6767,25778.46%Mohamed Noor Jettey (PAP)7333.92%1969P094 Batu Pahat Dalam, JohorFatimah Abdul Majid (UMNO)15,979 75.94% (GERAKAN)5,06224.06%21,04110,91770.19%1974P110 Semerah, JohorFatimah Abdul Majid (UMNO)16,03078.56% (Independent)4,37421.44%20,40411,65670.50%
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