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'''David S. Vethamuthu''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: வே. தேவிட்) (26 August 1932 – 10 July 2005) was a [[Malaysia]]n unionist and former opposition politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dapmalaysia.org/all-archive/English/2005/Sept05/lge/lge194.htm |title=Let Us Remember V. David! |publisher=Dapmalaysia.org |access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> He won a seat in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian parliament]] four times, representing the constituencies of [[Bangsar]], [[Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)|Dato' Kramat]], [[Damansara, Selangor|Damansara]] and [[Puchong]]. He was the youngest member of Malaysian parliament at the age of 26 before [[Batu (federal constituency)|Batu]] MP P. Prabakaran. While in parliament, he was known to be fearless and vocal in raising issues concerning the [[Malaysian Indian|Indian]] community in Malaysia. He later became the chairman of the [[World Tamil Association]] in 1984. He is famously known for making [[Labour Day]] a public holiday in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|author=2008 |url=http://www.malaysia-today.net/v-david-the-man-who-made-amay-daya-possible/ |title=V. David, the man who made ‘May Day’ possible |publisher=Malaysia Today |date=1 May 2008 |access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

===Trade unions===
David was a founding member and secretary of [[Selangor]] Factories Association in 1953. He was known as 'King David' among local and international trade union circles and served as MTUC secretary-general from 1976 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtuc.org.my/about-us/past-leadership/ |title=Past Leadership – Malaysian Trades Union Congress |publisher=Mtuc.org.my |date=6 May 2013 |access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> He was also the Transport Workers Union secretary-general from 1958 to 1995.

David was best known for setting up the Workers Institute of Technology (WIT) in [[Port Klang]] in the early 1970s, which provided education opportunities for thousands of workers' children over the years.

At the international level, he served as the executive board member of the International Transport Federation and the International Confederation of Free Trade Union, and represented Malaysian workers at numerous [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO) conferences in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]].

===Politics===
David was elected as [[Kuala Lumpur]] town councillor and became the Transport Workers Union's secretary in 1958. In 1959, he was elected [[Bangsar]] Member of Parliament under the ticket of the [[Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front]] as well as the state seat of Pantai, both in Selangor. However, in 1964, he lost his seat to [[Devan Nair]] of the [[People's Action Party]] although he kept his state seat.

In 1969, David returned to parliament by winning the [[Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)|Dato' Kramat]] seat in Penang and was re-elected to his Pantai state seat for the third time, both under the newly formed [[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia]]. When Gerakan joined the [[Barisan Nasional]] in 1973, David resigned to join the [[Malaysian Social Justice Party|Parti Keadilan Masyarakat Malaysia]]. In the 1974 general election, both his Dato' Kramat and Pantai seats were abolished in a re-delineation exercise. David turned to contest in the Jelutong parliament seat (also in Penang) against Rasiah Rajasingam, a former Gerakan colleague, but lost.

In 1978, as a candidate of the [[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|Democratic Action Party]] this time, David defeated [[Malaysian Indian Congress]] strongman, Deputy Minister [[S. Subramaniam]] for the [[Damansara, Selangor|Damansara]] parliament seat, but failed to retain his seat again in 1982 to [[Tan Koon Swan]] who later became [[Malaysian Chinese Association]] president. In 1986 and 1990, David was elected as [[Puchong]] Member of Parliament and, in 1995, stepped down due to health reasons.

David was arrested under the Emergency Ordinance in 1958. He was also arrested under [[Internal Security Act (Malaysia)|Internal Security Act]] in 1964, 1969, (after the 13 May race riots) and [[Operasi Lalang|1987]].

David became chairman of the World Tamil Association in 1984. He authored a book, Freedom that Never Came, chronicling his views on the post-independence period in Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite book|last=David|first=V.|url=http://103.5.180.193/kip/Record/unisza.0000062031|title=Freedom that never came V. David|publisher=Stephen Chin}}</ref>

==Death==
David died in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2005/07/12/praise-for-former-dap-strongman/ |title=Praise for former DAP strongman – Nation | The Star Online |publisher=Thestar.com.my |date=12 July 2005 |access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> He had served the workers for nearly 40 years from 1958 until he fell sick in 1995.

==Recognition==
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on the [[Selangor]] state government to name a road after veteran trade unionist, the late V. David, in appreciation of his lifelong struggle to fight for workers' rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cj.my/post/99340/mtuc-name-a-street-in-honour-of-v-david/ |title=Citizen Journalist Malaysia |publisher=CJMY |access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>

MTUC vice-president A. Balasubramaniam said there was already a precedent when Jalan 222 here was named after P. P. Narayanan, another noteworthy trade unionist. He said David deserved the honour because he served the workers for nearly 40 years from 1958 until he fell sick in 1995.

Cuepacs secretary-general Ahmad Shah Mohd Zin supported the proposal, saying union leaders should also be recognised "for their struggles and sacrifices in improving the lives of helpless workers."

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| rowspan=3|[[1959 Malaysian general election|1959]]
| rowspan=6|'''[[Bungsar (federal constituency)|Bungsar]], [[Selangor]]'''
| rowspan=3 style="background:#FAAFBA" |
| rowspan=3|'''V. David''' ([[Labour Party of Malaya|'''LPM''']])
| rowspan=3 align="right"|'''9,734'''
| rowspan=3|'''40.59%'''
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|Koh Pooi Kee ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|align="right" |6,821
|28.45%
| rowspan=3|24,177
| rowspan=3|2,913
| rowspan=3|68.01%
|-
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Lau Joo Kooi ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |5,036
|21.00%
|-
|{td bgcolor="#DAA520"}} |
|Ong Yeow Kay ([[People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|PPP]])
|align="right" |2,388
|9.96%
|-
| rowspan=3|[[1964 Malaysian general election|1964]]
| rowspan=3 style="background:#FAAFBA" |
| rowspan=3|V. David ([[Labour Party of Malaya|LPM]])
| rowspan=3 align="right"|12,686
| rowspan=3|33.24%
|{td bgcolor="#2F5BAA"}} |
|'''[[Devan Nair]]''' ([[People's Action Party|'''PAP''']])
|align="right" |'''13,494'''
|'''35.36%'''
| rowspan=3|39,453
| rowspan=3|808
| rowspan=3|67.72%
|-
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Koh Pooi Kee ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |9,761
|25.58%
|-
|{td bgcolor="#DAA520"}} |
|Chew Choo Soot ([[People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|PPP]])
|align="right" |2,219
|5.81%
|-
|[[1969 Malaysian general election|1969]]
|'''[[Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)|Dato' Kramat]], [[Pulau Pinang]]'''
|{td bgcolor="#FF0000"}} |
|'''V. David''' ([[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|'''Gerakan''']])
|align="right"|'''17,272'''
|'''75.40%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Lim Chong Hai ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |5,635
|24.60%
|23,955
|11,637
|77.14%
|-
| rowspan=3|[[1974 Malaysian general election|1974]]
| rowspan=3|'''[[Jelutong (federal constituency)|Jelutong]], [[Pulau Pinang]]'''
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PEKEMAS}} |
| rowspan=3|V. David ([[Malaysian Social Justice Party|PEKEMAS]])
| rowspan=3 align="right"|6,955
| rowspan=3|20.05%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''Rasiah Rajasingam''' ([[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|'''Gerakan''']])
|align="right" |'''16,112'''
|'''46.45%'''
| rowspan=3|35,560
| rowspan=3|5,960
| rowspan=3|79.74%
|-
|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
|Gooi Hock Seng @ Goi Hock Seng ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|DAP]])
|align="right" |10,152
|29.27%
|-
|{td bgcolor="#D00000"}} |
|Teh Eng Siang ([[Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia|PSRM]])
|align="right" |1,467
|4.23%
|-
| rowspan=3|[[1978 Malaysian general election|1978]]
| rowspan=5|'''[[Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)|Damansara]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]'''
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
| rowspan=3|'''V. David''' ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|'''DAP''']])
| rowspan=3 align="right"|'''21,461'''
| rowspan=3|'''47.43%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Subramaniam Sinniah]] ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right"|18,239
|40.31%
| rowspan=3|Unknown
| rowspan=3|3,222
| rowspan=3|Unknown
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |5,386
|11.90%
|-
|{{Party shading/PEKEMAS}} |
|Thinakaran Rajakannu ([[Malaysian Social Justice Party|PEKEMAS]])
|align="right" |161
|0.36%
|-
| rowspan=2|[[1982 Malaysian general election|1982]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
| rowspan=2|V. David ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|DAP]])
| rowspan=2 align="right"|20,137
| rowspan=2|34.53%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''[[Tan Koon Swan]]''' ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|'''MCA''']])
|align="right"|'''34,659'''
|'''59.43%'''
| rowspan=2|58,772
| rowspan=2|14,522
| rowspan=2|67.88%
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|Ramli Mohamed Yasin}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |3,527
|6.05%
|-
| rowspan=3|[[1986 Malaysian general election|1986]]
| rowspan=4|'''[[Puchong (federal constituency)|Puchong]], [[Selangor]]'''
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
| rowspan=3|'''V. David''' ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|'''DAP''']])
| rowspan=3 align="right"|'''35,145'''
| rowspan=3|'''58.72%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Lui Thai Heng ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |20,616
|34.45%
| rowspan=3|61,052
| rowspan=3|14,529
| rowspan=3|75.37%
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Asri Janang ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |2,409
|4.02%
|-
|{{Party shading/red}} |
|Yeoh Poh San ([[Social Democratic Party (Malaysia)|SDP]])
|align="right" |1,684
|2.81%
|-
|[[1990 Malaysian general election|1990]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
|'''V. David''' ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|'''DAP''']])
|align="right"|'''34,967'''
|'''51.69%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Tan Yee Kew]] ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |32,686
|48.31%
|68,684
|2,281
|69.57%
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/12/nation/20090712125534&sec=nation MTUC proposes road to be named after union leader], The Star, 12 July 2009.

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