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1st Parliament of Singapore

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1st Parliament of Singapore
3rd Legislative Assembly 2nd Parliament
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Composition at the start of the 1st Parliament of Singapore
Overview
Legislative bodyParliament of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
GovernmentPeople's Action Party
OppositionBarisan Sosialis
Parliament of Singapore
Members51
SpeakerArumugam Ponnu Rajah (until 1966)
Punch Coomaraswamy (from 1966)
Leader of the HouseToh Chin Chye
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Leader of the OppositionLim Huan Boon (until 1965)
Chia Thye Poh (1966)
Party controlPAP supermajority
Sessions
1st8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968

The 1st Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. It commenced its first and only session on 8 December 1965 and was dissolved on 8 February 1968.[1]

The members of the 1st Parliament had been elected in the 1963 general election to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore, which was renamed as the Parliament of Singapore following Singapore's independence in 1965. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speakers were A P Rajah and Punch Coomaraswamy.[2]

The Parliament had 12 changes throughout the term, the most for any Parliament to date as of 2024; 11 members from Barisan Sosialis, alongside Fong Kim Heng as the only PAP's MP, were vacated and precipitated a series of elections between 1966 and 1968.

Officeholders

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Composition

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Party Members
At start At dissolution
People's Action Party 38 49
Barisan Sosialis 13 2
Total 51 51
Government majority 12 23

Members

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This is the list of the members of the 1st Parliament of Singapore on 8 December 1965.

Constituency Member Party
Aljunied Suppiah Visva Lingam People's Action Party
Anson Perumal Govindaswamy People's Action Party
Bras Basah Ho See Beng People's Action Party
Bukit Merah Lim Huan Boon Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Panjang Ong Lian Teng Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Timah Lee Tee Tong Barisan Sosialis
Cairnhill Lim Kim San People's Action Party
Changi Sim Boon Woo People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang Chio Cheng Thun Barisan Sosialis
Crawford S. Thendayatha Bani Barisan Sosialis
Delta Chan Choy Siong People's Action Party
Farrer Park S. R. Dharmarajoo People's Action Party
Geylang East Ho Cheng Choon People's Action Party
Geylang Serai Rahmat bin Kenap People's Action Party
Geylang West Yong Nyuk Lin People's Action Party
Havelock Loh Miaw Gong Barisan Sosialis
Hong Lim Lee Khoon Choy People's Action Party
Jalan Besar Chan Chee Seng People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu Tan Cheng Tong Barisan Sosialis
Joo Chiat Fong Kim Heng People's Action Party
Jurong Chia Thye Poh Barisan Sosialis
Kallang Buang bin Omar Junid People's Action Party
Kampong Glam S. Rajaratnam People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor Mahmud bin Awang People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer Goh Keng Swee People's Action Party
Moulmein Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi-Devan Nair People's Action Party
Mountbatten Ng Yeow Chong People's Action Party
Nee Soon Chan Sun Wing Barisan Sosialis
Pasir Panjang Othman Wok People's Action Party
Paya Lebar Kow Kee Seng Barisan Sosialis
Punggol Ng Kah Ting People's Action Party
Queenstown Jek Yeun Thong People's Action Party
River Valley Lim Cheng Lock People's Action Party
Rochore Toh Chin Chye People's Action Party
Sembawang Teong Eng Siong People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines Wee Toon Boon People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens Raphael Alfred Gonzales People's Action Party
Siglap Abdul Rahim Ishak People's Action Party
Southern Islands Ya'acob bin Mohamed People's Action Party
Stamford Andrew Fong Sip Chee People's Action Party
Tampines Poh Ber Liak Barisan Sosialis
Tanglin Edmund W. Barker People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party
Telok Ayer Ong Pang Boon People's Action Party
Telok Blangah Bernard Rodrigues People's Action Party
Thomson Koo Young Barisan Sosialis
Tiong Bahru Lee Teck Him People's Action Party
Toa Payoh Wong Soon Fong Barisan Sosialis
Ulu Pandan Chow Chiok Hock People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon Sia Kah Hui People's Action Party

By-elections

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Constituency Incumbent Date of by-election New member
Name Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacancy Name Party
Bukit Merah Lim Huan Boon BS 31 December 1965 Resignation 18 January 1966 Lim Guan Hoo PAP
Chua Chu Kang Chio Cheng Thun BS 8 January 1966 Resignation 1 March 1966 Tang See Chim PAP
Paya Lebar Kow Kee Seng BS 8 January 1966 Resignation 1 March 1966 Tay Boon Too PAP
Crawford S. Thendayatha Bani BS 9 January 1966 Resignation 1 March 1966 Sellappa Ramaswamy PAP
Bukit Timah Lee Tee Tong BS 7 October 1966 Resignation 2 November 1966 Chor Yeok Eng PAP
Jurong Chia Thye Poh BS 7 October 1966 Resignation 2 November 1966 Ho Kah Leong PAP
Joo Chiat Fong Kim Heng PAP 18 October 1966 Resignation 2 November 1966 Yeoh Ghim Seng PAP
Bukit Panjang Ong Lian Teng BS 5 December 1966 Resignation 24 February 1967 Pathmanaban Selvadurai PAP
Havelock Loh Miaw Gong BS 5 December 1966 Resignation 24 February 1967 Lim Soo Peng PAP
Jalan Kayu Tan Cheng Tong BS 5 December 1966 Resignation 24 February 1967 Teo Hup Teck PAP
Tampines Poh Ber Liak BS 5 December 1966 Resignation 24 February 1967 Chew Chin Han PAP
Thomson Koo Young BS 5 December 1966 Resignation 7 March 1967 Ang Nam Piau PAP

References

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  1. ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.