1st Parliament of Singapore

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]

Composition[]

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

Members[]

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

Constituency	Political party	Member
Aljunied	People's Action Party
Anson	People's Action Party
Bras Basah	People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Panjang	Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Timah	Barisan Sosialis
Cairnhill	People's Action Party	Lim Kim San
Changi	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	Barisan Sosialis
Crawford	Barisan Sosialis
Delta	People's Action Party	Chan Choy Siong
Farrer Park	People's Action Party
Geylang East	People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	People's Action Party
Geylang West	People's Action Party	Yong Nyuk Lin
Havelock	Barisan Sosialis	Loh Miaw Gong
Hong Lim	People's Action Party	Lee Khoon Choy
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	Barisan Sosialis
Joo Chiat	People's Action Party
Jurong	Barisan Sosialis	Chia Thye Poh
Kallang	People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
Kampong Kapor	People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	Goh Keng Swee
Moulmein	People's Action Party
Mountbatten	People's Action Party
Nee Soon	Barisan Sosialis
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party	Othman bin Wok
Paya Lebar	Barisan Sosialis
Punggol	People's Action Party
Queenstown	People's Action Party	Jek Yeun Thong
River Valley	People's Action Party
Rochore	People's Action Party	Toh Chin Chye
Sembawang	People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines	People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party
Siglap	People's Action Party	Abdul Rahim bin Ishak
Southern Islands	People's Action Party
Stamford	People's Action Party
Tampines	Barisan Sosialis
Tanglin	People's Action Party	Edmund William Barker
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Telok Ayer	People's Action Party	Ong Pang Boon
Telok Blangah	People's Action Party	Bernard Rodrigues
Thomson	Barisan Sosialis
Tiong Bahru	People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	Barisan Sosialis
Ulu Pandan	People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	People's Action Party

By-elections[]

#	Constituency	Date of by-election	New member		Old member
			Political party	Name	Political party	Name	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	Bukit Merah	18 January 1966	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		31 December 1965	Resignation
2	Chua Chu Kang	1 March 1966	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		8 January 1966	Resignation
3	Paya Lebar	1 March 1966	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		8 January 1966	Resignation
4	Crawford	1 March 1966	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		9 January 1966	Resignation
5	Bukit Timah	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Chor Yeok Eng	Barisan Sosialis		7 October 1966	Resignation
6	Jurong	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Ho Kah Leong	Barisan Sosialis	Chia Thye Poh	7 October 1966	Resignation
7	Joo Chiat	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Yeoh Ghim Seng	People's Action Party		18 October 1966	Resignation
8	Bukit Panjang	24 February 1967	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		5 December 1966	Resignation
9	Havelock	24 February 1967	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis	Loh Miaw Gong	5 December 1966	Resignation
10	Jalan Kayu	24 February 1967	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		5 December 1966	Resignation
11	Tampines	24 February 1967	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		5 December 1966	Resignation
12	Thomson	7 March 1967	People's Action Party		Barisan Sosialis		5 December 1966	Resignation

Progression of government majority and party totals[]

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	BS	Vacant
1965
8 December	Opening of Parliament	12	38	13	0
31 December	(BS-Bukit Merah) resigned	12	38	12	1
1966
8 January	(BS-Chua Chu Kang) resigned	12	38	10	3
	(BS-Paya Lebar) resigned
9 January	(BS-Crawford) resigned	12	38	9	4
18 January	(PAP) won in Bukit Merah by-election	13	39	9	3
1 March	(PAP) uncontested in Chua Chu Kang by-election	16	42	9	0
	(PAP) uncontested in Paya Lebar by-election
	(PAP) uncontested in Crawford by-election
7 October	(BS-Bukit Timah) resigned	16	42	7	2
	Chia Thye Poh (BS-Jurong) resigned
18 October	(PAP-Joo Chiat) resigned	15	41	7	3
2 November	Chor Yeok Eng (PAP) uncontested in Bukit Timah by-election	18	44	7	0
	Ho Kah Leong (PAP) uncontested in Jurong by-election
	Yeoh Ghim Seng (PAP) uncontested in Joo Chiat by-election
5 December	(BS-Bukit Panjang) resigned	18	44	2	5
	Loh Miaw Gong (BS-Havelock) resigned
	(BS-Jalan Kayu) resigned
	(BS-Tampines) resigned
	(BS-Thomson) resigned
1967
24 February	(PAP) uncontested in Bukit Panjang by-election	22	48	2	1
	(PAP) uncontested in Havelock by-election
	(PAP) uncontested in Jalan Kayu by-election
	(PAP) uncontested in Tampines by-election
7 March	(PAP) won Thomson by-election	23	49	2	0
1968
8 February	Dissolution of Parliament	23	49	2	0

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