1st Parliament of Singapore
1st Parliament of Singapore | |||||||
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Majority parliament | |||||||
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 | |||||||
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Speaker of Parliament |
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Prime Minister |
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Leader of the Opposition |
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Session(s) | |||||||
1st Session | |||||||
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 | |||||||
Cabinet(s) | |||||||
1st Cabinet | |||||||
Lee Kuan Yew 8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 | |||||||
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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 | |
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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.
By-elections[]
Progression of government majority and party totals[]
Date | Event | Govt majority | PAP | BS | Vacant |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
- ^ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
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