2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	1 July 1959 – 3 September 1963
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Members	51
Speaker	Sir George Oehlers
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition	Lim Yew Hock
Party control	People's Action Party
Sessions
1st
1st	1 July 1959 – 1 June 1960
2nd	20 July 1960 – 20 July 1961
3rd	31 October 1961 – 13 July 1962
4th	27 March 1963 – 1 August 1963

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963.

Composition[]

Political party	Members
Political party	At start	At dissolution
People's Action Party	43	25
Barisan Sosialis	0	14
Singapore People's Alliance	4	4
United Malays National Organisation	3	3
United People's Party	0	2
Independent	1	2
Vacant seats	0	1
Total	51	51
Government majority	17	-1

Members[]

This is the list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1959 general election.

Constituency	Party	Candidate
Aljunied	People's Action Party
Anson	People's Action Party
Bras Basah	People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	People's Action Party	Lee Khoon Choy
Bukit Timah	People's Action Party
Cairnhill	Singapore People's Alliance	Lim Yew Hock
Changi	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	People's Action Party
Crawford	People's Action Party	Kenneth Michael Byrne
Delta	People's Action Party	Chan Choy Siong
Farrer Park	Independent	Arumugam Ponnu Rajah
Geylang East	People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	United Malays National Organisation	Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat
Geylang West	People's Action Party	Yong Nyuk Lin
Havelock	People's Action Party
Hong Lim	People's Action Party	Ong Eng Guan
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	People's Action Party
Joo Chiat	Singapore People's Alliance
Jurong	People's Action Party	Chor Yeok Eng
Kallang	People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	S. Rajaratnam
Kampong Kapor	People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	United Malays National Organisation
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	Goh Keng Swee
Moulmein	People's Action Party
Mountbatten	Singapore People's Alliance
Nee Soon	People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party
Paya Lebar	People's Action Party
Punggol	People's Action Party
Queenstown	People's Action Party	Lee Siew Choh
River Valley	People's Action Party
Rochore	People's Action Party	Toh Chin Chye
Sembawang	People's Action Party	Ahmad bin Ibrahim
Sepoy Lines	People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party
Siglap	People's Action Party
Southern Islands	United Malays National Organisation
Stamford	People's Action Party
Tampines	People's Action Party
Tanglin	Singapore People's Alliance
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Telok Ayer	People's Action Party	Ong Pang Boon
Telok Blangah	People's Action Party
Thomson	People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru	People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan	People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	People's Action Party
Source: ^[1]

Changes in members[]

By-elections[]

#	Constituency	Date of by-election	New member		Old member
#	Constituency	Date of by-election	Political party	Name	Political party	Name	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	Hong Lim	29 April 1961	Independent	Ong Eng Guan	Independent	Ong Eng Guan	29 December 1960	Resignation
2	Anson	15 July 1961	Workers' Party	David Saul Marshall	People's Action Party		20 April 1961	Death^[2]

Vacated seats[]

#	Constituency	Political party	Member	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	Sembawang	People's Action Party	Ahmad bin Ibrahim	21 August 1962	Death^[3]

Defections, suspensions and removal of whip[]

#	Constituency	Member	Date	Former political party	New political party	Reason
1	Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan	27 July 1960	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[4]
1	Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan	18 June 1961	Independent	United People's Party	Formed new political party.^[5]
2	Aljunied		27 July 1960	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[4]
			18 June 1961	Independent	United People's Party	Formed new political party.
			4 August 1962	United People's Party	Independent	Resigned due to disagreement with UPP.^[6]
			16 August 1962	Independent	People's Action Party	Reinstated.^[7]
3	Punggol		27 July 1960	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[4]
3	Punggol		18 June 1961	Independent	United People's Party	Formed new political party.^[5]
4	Queenstown	Lee Siew Choh	27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
4	Queenstown	Lee Siew Choh	29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[10]
5	Changi		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
5	Changi		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
6	Chua Chu Kang		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
6	Chua Chu Kang		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
7	Havelock		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
7	Havelock		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
8	Jalan Kayu		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
8	Jalan Kayu		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
9	Moulmein		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
9	Moulmein		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
10	Nee Soon		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
10	Nee Soon		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
11	Pasir Panjang		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
11	Pasir Panjang		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
12	Serangoon Gardens		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
12	Serangoon Gardens		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
13	Stamford		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
13	Stamford		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
14	Thomson		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
14	Thomson		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
15	Toa Payoh		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
15	Toa Payoh		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
16	Upper Serangoon		27 July 1961	People's Action Party	Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.^[8]^[9]
16	Upper Serangoon		29 July 1961	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Formed new political party.^[11]^[10]
17	Bras Basah		3 July 1962	People's Action Party	Independent	Resigned.^[12]
17	Bras Basah		11 August 1962	Independent	Barisan Sosialis	Joined Barisan.^[13]
18	Anson	David Saul Marshall	18 January 1963	Workers' Party	Independent	Resigned due to disagreement with WP.^[14]

Progression of government majority and party totals[]

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	BS	SPA	UMNO	UPP	WP	IND	Vacant
1 July 1959	Opening of the Legislative Assembly	17	43	0	4	3	0	0	1	0
27 July 1960	Ong Eng Guan (PAP-Hong Lim) expelled from PAP.	14	40	0	4	3	0	0	4	0
	Suppiah Visva Lingam (PAP-Aljunied) expelled from PAP.
	Ng Teng Kian (PAP-Punggol) expelled from PAP.
29 December 1960	Ong Eng Guan (IND-Hong Lim) resigned.	14	40	0	4	3	0	0	3	1
20 April 1961	Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff (PAP-Anson) died.	13	39	0	4	3	0	0	3	2
29 April 1961	Ong Eng Guan (IND) won in Hong Lim by-election.	13	39	0	4	3	0	0	4	1
18 June 1961	Ong Eng Guan (IND-Hong Lim) formed UPP.	13	39	0	4	3	3	0	1	1
	Suppiah Visva Lingam (IND-Aljunied) joined UPP.
	Ng Teng Kian (IND-Punggol) joined UPP.
15 July 1961	David Paul Marshall (WP) won in Anson by-election.	13	39	0	4	3	3	1	1	0
27 July 1961	Lee Siew Choh (PAP-Queenstown) expelled from PAP.	0	26	0	4	3	3	1	14	0
	Teo Hock Guan (PAP-Changi) expelled from PAP.
	Ong Chang Sam (PAP-Chua Chu Kang) expelled from PAP.
	Low Por Tuck (PAP-Havelock) expelled from PAP.
	Tan Cheng Tong (PAP-Jalan Kayu) expelled from PAP.
	Lin You Eng (PAP-Moulmein) expelled from PAP.
	Sheng Nam Chin (PAP-Nee Soon) expelled from PAP.
	Tee Kim Leng (PAP-Pasir Panjang) expelled from PAP.
	Leong Keng Seng (PAP-Serangoon Gardens) expelled from PAP.
	Fung Yin Ching (PAP-Stamford) expelled from PAP.
	S.T. Bani (PAP-Thomson) expelled from PAP.
	Wong Soon Fong (PAP-Toa Payoh) expelled from PAP.
	Chan Sun Wing (PAP-Upper Serangoon) expelled from PAP.
29 July 1961	Lee Siew Choh (PAP-Queenstown) formed BS.	0	26	13	4	3	3	1	1	0
	Teo Hock Guan (PAP-Changi) formed BS.
	Ong Chang Sam (PAP-Chua Chu Kang) formed BS.
	Low Por Tuck (PAP-Havelock) formed BS.
	Tan Cheng Tong (PAP-Jalan Kayu) formed BS.
	Lin You Eng (PAP-Moulmein) formed BS.
	Sheng Nam Chin (PAP-Nee Soon) formed BS.
	Tee Kim Leng (PAP-Pasir Panjang) formed BS.
	Leong Keng Seng (PAP-Serangoon Gardens) formed BS.
	Fung Yin Ching (PAP-Stamford) formed BS.
	S.T. Bani (PAP-Thomson) formed BS.
	Wong Soon Fong (PAP-Toa Payoh) formed BS.
	Chan Sun Wing (PAP-Upper Serangoon) formed BS.
3 July 1962	Hoe Puay Choo (PAP-Bras Basah) resigned from PAP.	-1	25	13	4	3	3	1	2	0
4 August 1962	Suppiah Visva Lingam (UPP-Aljunied) resigned from UPP.	-1	25	13	4	3	2	1	3	0
11 August 1962	Hoe Puay Choo (IND-Bras Basah) joined BS.	-1	25	14	4	3	2	1	2	0
16 August 1962	Suppiah Visva Lingam (IND-Aljunied) reinstated in PAP.	0	26	14	4	3	2	1	1	0
21 August 1962	Ahmad bin Ibrahim (PAP-Sembawang) died.	-1	25	14	4	3	2	1	1	1
18 January 1963	David Saul Marshall (WP-Anson) resigned from WP.	-1	25	14	4	3	2	0	2	1
3 September 1963	Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly	-1	25	14	4	3	2	0	2	1
Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	BS	SPA	UMNO	UPP	WP	IND	Vacant

References[]

^ "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1959". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT". The Straits Times. 27 April 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ong: PAP's final act". The Straits Times. 29 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Eng Guan forms a new party". The Straits Times. 19 June 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "A Lingam shock for Ong: He quits UPP". The Straits Times. 5 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Lingam is taken back by PAP". The Straits Times. 17 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Tan, Kevin YL; Thio, Li-ann (2015). Singapore: 50 constitutional moments that defined a nation. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. ISBN 9789814677851.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "PAP may expel the dissidents". The Straits Times. 25 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "PAP DISSIDENTS NAME NEW PARTY 'BARISAN SOCIALIS'". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "PAP 'rebels' to form an opposition party". The Straits Times. 27 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "WE CARRY ON-LEE". The Straits Times. 4 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "MADAM HOE IS NOW A BARISAN MEMBER". The Straits Times. 12 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Marshall: The extreme left has captured my party". The Straits Times. 19 January 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[1] "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1959". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[2] "BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT". The Straits Times. 27 April 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[3] "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. April 2018.

[:1-4] "Ong: PAP's final act". The Straits Times. 29 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[:2-5] "Eng Guan forms a new party". The Straits Times. 19 June 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[6] "A Lingam shock for Ong: He quits UPP". The Straits Times. 5 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[7] "Lingam is taken back by PAP". The Straits Times. 17 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[:0-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Tan, Kevin YL; Thio, Li-ann (2015). Singapore: 50 constitutional moments that defined a nation. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. ISBN 9789814677851.

[:3-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "PAP may expel the dissidents". The Straits Times. 25 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[:4-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "PAP DISSIDENTS NAME NEW PARTY 'BARISAN SOCIALIS'". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[:5-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "PAP 'rebels' to form an opposition party". The Straits Times. 27 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[12] "WE CARRY ON-LEE". The Straits Times. 4 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[13] "MADAM HOE IS NOW A BARISAN MEMBER". The Straits Times. 12 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[14] "Marshall: The extreme left has captured my party". The Straits Times. 19 January 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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