6th Parliament of Singapore

The 6th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 25 February 1985 and was prorogued on 27 January 1986. It commenced its second session on 20 February 1986 and was dissolved on 17 August 1988.^[1]

The members of the 6th Parliament were elected in the 1984 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speaker was Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.^[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was J B Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party until he lost his parliamentary seat following his convictions, and was replaced by Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party.

Composition[]

Political party	Members
	At start	At dissolution
People's Action Party	77	76
Workers' Party	2	0
Singapore Democratic Party	1	1
Vacant seats	1	3
Total	80	80
Government majority	37	36

Members[]

Elected Members of Parliament[]

This is the list of members of the 6th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1985 general election.

Constituency	Party	Candidate
Alexandra	People's Action Party	Tan Soo Khoon
Aljunied	People's Action Party	Chin Harn Tong
Ang Mo Kio	People's Action Party
Anson	Workers' Party	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam
Ayer Rajah	People's Action Party	Tan Cheng Bock
Bedok	People's Action Party	Shunmugam Jayakumar
Bo Wen	People's Action Party
Boon Lay	People's Action Party
Boon Teck	People's Action Party
Braddell Heights	People's Action Party
Brickworks	People's Action Party	Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar
Bukit Batok	People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	People's Action Party
Bukit Timah	People's Action Party
Buona Vista	People's Action Party
Cairnhill	People's Action Party
Changi	People's Action Party
Changkat	People's Action Party	Aline Wong-Kan Lai Chung
Cheng San	People's Action Party	Lee Yock Suan
Chong Boon	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	People's Action Party
Clementi	People's Action Party
Delta	People's Action Party
Eunos	People's Action Party	Zulkifli bin Mohammed
Fengshan	People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	People's Action Party
Geylang West	People's Action Party	Teh Cheang Wan
Henderson	People's Action Party
Hong Kah	People's Action Party	Yeo Cheow Tong
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party	Lee Boon Yang
Jalan Kayu	People's Action Party
Joo Chiat	People's Action Party	Yeoh Ghim Seng
Jurong	People's Action Party	Ho Kah Leong
Kaki Bukit	People's Action Party
Kallang	People's Action Party	Suppiah Dhanabalan
Kampong Chai Chee	People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
Kampong Kembangan	People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi	People's Action Party
Kebun Baru	People's Action Party	Lim Boon Heng
Khe Bong	People's Action Party	Tang Guan Seng
Kim Keat	People's Action Party	Ong Teng Cheong
Kim Seng	People's Action Party	Yeo Ning Hong
Kolam Ayer	People's Action Party	Sidek bin Saniff
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	Hu Tsu Tau Richard
Kuo Chuan	People's Action Party	Wong Kan Seng
Leng Kee	People's Action Party
MacPherson	People's Action Party	Chua Sian Chin
Marine Parade	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong
Moulmein	People's Action Party
Mountbatten	People's Action Party
Nee Soon	People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party	Abbas bin Abu Amin
Paya Lebar	People's Action Party
Potong Pasir	Singapore Democratic Party	Chiam See Tong
Punggol	People's Action Party
Queenstown	People's Action Party	Jek Yeun Thong
Radin Mas	People's Action Party	Chng Hee Kok
River Valley	People's Action Party	Tay Eng Soon
Rochore	People's Action Party	Toh Chin Chye
Sembawang	People's Action Party	Tony Tan Keng Yam
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party
Siglap	People's Action Party	Abdullah bin Tarmugi
Tampines	People's Action Party	Phua Bah Lee
Tanah Merah	People's Action Party
Tanglin	People's Action Party	Edmund William Barker
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Teck Ghee	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong
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	Dixie Tan-Lee Mo Chun
West Coast	People's Action Party	Wan Soon Bee
Whampoa	People's Action Party
Yio Chu Kang	People's Action Party
Yuhua	People's Action Party	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon

Non-constituency Member of Parliament[]

One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 6th Parliament of Singapore.

Party	Members of Parliament	Constituency contested
Workers' Party		Jalan Kayu

Changes in members[]

Seat vacations[]

#	Constituency	Political party	Member of Parliament	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	NCMP	Workers' Party		4 March 1985	Rejected NCMP seat offer on 5 January 1985.
2	NCMP	Singapore United Front		28 March 1985	Rejected NCMP seat offer.
3	Anson	Workers' Party	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam	10 November 1986	Removed from Parliament due to being convicted of misrepresenting Workers' Party accounts.
4	Geylang West	People's Action Party	Teh Cheang Wan	14 December 1986	Death by suicide over corruption investigation.

Appointments[]

#	Constituency	Date of appointment	New member		Old member
			Political party	Name	Political party	Name	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	NCMP	8 March 1985	Singapore United Front		Workers' Party		4 March 1985	Rejected NCMP seat offer.

Progression of government majority and party totals[]

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	WP	SDP	SUF	Vacant
1984
12 December	1984 General Election walkovers	-	30	0	0	0	49
22 December	1984 General Election	37	77	1	1	0	0
24 December	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair (WP) elected NCMP	37	77	2	1	0	0
1985
4 January	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair (WP) rejected NCMP seat	37	77	2	1	0	0
25 February	Opening of Parliament	37	77	2	1	0	0
4 March	NCMP seat declared vacant	37	77	1	1	0	1
8 March	Tan Chee Kien (SUF) offered NCMP seat	37	77	1	1	1	0
28 March	Tan Chee Kien (SUF) rejected NCMP seat	37	77	1	1	0	1
1986
10 November	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam (WP-Anson) removed	37	77	0	1	0	2
14 December	Teh Cheang Wan (PAP-Geylang West) died	36	76	0	1	0	3
1987
1 January		38	76	0	1	0	3
31 December
1988
17 August	Dissolution of Parliament	38	76	0	1	0	3

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