7th Parliament of Singapore

The 7th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 9 January 1989 and was prorogued on 21 April 1990. Its second session commenced on 7 June 1990 and was prorogued on 29 January 1991. It commenced its third session on 22 February 1991 and was dissolved on 14 August 1991.^[1]

The members of the 7th Parliament were elected in the 1988 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who subsequently handed over to Goh Chok Tong. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.^[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party.

Composition[]

Political party	Members
	At start	At dissolution
People's Action Party	80	80
Workers' Party	2	1
Singapore Democratic Party	1	1
Nominated Members of Parliament	0	2
Vacant seats	0	5
Total	83	89
Government majority	39	39

Members[]

Elected Members of Parliament[]

This is the list of members of the 7th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1988 general election.

Constituency	Party	Members of Parliament
Aljunied GRC	People's Action Party	Chin Harn Tong
		George Yeo Yong-Boon
Ang Mo Kio SMC	People's Action Party
Ayer Rajah SMC	People's Action Party	Tan Cheng Bock
Bedok GRC	People's Action Party	Shunmugam Jayakumar
Boon Lay SMC	People's Action Party
Braddell Heights SMC	People's Action Party
Brickworks GRC	People's Action Party	Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar
		Tan Soo Khoon
		Chay Wai Chuen
Bukit Batok SMC	People's Action Party	Ong Chit Chung
Bukit Gombak SMC	People's Action Party	Seet Ai Mee
Bukit Merah SMC	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang SMC	People's Action Party
Bukit Timah SMC	People's Action Party
Buona Vista SMC	People's Action Party
Cairnhill SMC	People's Action Party
Changi SMC	People's Action Party
Cheng San GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Yock Suan
Chua Chu Kang SMC	People's Action Party
Eunos GRC	People's Action Party	Tay Eng Soon
		Zulkifli bin Mohammed
Fengshan SMC	People's Action Party
Hong Kah GRC	People's Action Party	Yeo Cheow Tong
Hougang SMC	People's Action Party	Tang Guan Seng
Jalan Besar GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Boon Yang
		Sidek bin Saniff
		Peh Chin Hua
Jurong SMC	People's Action Party	Ho Kah Leong
Kallang SMC	People's Action Party	Suppiah Dhanabalan
Kampong Glam SMC	People's Action Party
Kebun Baru SMC	People's Action Party	Lim Boon Heng
Kim Keat SMC	People's Action Party	Ong Teng Cheong
Kim Seng SMC	People's Action Party	Yeo Ning Hong
Kreta Ayer SMC	People's Action Party	Richard Hu Tsu Tau
Leng Kee SMC	People's Action Party
MacPherson SMC	People's Action Party	Chua Sian Chin
Marine Parade GRC	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong
		Choo Wee Khiang
Moulmein SMC	People's Action Party
Mountbatten SMC	People's Action Party
Nee Soon Central SMC	People's Action Party	Ng Pock Too
Nee Soon South SMC	People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang GRC	People's Action Party
		Abbas bin Abu Amin
		Wan Soon Bee
Paya Lebar SMC	People's Action Party
Potong Pasir SMC	Singapore Democratic Party	Chiam See Tong
Punggol SMC	People's Action Party
Sembawang GRC	People's Action Party	Tony Tan Keng Yam
		Charles Chong You Fook
		Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam
Serangoon Gardens SMC	People's Action Party
Siglap SMC	People's Action Party	Abdullah bin Tarmugi
Tampines GRC	People's Action Party
		Aline Wong-Kan Lai Chung
		Mah Bow Tan
Tanglin SMC	People's Action Party	Lew Syn Pau
Tanjong Pagar SMC	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Teck Ghee SMC	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong
Telok Blangah SMC	People's Action Party
Thomson SMC	People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru GRC	People's Action Party
		Chng Hee Kok
Toa Payoh GRC	People's Action Party	Wong Kan Seng
		Davinder Singh Amar Singh
Ulu Pandan SMC	People's Action Party	Dixie Tan-Lee Mo Chun
Whampoa SMC	People's Action Party
Yio Chu Kang SMC	People's Action Party
Yuhua SMC	People's Action Party	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon

Non-Constituency Members of Parliament[]

Two Non-constituency Member of Parliament seats were allocated in the 6th Parliament of Singapore.

Party	Members of Parliament	Constituency contested
Workers' Party	Lee Siew Choh	Eunos GRC
Workers' Party	Francis Seow	Eunos GRC

Nominated Members of Parliament[]

The Nominated Members of Parliament scheme came into force on 10 September 1990 with the first NMPs being appointed on 22 November 1990.

Changes in members[]

Seat vacations[]

#	Constituency	Political party	Member of Parliament	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	NCMP	Workers' Party	Francis Seow	17 December 1988	Removed due to conviction for tax evasion

Appointments[]

Progression of government majority and party totals[]

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	WP	SDP	NMP	Vacant
1988
24 August	1988 General Election walkovers		11	0	0	0	70
3 September	1988 General Election	39	80	0	1	0	0
16 September	Lee Siew Choh (WP) elected as NCMP	39	80	2	1	0	0
	Francis Seow (WP) elected as NCMP
17 December	Francis Seow (WP-NCMP) removed	39	80	1	1	0	1
1989
9 January	Opening of Parliament	39	80	1	1	0	1
1990
21 April	Start of Parliament prorogation	39	80	1	1	0	1
7 June	End of Parliament prorogation
22 November	Maurice Choo appointed as NMP	39	80	1	1	2	1
	Leong Chee Whye appointed as NMP
1991
29 January	Start of Parliament prorogation	39	80	1	1	2	1
22 February	End of Parliament prorogation
14 August	Dissolution of Parliament

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