9th Parliament of Singapore

The 9th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 26 May 1997 and was prorogued on 8 September 1999. It commenced its second session on 4 October 1999 and was dissolved on 18 October 2001.^[1]

The members of the 9th Parliament were elected in the 1997 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.^[2]

Composition[]

Political party	Members
	At start	At dissolution
People's Action Party	81	81
Workers' Party	2	2
Singapore People's Party	1	1
Nominated Members of Parliament	0	8
Vacant seats	0	1
Total	83	89
Government majority	39	39

Members[]

Elected Members of Parliament[]

This is the list of members of the 9th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1997 general election.

Constituency	Party	Candidates
Aljunied GRC	People's Action Party	George Yeo Yong-Boon
		Sidek bin Saniff
		Ker Sin Tze
Ang Mo Kio GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong
		Tang Guan Seng
		Inderjit Singh
		Seng Han Thong
Ayer Rajah SMC	People's Action Party	Tan Cheng Bock
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	People's Action Party	Wong Kan Seng
		Davinder Singh Amar Singh
Boon Lay SMC	People's Action Party
Bukit Gombak SMC	People's Action Party	Ang Mong Seng
Bukit Timah GRC	People's Action Party	Lim Boon Heng
		Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
		Ong Chit Chung
Cheng San GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Yock Suan
		Yeo Guat Kwang
		Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Chua Chu Kang SMC	People's Action Party
East Coast GRC	People's Action Party	Shunmugam Jayakumar
		Abdullah bin Tarmugi
		Tan Soo Khoon
		Chng Hee Kok
		Chan Soo Sen
Hong Kah GRC	People's Action Party	Yeo Cheow Tong
Hougang SMC	Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang
Jalan Besar GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Boon Yang
		Choo Wee Khiang
		Peh Chin Hua
		Yaacob bin Ibrahim
Kampong Glam SMC	People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC	People's Action Party	Richard Hu Tsu Tau
		Lew Syn Pau
		Lily Tertasana Neo
MacPherson SMC	People's Action Party	Matthias Yao Chih
Marine Parade GRC	People's Action Party	Goh Chok Tong
		Lim-Tan Hwee Hua
Nee Soon Central SMC	People's Action Party	Ng Pock Too
Pasir Ris GRC	People's Action Party	Teo Chee Hean
		Charles Chong You Fook
		Ahmad bin Mohamed Magad
Potong Pasir SMC	Singapore People's Party	Chiam See Tong
Sembawang GRC	People's Action Party	Tony Tan Keng Yam
		Ho Peng Kee
		Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam
		Chin Tet Yung
		Teo Ho Pin
Tampines GRC	People's Action Party	Mah Bow Tan
		Aline Wong-Kan Lai Chung
		Sin Boon Ann
Tanjong Pagar GRC	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
		Chay Wai Chuen
		Koo Tsai Kee
		Lim Swee Say
West Coast GRC	People's Action Party	Lim Hng Kiang
		Wan Soon Bee
		S. Iswaran

Non-constituency Members of Parliament[]

One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 9th Parliament of Singapore.

Party	Members of Parliament	Constituency contested
Workers' Party	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam	Cheng San GRC

Nominated Members of Parliament[]

Appointed on 1 October 1997[]

Appointed on 1 October 1999[]

Appointed on 1 October 2001[]

References[]

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