1st Parliament of Singapore

1st Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
House
Speaker of Parliament	A P Rajah 8 December 1965 – 1966 Punch Coomaraswamy 1966 – 8 February 1968
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew 8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
Leader of the Opposition	None –
Session(s)
1st Session
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
Cabinet(s)
1st Cabinet
Lee Kuan Yew 8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated 51 – –
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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.

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.

Composition

Political party	Members
	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.

Constituency	Political party	Member
Aljunied	People's Action Party	Suppiah Visva Lingam
Anson	People's Action Party	Perumal Govindaswamy
Bras Basah	People's Action Party	Ho See Beng
Bukit Merah	Barisan Sosialis	Lim Huan Boon
Bukit Panjang	Barisan Sosialis	Ong Lian Teng
Bukit Timah	Barisan Sosialis	Lee Tee Tong
Cairnhill	People's Action Party	Lim Kim San
Changi	People's Action Party	Sim Boon Woo
Chua Chu Kang	Barisan Sosialis	Chio Cheng Thun
Crawford	Barisan Sosialis	S. Thendayatha Bani
Delta	People's Action Party	Chan Choy Siong
Farrer Park	People's Action Party	S. R. Dharmarajoo
Geylang East	People's Action Party	Ho Cheng Choon
Geylang Serai	People's Action Party	Rahmat bin Kenap
Geylang West	People's Action Party	Yong Nyuk Lin
Havelock	Barisan Sosialis	Loh Miaw Gong
Hong Lim	People's Action Party	Lee Khoon Choy
Jalan Besar	People's Action Party	Chan Chee Seng
Jalan Kayu	Barisan Sosialis	Tan Cheng Tong
Joo Chiat	People's Action Party	Fong Kim Heng
Jurong	Barisan Sosialis	Chia Thye Poh
Kallang	People's Action Party	Buang bin Omar Junid
Kampong Glam	People's Action Party	Sinnathamby Rajaratnam
Kampong Kapor	People's Action Party	Mahmud bin Awang
Kampong Kembangan	People's Action Party	Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi
Kreta Ayer	People's Action Party	Goh Keng Swee
Moulmein	People's Action Party	Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi-Devan Nair
Mountbatten	People's Action Party	Ng Yeow Chong
Nee Soon	Barisan Sosialis	Chan Sun Wing
Pasir Panjang	People's Action Party	Othman bin Wok
Paya Lebar	Barisan Sosialis	Kow Kee Seng
Punggol	People's Action Party	Ng Kah Ting
Queenstown	People's Action Party	Jek Yeun Thong
River Valley	People's Action Party	Lim Cheng Lock
Rochore	People's Action Party	Toh Chin Chye
Sembawang	People's Action Party	Teong Eng Siong
Sepoy Lines	People's Action Party	Wee Toon Boon
Serangoon Gardens	People's Action Party	Raphael Alfred Gonzales
Siglap	People's Action Party	Abdul Rahim bin Ishak
Southern Islands	People's Action Party	Ya'acob bin Mohamed
Stamford	People's Action Party	Andrew Fong Sip Chee
Tampines	Barisan Sosialis	Poh Ber Liak
Tanglin	People's Action Party	Edmund William Barker
Tanjong Pagar	People's Action Party	Lee Kuan Yew
Telok Ayer	People's Action Party	Ong Pang Boon
Telok Blangah	People's Action Party	Bernard Rodrigues
Thomson	Barisan Sosialis	Koo Young
Tiong Bahru	People's Action Party	Lee Teck Him
Toa Payoh	Barisan Sosialis	Wong Soon Fong
Ulu Pandan	People's Action Party	Chow Chiok Hock
Upper Serangoon	People's Action Party	Sia Kah Hui

By-elections

#	Constituency	Date of by-election	New member		Old member
			Political party	Name	Political party	Name	Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
1	Bukit Merah	18 January 1966	People's Action Party	Lim Guan Hoo	Barisan Sosialis	Lim Huan Boon	31 December 1965	Resignation
2	Chua Chu Kang	1 March 1966	People's Action Party	Tang See Chim	Barisan Sosialis	Chio Cheng Thun	8 January 1966	Resignation
3	Paya Lebar	1 March 1966	People's Action Party	Tay Boon Too	Barisan Sosialis	Kow Kee Seng	8 January 1966	Resignation
4	Crawford	1 March 1966	People's Action Party	Sellappa Ramaswamy	Barisan Sosialis	S. Thendayatha Bani	9 January 1966	Resignation
5	Bukit Timah	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Chor Yeok Eng	Barisan Sosialis	Lee Tee Tong	7 October 1966	Resignation
6	Jurong	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Ho Kah Leong	Barisan Sosialis	Chia Thye Poh	7 October 1966	Resignation
7	Joo Chiat	2 November 1966	People's Action Party	Yeoh Ghim Seng	People's Action Party	Fong Kim Heng	18 October 1966	Resignation
8	Bukit Panjang	24 February 1967	People's Action Party	Pathmanaban Selvadurai	Barisan Sosialis	Ong Lian Teng	5 December 1966	Resignation
9	Havelock	24 February 1967	People's Action Party	Lim Soo Peng	Barisan Sosialis	Loh Miaw Gong	5 December 1966	Resignation
10	Jalan Kayu	24 February 1967	People's Action Party	Teo Hup Teck	Barisan Sosialis	Tan Cheng Tong	5 December 1966	Resignation
11	Tampines	24 February 1967	People's Action Party	Chew Chin Han	Barisan Sosialis	Poh Ber Liak	5 December 1966	Resignation
12	Thomson	7 March 1967	People's Action Party	Ang Nam Piau	Barisan Sosialis	Koo Young	5 December 1966	Resignation

Progression of government majority and party totals

Date	Event	Govt majority	PAP	BS	Vacant
1965
8 December	Opening of Parliament	12	38	13	0
31 December	Lim Huan Boon (BS-Bukit Merah) resigned	12	38	12	1
1966
8 January	Chio Cheng Thun (BS-Chua Chu Kang) resigned	12	38	10	3
	Kow Kee Seng (BS-Paya Lebar) resigned
9 January	S. Thendayatha Bani (BS-Crawford) resigned	12	38	9	4
18 January	Lim Guan Hoo (PAP) won in Bukit Merah by-election	13	39	9	3
1 March	Tang See Chim (PAP) uncontested in Chua Chu Kang by-election	16	42	9	0
	Tay Boon Too (PAP) uncontested in Paya Lebar by-election
	Sellappa Ramaswamy (PAP) uncontested in Crawford by-election
7 October	Lee Tee Tong (BS-Bukit Timah) resigned	16	42	7	2
	Chia Thye Poh (BS-Jurong) resigned
18 October	Fong Kim Heng (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	Ong Lian Teng (BS-Bukit Panjang) resigned	18	44	2	5
	Loh Miaw Gong (BS-Havelock) resigned
	Tan Cheng Tong (BS-Jalan Kayu) resigned
	Poh Ber Liak (BS-Tampines) resigned
	Koo Young (BS-Thomson) resigned
1967
24 February	Pathmanaban Selvadurai (PAP) uncontested in Bukit Panjang by-election	22	48	2	1
	Lim Soo Peng (PAP) uncontested in Havelock by-election
	Teo Hup Teck (PAP) uncontested in Jalan Kayu by-election
	Chew Chin Han (PAP) uncontested in Tampines by-election
7 March	Ang Nam Piau (PAP) won Thomson by-election	23	49	2	0
1968
8 February	Dissolution of Parliament	23	49	2	0