2nd Parliament of Singapore

2nd Parliament of Singapore
←1st 3rd→
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore
  People's Action Party (58)
Overview
Legislative bodyParliament of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term6 May 1968 – 16 August 1972
Election13 April 1968
GovernmentPeople's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members58
SpeakerPunch Coomaraswamy (until 1970)
Yeoh Ghim Seng (from 1970)
Leader of the HouseEdmund W. Barker
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Party controlPAP supermajority
Sessions
1st6 May 1968 – 14 April 1971
2nd21 July 1971 – 16 August 1972

The 2nd Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 May 1968 and was prorogued on 14 April 1971. It commenced its second session on 21 July 1971 and was dissolved on 16 August 1972.[1]

The members of the 2nd Parliament were elected in the 1968 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. During the first session, Punch Coomaraswamy handed over the speakership to Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.[2]

Officeholders

Composition

Party Members
At election At dissolution
People's Action Party 58 58
Total 58 58
Government majority 29 29

Members

This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.

Constituency Member Party
Alexandra Wong Lin Ken People's Action Party
Aljunied Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail People's Action Party
Anson Perumal Govindaswamy People's Action Party
Bras Basah Ho See Beng People's Action Party
Bukit Ho Swee Seah Mui Kok People's Action Party
Bukit Merah Lim Guan Hoo People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang Pathmanaban Selvadurai People's Action Party
Bukit Timah Chor Yeok Eng People's Action Party
Cairnhill Lim Kim San People's Action Party
Changi Sim Boon Woo People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang Tang See Chim People's Action Party
Crawford Low Yong Nguan People's Action Party
Delta Chan Choy Siong People's Action Party
Farrer Park Lee Chiaw Meng People's Action Party
Geylang East Ho Cheng Choon People's Action Party
Geylang Serai Rahmat bin Kenap People's Action Party
Geylang West Yong Nyuk Lin People's Action Party
Havelock Lim Soo Peng People's Action Party
Hong Lim Lee Khoon Choy People's Action Party
Jalan Besar Chan Chee Seng People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu Hwang Soo Jin People's Action Party
Joo Chiat Yeoh Ghim Seng People's Action Party
Jurong Ho Kah Leong People's Action Party
Kallang Abdul Aziz bin Karim People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee Sha'ari bin Tadin People's Action Party
Kampong Glam S. Rajaratnam People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor Lim Cheng Lock People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi Ya'acob bin Mohamed People's Action Party
Katong Joseph Francis De Conceicao People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer Goh Keng Swee People's Action Party
MacPherson Chua Sian Chin People's Action Party
Moulmein Lawrence Sia People's Action Party
Mountbatten Ng Yeow Chong People's Action Party
Nee Soon Ong Soo Chuan People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang Othman bin Wok People's Action Party
Paya Lebar Tay Boon Too People's Action Party
Potong Pasir Sellappa Ramaswamy People's Action Party
Punggol Ng Kah Ting People's Action Party
Queenstown Jek Yeun Thong People's Action Party
River Valley Low Guan Onn People's Action Party
Rochore Toh Chin Chye People's Action Party
Sembawang Teong Eng Siong People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines Wee Toon Boon People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens Leonard Peter Rodrigo People's Action Party
Siglap Abdul Rahim Ishak People's Action Party
Stamford Andrew Fong Sip Chee People's Action Party
Tampines Phua Bah Lee People's Action Party
Tanglin Edmund William Barker People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party
Telok Ayer Ong Pang Boon People's Action Party
Telok Blangah N. Naidu Govindasamy People's Action Party
Thomson Ang Nam Piau People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru Ch'ng Jit Koon People's Action Party
Toa Payoh Eric Cheong Yuen Chee People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan Lee Teck Him People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon Sia Kah Hui People's Action Party
Whampoa Buang bin Omar Junid People's Action Party

By-elections

Constituency Incumbent Date of by-election New member
Name Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacancy Name Party
Delta Chan Choy Siong PAP 30 March 1970 Resignation 8 April 1970 Yeo Choo Kok PAP
Havelock Lim Soo Peng PAP 30 March 1970 Resignation 8 April 1970 Hon Sui Sen PAP
Whampoa Buang bin Omar Junid PAP 30 March 1970 Resignation 8 April 1970 Augustine Tan Hui Heng PAP
Kampong Kapor Lim Cheng Lock PAP 30 March 1970 Resignation 18 April 1970 Yeo Toon Chia PAP
Ulu Pandan Lee Teck Him PAP 30 March 1970 Resignation 18 April 1970 Chiang Hai Ding PAP

References

  1. ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.