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6th Parliament of Singapore
6th Parliament of Singapore
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	25 February 1985 – 17 August 1988
Election	22 December 1984
Government	People's Action Party
Opposition	Workers' Party (until 1986); Singapore Democratic Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members	80
Speaker	Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House	S. Dhanabalan (until 1987); Wong Kan Seng (from 1987)
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition	J. B. Jeyaretnam (until 1986); Chiam See Tong (from 1986)
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st
1st	25 February 1985 – 27 January 1986
2nd	20 February 1986 – 17 August 1988

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.

Two seats were vacated in 1986 and remained vacated until the end of term, with Jeyaretnam being the first, followed by Geylang West's MP Teh Cheang Wan who committed suicide over corruption; with Jeyaretnam's vacation, this was the last instance where only two parties represented the Parliament until 2015.

Officeholders

Speaker: Yeoh Ghim Seng (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP), from 1 March 1985
Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
- Deputy Prime Minister:
  - Goh Chok Tong (PAP)
  - Ong Teng Cheong (PAP)
Leader of the Opposition:
- J. B. Jeyaretnam (WP), until 10 November 1986
- Chiam See Tong (SDP), from 10 November 1986
Leader of the House:
- S. Dhanabalan (PAP), until 24 February 1987
- Wong Kan Seng (PAP), from 25 February 1987
Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Yiok Seng
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
  - Lee Hsien Loong, until 27 January 1987
  - Eugene Yap, from 28 January 1987

Composition

Political party		Members
Political party		At election	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	77	76
	Workers' Party	1	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	Member
Alexandra	Tan Soo Khoon	People's Action Party
Aljunied	Chin Harn Tong	People's Action Party
Ang Mo Kio	Yeo Toon Chia	People's Action Party
Anson	J. B. Jeyaratnam	Workers' Party
Ayer Rajah	Tan Cheng Bock	People's Action Party
Bedok	S. Jayakumar	People's Action Party
Bo Wen	Sushilan Vasoo	People's Action Party
Boon Lay	Goh Chee Wee	People's Action Party
Boon Teck	Ho Tat Kin	People's Action Party
Braddell Heights	Goh Choon Kang	People's Action Party
Brickworks	Ahmad Mattar	People's Action Party
Bukit Batok	Chai Chong Yii	People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	Lim Chee Onn	People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	Lee Yiok Seng	People's Action Party
Bukit Timah	Wang Kai Yuen	People's Action Party
Buona Vista	Ang Kok Peng	People's Action Party
Cairnhill	Wong Kwei Cheong	People's Action Party
Changi	Teo Chong Tee	People's Action Party
Changkat	Aline Wong	People's Action Party
Cheng San	Lee Yock Suan	People's Action Party
Chong Boon	Rajagopal Sitaram Chandra Das	People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	Tang See Chim	People's Action Party
Clementi	Bernard Chen Tien Lap	People's Action Party
Delta	Yeo Choo Kok	People's Action Party
Eunos	Zulkifli Mohammed	People's Action Party
Fengshan	Arthur Beng Kian Lam	People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	Othman bin Haron Eusofe	People's Action Party
Geylang West	Teh Cheang Wan	People's Action Party
Henderson	Lai Tha Chai	People's Action Party
Hong Kah	Yeo Cheow Tong	People's Action Party
Jalan Besar	Lee Boon Yang	People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	Heng Chiang Meng	People's Action Party
Joo Chiat	Yeoh Ghim Seng	People's Action Party
Jurong	Ho Kah Leong	People's Action Party
Kaki Bukit	Chew Heng Ching	People's Action Party
Kallang	S. Dhanabalan	People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee	Andrew Fong Sip Chee	People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam	People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	Yatiman bin Yusof	People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi	Wan Hussin bin Zoohri	People's Action Party
Kebun Baru	Lim Boon Heng	People's Action Party
Khe Bong	Tang Guan Seng	People's Action Party
Kim Keat	Ong Teng Cheong	People's Action Party
Kim Seng	Yeo Ning Hong	People's Action Party
Kolam Ayer	Sidek bin Saniff	People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	Hu Tsu Tau Richard	People's Action Party
Kuo Chuan	Wong Kan Seng	People's Action Party
Leng Kee	Ow Chin Hock	People's Action Party
MacPherson	Chua Sian Chin	People's Action Party
Marine Parade	Goh Chok Tong	People's Action Party
Moulmein	Sia Khoon Seong	People's Action Party
Mountbatten	Eugene Yap Giau Cheng	People's Action Party
Nee Soon	Koh Lip Lin	People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	Abbas Abu Amin	People's Action Party
Paya Lebar	Philip Tan Tee Yong	People's Action Party
Potong Pasir	Chiam See Tong	Singapore Democratic Party
Punggol	Ng Kah Ting	People's Action Party
Queenstown	Jek Yeun Thong	People's Action Party
Radin Mas	Chng Hee Kok	People's Action Party
River Valley	Tay Eng Soon	People's Action Party
Rochore	Toh Chin Chye	People's Action Party
Sembawang	Tony Tan Keng Yam	People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	Lau Teik Soon	People's Action Party
Siglap	Abdullah Tarmugi	People's Action Party
Tampines	Phua Bah Lee	People's Action Party
Tanah Merah	Ibrahim bin Othman	People's Action Party
Tanglin	Edmund W. Barker	People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar	Lee Kuan Yew	People's Action Party
Teck Ghee	Lee Hsien Loong	People's Action Party
Telok Ayer	Ong Pang Boon	People's Action Party
Telok Blangah	Koh Lam Son	People's Action Party
Thomson	Leong Horn Kee	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	Dixie Tan	People's Action Party
West Coast	Wan Soon Bee	People's Action Party
Whampoa	Augustine Tan Hui Heng	People's Action Party
Yio Chu Kang	Lau Ping Sum	People's Action Party
Yuhua	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	People's Action Party

Non-Constituency Member of Parliament

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

Member	Party		Constituency contested
Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair		Workers' Party	Jalan Kayu

Changes in members

Appointments

Constituency	Incumbent					Date of appointment	New member
Constituency	Name	Party		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacancy	Date of appointment	Name	Party
NCMP	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair		WP	4 March 1985	Rejected NCMP seat offer.	8 March 1985	Tan Chee Kien		SUF

Vacant seats

Constituency	Member		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacancy
NCMP	Tan Chee Kien	SUF	28 March 1985	Rejected NCMP seat offer.
Anson	J. B. Jeyaratnam	WP	10 November 1986	Removed from Parliament due to being convicted of misrepresenting Workers' Party accounts.
Geylang West	Teh Cheang Wan	PAP	14 December 1986	Death by suicide over corruption investigation.