| 1st Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Composition at the start of the 1st Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 (2 years and 2 months) | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Barisan Sosialis | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 51 | ||||
| Speaker | A. P. Rajah (until 1966) Punch Coomaraswamy (from 1966) | ||||
| Leader of the House | Toh Chin Chye | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966) | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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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. [1]
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. [2]
The Parliament had 12 changes throughout the term, the most for any Parliament to date as of 2025; 11 members from Barisan Sosialis, alongside Fong Kim Heng as the only PAP's MP, were vacated and precipitated a series of elections between 1966 and 1968.
| Party | Members | ||
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| At start | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 38 | 49 | |
| Barisan Sosialis | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 51 | 51 | |
| Government majority | 12 | 23 | |
This is the list of the members of the 1st Parliament of Singapore on 8 December 1965.
| Constituency | Incumbent | Date of by-election | New member | ||||||
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| Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | Name | Party | ||||
| Bukit Merah | Lim Huan Boon | BS | 31 December 1965 | Resignation | 18 January 1966 | Lim Guan Hoo | PAP | ||
| Chua Chu Kang | Chio Cheng Thun | BS | 8 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Tang See Chim | PAP | ||
| Paya Lebar | Kow Kee Seng | BS | 8 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Tay Boon Too | PAP | ||
| Crawford | S. Thendayatha Bani | BS | 9 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Sellappa Ramaswamy | PAP | ||
| Bukit Timah | Lee Tee Tong | BS | 7 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP | ||
| Jurong | Chia Thye Poh | BS | 7 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Ho Kah Leong | PAP | ||
| Joo Chiat | Fong Kim Heng | PAP | 18 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Yeoh Ghim Seng | PAP | ||
| Bukit Panjang | Ong Lian Teng | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | P. Selvadurai | PAP | ||
| Havelock | Loh Miaw Gong | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Lim Soo Peng | PAP | ||
| Jalan Kayu | Tan Cheng Tong | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Teo Hup Teck | PAP | ||
| Tampines | Poh Ber Liak | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Chew Chin Han | PAP | ||
| Thomson | Koo Young | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 7 March 1967 | Ang Nam Piau | PAP | ||