2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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43 4 3 1 Composition at the start of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore    PAP (43)    SPA (4)    UMNO (3)   Independent (1)
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 3 September 1963 (1963-09-03)
Election	30 May 1959
Government	People's Action Party
Opposition	Singapore People's Alliance United Malays National Organisation United People's Party (from 1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961)
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Members	51
Speaker	Sir George Oehlers
Leader of the House	Toh Chin Chye
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition	Lim Yew Hock
Party control	PAP supermajority (until 1961) PAP majority (1961–1962) PAP minority (from 1962)
Sessions
1st 1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 1 June 1960 (1960-06-01) 2nd 20 July 1960 (1960-07-20) – 20 July 1961 (1961-07-20) 3rd 31 October 1961 (1961-10-31) – 13 July 1962 (1962-07-13) 4th 27 March 1963 (1963-03-27) – 1 August 1963 (1963-08-01)

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963.

Officeholders

• Speaker : Sir George Oehlers
  • Deputy Speaker:
    • G. Kandasamy (PAP) until 24 September 1961
    • John Mammen (PAP) from 16 November 1961
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
  • Deputy Prime Minister : Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Leader of the Opposition: Lim Yew Hock (SPA)
• Leader of the House : Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Khoon Choy

Composition

Party		Members
		At election [1]	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	43	25
	Barisan Sosialis	0	14
	Singapore People's Alliance	4	4
	United Malays National Organisation	3	3
	United People's Party	0	2
	Independent	1	2
Vacant seats		0	1
Total		51	51
Government majority		35	-1

Members

Constituency	Members	Party
Aljunied	S. V. Lingam		People's Action Party (until 1960) [a] Independent (1960–1961) United People's Party (1961–1962) [b] Independent (1962) People's Action Party (from 1962) [c]
Anson	Baharudin Mohamed Ariff [d]		People's Action Party
	David Marshall [e]		Workers' Party (until 1963) [f] Independent (from 1963)
Bras Basah	Hoe Puay Choo		People's Action Party (until 1962) [g] Independent (1962) Barisan Sosialis (from 1962) [h]
Bukit Merah	S. Ramaswamy		People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	Lee Khoon Choy		People's Action Party
Bukit Timah	Yaacob Mohamed		People's Action Party
Cairnhill	Lim Yew Hock		Singapore People's Alliance
Changi	Teo Hock Guan		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Chua Chu Kang	Ong Chang Sam		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Crawford	K. M. Byrne		People's Action Party
Delta	Chan Choy Siong		People's Action Party
Farrer Park	A. P. Rajah		Independent
Geylang East	Mohamed Ismail Abdul Rahim		People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	Abdul Hamid Jumat		UMNO
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin		People's Action Party
Havelock	Low Por Tuck		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan [k]		People's Action Party (until 1960) [a] Independent (1960–1961) United People's Party (from 1961) [l]
Jalan Besar	Chan Chee Seng		People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	Tan Cheng Tong		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Joo Chiat	C. H. Koh		Singapore People's Alliance
Jurong	Chor Yeok Eng		People's Action Party
Kallang	Buang Omar Junid		People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam		People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor	G. Kandasamy		People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	Mohammed Ali Alwi		UMNO
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee		People's Action Party
Moulmein	Lin You Eng		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Mountbatten	Chua Seng Kim		Singapore People's Alliance
Nee Soon	Sheng Nam Chin		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Pasir Panjang	Tee Kim Leng		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Paya Lebar	Tan Kia Gan		People's Action Party
Punggol	Ng Teng Kian		People's Action Party (until 1960) [a] Independent (1960–1961) United People's Party (from 1961) [l]
Queenstown	Lee Siew Choh		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
River Valley	Lim Cheng Lock		People's Action Party
Rochore	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
Sembawang	Ahmad Ibrahim [m]		People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines	Wee Toon Boon		People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	Leong Keng Seng		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Siglap	Sahorah bte Ahmat		People's Action Party
Southern Islands	Ahmad Jabri Mohammed Akib		UMNO
Stamford	Fung Yin Ching		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Tampines	Goh Chew Chua		People's Action Party
Tanglin	Thio Chan Bee		Singapore People's Alliance
Tanjong Pagar	Lee Kuan Yew		People's Action Party
Telok Ayer	Ong Pang Boon		People's Action Party
Telok Blangah	John Mammen		People's Action Party
Thomson	S. T. Bani		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Tiong Bahru	Lee Teck Him		People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	Wong Soon Fong		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]
Ulu Pandan	Mohamed Ariff Suradi		People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	Chan Sun Wing		People's Action Party (until 1961) [i] Independent (1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) [j]

Notes

1. Expelled from the People's Action Party on 27 July 1960. ^[2]
2. S. V. Lingam joined the United People's Party (UPP) on 14 July 1961. ^[3] Lingam later left the UPP on 4 August 1962. ^[4]
3. S. V. Lingam rejoined the People's Action Party on 16 August 1962. ^[5]
4. Baharudin Mohamed Ariff died on 20 April 1961. ^[6]
5. David Marshall was elected on 15 July 1961.
6. David Marshall resigned from the Workers' Party on 18 January 1963. ^[7]
7. Hoe Puay Choo resigned from the People's Action Party on 3 July 1962. ^[8]
8. Hoe Puay Choo joined Barisan Sosialis on 11 August 1962. ^[9]
9. Expelled from the People's Action Party on 20 July 1961. ^{[10] [11]}
10. Barisan Sosialis was founded on 29 July 1961. ^[12]
11. Ong Eng Guan resigned on 29 December 1960. Ong was later re-elected on 29 April 1961.
12. The United People's Party (UPP) was registered on 14 July 1961. ^[3]
13. Ahmad Ibrahim died on 21 August 1962. ^[13]

References

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6. "BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT". The Straits Times. 27 April 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
7. "Marshall: The extreme left has captured my party". The Straits Times. 19 January 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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9. "MADAM HOE IS NOW A BARISAN MEMBER". The Straits Times. 12 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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11. "PAP may expel the dissidents". The Straits Times. 25 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
12. "PAP DISSIDENTS NAME NEW PARTY 'BARISAN SOCIALIS'". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
13. "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. April 2018.