2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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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		17	-1

Members

This is the list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1959 general election.

Constituency	Members	Party
Aljunied	S. V. Lingam		People's Action Party
Anson	Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff		People's Action Party
Bras Basah	Hoe Puay Choo		People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	Sellappa Ramaswamy		People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang	Lee Khoon Choy		People's Action Party
Bukit Timah	Yaacob bin Mohamed		People's Action Party
Cairnhill	Lim Yew Hock		Singapore People's Alliance
Changi	Teo Hock Guan		People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	Ong Chang Sam		People's Action Party
Crawford	Kenneth Michael Byrne		People's Action Party
Delta	Chan Choy Siong		People's Action Party
Farrer Park	A. P. Rajah		Independent
Geylang East	Mohamed Ismail bin Abdul Rahim		People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	Abdul Hamid Jumat		United Malays National Organisation
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin		People's Action Party
Havelock	Low Por Tuck		People's Action Party
Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan		People's Action Party
Jalan Besar	Chan Chee Seng		People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	Tan Cheng Tong		People's Action Party
Joo Chiat	C. H. Koh		Singapore People's Alliance
Jurong	Chor Yeok Eng		People's Action Party
Kallang	Buang bin 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 bin Alwi		United Malays National Organisation
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee		People's Action Party
Moulmein	Lin You Eng		People's Action Party
Mountbatten	Chua Seng Kim		Singapore People's Alliance
Nee Soon	Sheng Nam Chin		People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	Tee Kim Leng		People's Action Party
Paya Lebar	Tan Kia Gan		People's Action Party
Punggol	Ng Teng Kian		People's Action Party
Queenstown	Lee Siew Choh		People's Action Party
River Valley	Lim Cheng Lock		People's Action Party
Rochore	Toh Chin Chye		People's Action Party
Sembawang	Ahmad Ibrahim		People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines	Wee Toon Boon		People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	Leong Keng Seng		People's Action Party
Siglap	Sahorah bte Ahmat		People's Action Party
Southern Islands	Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammed Akib		United Malays National Organisation
Stamford	Fung Yin Ching		People's Action Party
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
Tiong Bahru	Lee Teck Him		People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	Wong Soon Fong		People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan	Mohamad Ariff bin Suradi		People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	Chan Sun Wing		People's Action Party

Changes in members

By-elections

Constituency	Incumbent					Date of by-election	New member
	Name	Party		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacancy		Name	Party
Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan		Independent	29 December 1960	Resignation	29 April 1961	Ong Eng Guan		Independent
Anson	Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff		PAP	20 April 1961	Death [2]	15 July 1961	David Marshall		WP

Vacant seats

Constituency	Member	Party		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation
Sembawang	Ahmad Ibrahim		PAP	21 August 1962	Death [3]

Changes in party affiliation

Member	Constituency	Date	Former party		New party		Reason
Ong Eng Guan	Hong Lim	27 July 1960		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [4]
		18 June 1961		Independent		UPP	Formed new political party. [5]
S. V. Lingam	Aljunied	27 July 1960		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [4]
		18 June 1961		Independent		UPP	Formed new political party.
		4 August 1962		UPP		Independent	Resigned due to disagreement with UPP. [6]
		16 August 1962		Independent		PAP	Reinstated. [7]
Ng Teng Kian	Punggol	27 July 1960		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [4]
		18 June 1961		Independent		UPP	Formed new political party. [5]
Lee Siew Choh	Queenstown	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [10]
Teo Hock Guan	Changi	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Ong Chang Sam	Chua Chu Kang	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Low Por Tuck	Havelock	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Tan Cheng Tong	Jalan Kayu	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Lin You Eng	Moulmein	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Sheng Nam Chin	Nee Soon	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Tee Kim Leng	Pasir Panjang	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Leong Keng Seng	Serangoon Gardens	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Fung Yin Ching	Stamford	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
S.T. Bani	Thomson	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Wong Soon Fong	Toa Payoh	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Chan Sun Wing	Upper Serangoon	27 July 1961		PAP		Independent	Expelled for challenging PAP leadership. [8] [9]
		29 July 1961		Independent		BS	Formed new political party. [11] [10]
Hoe Puay Choo	Bras Basah	3 July 1962		PAP		Independent	Resigned. [12]
		11 August 1962		Independent		BS	Joined Barisan. [13]
David Marshall	Anson	18 January 1963		WP		Independent	Resigned due to disagreement with WP. [14]

References

1. "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1959". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
2. "BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT". The Straits Times. 27 April 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. April 2018.
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10. "PAP DISSIDENTS NAME NEW PARTY 'BARISAN SOCIALIS'". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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12. "WE CARRY ON-LEE". The Straits Times. 4 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
13. "MADAM HOE IS NOW A BARISAN MEMBER". The Straits Times. 12 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
14. "Marshall: The extreme left has captured my party". The Straits Times. 19 January 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2020.