| 2nd Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 6 May 1968 – 16 August 1972 (4 years, 3 months and 10 days) | ||||
| Election | 13 April 1968 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 58 | ||||
| Speaker | Punch Coomaraswamy (until 1970) Yeoh Ghim Seng (from 1970) | ||||
| Leader of the House | E. W. Barker | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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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]
The Second Parliament saw the resignations of five MPs on 30 March 1970, which precipitated a series of two by-elections that year. The resignation of Chan Choy Siong left the Parliament without any female MPs for the next 14 years until its reappearance in 1984.
| Party | Members | ||
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| At election | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 58 | 58 | |
| Total | 58 | 58 | |
| Government majority | 29 | 29 | |
This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.
| Constituency | Incumbent | Date of by-election | New member | ||||||
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| 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 | ||