2nd Parliament of Singapore

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2nd Parliament of Singapore
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore
   People's Action Party (58)
Overview
Legislative body Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place Old Parliament House
Term6 May 1968 – 16 August 1972
(4 years, 3 months and 10 days)
Election 13 April 1968
Government People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members58
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
Sessions
1st6 May 1968 – 14 April 1971
(2 years, 11 months and 8 days)
2nd21 July 1971 – 16 August 1972
(1 year and 26 days)

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]

Contents

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.

Officeholders

Composition

PartyMembers
At election At dissolution
People's Action Party 5858
Total5858
Government majority2929

Members

ConstituencyMemberParty
Alexandra Wong Lin Ken People's Action Party
Aljunied Mohamad Ghazali Ismail People's Action Party
Anson Perumal Govindaswamy People's Action Party
Bras Basah Ho See Beng People's Action Party
Bukit Ho Swee Seah Mui Kok People's Action Party
Bukit Merah Lim Guan Hoo People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang P. Selvadurai People's Action Party
Bukit Timah Chor Yeok Eng People's Action Party
Cairnhill Lim Kim San People's Action Party
Changi Sim Boon Woo People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang Tang See Chim People's Action Party
Crawford Low Yong Nguan People's Action Party
Delta Chan Choy Siong [a] People's Action Party
Yeo Choo Kok [b] People's Action Party
Farrer Park Lee Chiaw Meng People's Action Party
Geylang East Ho Cheng Choon People's Action Party
Geylang Serai Rahmat Kenap People's Action Party
Geylang West Yong Nyuk Lin People's Action Party
Havelock Lim Soo Peng [c] People's Action Party
Hon Sui Sen [d] People's Action Party
Hong Lim Lee Khoon Choy People's Action Party
Jalan Besar Chan Chee Seng People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu Hwang Soo Jin People's Action Party
Joo Chiat Yeoh Ghim Seng People's Action Party
Jurong Ho Kah Leong People's Action Party
Kallang Abdul Aziz Karim People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee Sha'ari Tadin People's Action Party
Kampong Glam S. Rajaratnam People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor Lim Cheng Lock [e] People's Action Party
Yeo Toon Chia [f] People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan Mohamed Ariff Suradi People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi Ya'acob Mohamed People's Action Party
Katong Joseph Conceicao People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer Goh Keng Swee People's Action Party
MacPherson Chua Sian Chin People's Action Party
Moulmein Lawrence Sia People's Action Party
Mountbatten Ng Yeow Chong People's Action Party
Nee Soon Ong Soo Chuan People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang Othman Wok People's Action Party
Paya Lebar Tay Boon Too People's Action Party
Potong Pasir S. Ramaswamy People's Action Party
Punggol Ng Kah Ting People's Action Party
Queenstown Jek Yeun Thong People's Action Party
River Valley Low Guan Onn People's Action Party
Rochore Toh Chin Chye People's Action Party
Sembawang Teong Eng Siong People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines Wee Toon Boon People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens Leonard Peter Rodrigo People's Action Party
Siglap Abdul Rahim Ishak People's Action Party
Stamford Fong Sip Chee People's Action Party
Tampines Phua Bah Lee People's Action Party
Tanglin E. W. Barker People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party
Telok Ayer Ong Pang Boon People's Action Party
Telok Blangah N. Govindasamy People's Action Party
Thomson Ang Nam Piau 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 Lee Teck Him [g] People's Action Party
Chiang Hai Ding [h] People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon Sia Kah Hui People's Action Party
Whampoa Buang Omar Junid [i] People's Action Party
Augustine Tan Hui Heng [j] People's Action Party

Notes

  1. ↑ Chan Choy Siong resigned on 30 March 1970.
  2. ↑ Yeo Choo Kok was elected on 8 April 1970.
  3. ↑ Lim Soo Peng resigned on 30 March 1970.
  4. ↑ Hon Sui Sen was elected on 8 April 1970.
  5. ↑ Lim Cheng Lock resigned on 30 March 1970.
  6. ↑ Yeo Toon Chia was elected on 18 April 1970.
  7. ↑ Lee Teck Him resigned on 30 March 1970.
  8. ↑ Chiang Hai Ding was elected on 18 April 1970.
  9. ↑ Buang Omar Junid resigned on 30 March 1970.
  10. ↑ Augustine Tan Hui Heng was elected on 8 April 1970.

References

  1. ↑ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
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