3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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37 13 1 Composition at the start of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore    PAP (37)    BS (13)    UPP (1)
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	22 October 1963 (1963-10-22) – 9 August 1965 (1965-08-09)
Election	21 September 1963
Government	People's Action Party
Opposition	Barisan Sosialis United People's Party (until 1965)
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Members	51
Speaker	E. W. Barker (until 1964) A. P. Rajah (from 1964)
Leader of the House	Toh Chin Chye
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition	Lim Huan Boon
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st 22 October 1963 (1963-10-22) – 16 June 1965 (1965-06-16)

The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. Its first and only session started on 22 October 1963 ^[1] and ended on 16 June 1965. The assembly was dissolved on 9 August 1965 and was succeeded by the 1st Parliament of Singapore.

Officeholders

• Speaker :
  • E. W. Barker (PAP) until 30 October 1964
  • A. P. Rajah from 2 November 1964
    • Deputy Speaker: Fong Kim Heng (PAP)
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
  • Deputy Prime Minister : Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Leader of the Opposition: Lim Huan Boon (BS)
• Leader of the House : Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Chan Chee Seng

Composition

Party		Members
		At election [2]	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	37	38
	Barisan Sosialis	13	13
	United People's Party	1	0
Total		51	51
Government majority		11	12

Members

This is the list of members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1963 general election.

Constituency	Member	Party
Aljunied	S. V. Lingam		People's Action Party
Anson	Perumal Govindaswamy		People's Action Party
Bras Basah	Ho See Beng		People's Action Party
Bukit Merah	Lim Huan Boon		Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Panjang	Ong Lian Teng		Barisan Sosialis
Bukit Timah	Lee Tee Tong		Barisan Sosialis
Cairnhill	Lim Kim San		People's Action Party
Changi	Sim Boon Woo		People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	Chio Cheng Thun		Barisan Sosialis
Crawford	S. Thendayatha Bani		Barisan Sosialis
Delta	Chan Choy Siong		People's Action Party
Farrer Park	S. R. Dharmarajoo		People's Action Party
Geylang East	Ho Cheng Choon		People's Action Party
Geylang Serai	Rahamat bin Kenap		People's Action Party
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin		People's Action Party
Havelock	Loh Miaw Gong		Barisan Sosialis
Hong Lim	Ong Eng Guan		United People's Party
Jalan Besar	Chan Chee Seng		People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu	Tan Cheng Tong		Barisan Sosialis
Joo Chiat	Fong Kim Heng		People's Action Party
Jurong	Chia Thye Poh		Barisan Sosialis
Kallang	Buang bin Omar Junid		People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam		People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor	Mahmud bin Awang		People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi		People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee		People's Action Party
Moulmein	Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi-Devan Nair		People's Action Party
Mountbatten	Ng Yeow Chong		People's Action Party
Nee Soon	Chan Sun Wing		Barisan Sosialis
Pasir Panjang	Othman Wok		People's Action Party
Paya Lebar	Kow Kee Seng		Barisan Sosialis
Punggol	Ng Kah Ting		People's Action Party
Queenstown	Jek Yeun Thong		People's Action Party
River Valley	Lim Cheng Lock		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	Raphael Alfred Gonzales		People's Action Party
Siglap	Abdul Rahim Ishak		People's Action Party
Southern Islands	Ya'acob bin Mohamed		People's Action Party
Stamford	Fong Sip Chee		People's Action Party
Tampines	Poh Ber Liak		Barisan Sosialis
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	Bernard Rodrigues		People's Action Party
Thomson	Koo Young		Barisan Sosialis
Tiong Bahru	Lee Teck Him		People's Action Party
Toa Payoh	Wong Soon Fong		Barisan Sosialis
Ulu Pandan	Chow Chiok Hock		People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	Sia Kah Hui		People's Action Party

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		UPP	16 June 1965	Resignation [3]	10 July 1965	Lee Khoon Choy		PAP

References

1. Sam, Jackie (23 October 1963). "Loyalty to Malaysia oath by Barisan men". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
2. "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1963". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. "Mr. ONG QUITS THE ASSEMBLY". The Straits Times. 17 June 1965. Retrieved 18 July 2020.