Composition at the start of the 1st Parliament of Singapore
People's Action Party (38)
Barisan Sosialis (13)
Overview
Legislative body
Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place
Old Parliament House
Term
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
Government
People's Action Party
Opposition
Barisan Sosialis
Parliament of Singapore
Members
51
Speaker
Arumugam Ponnu Rajah (until 1966) Punch Coomaraswamy (from 1966)
Leader of the House
Toh Chin Chye
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition
Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966)
Party control
PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st
8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968
The 1st Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. It commenced its first and only session on 8 December 1965 and was dissolved on 8 February 1968.[1]
The members of the 1st Parliament had been elected in the 1963 general election to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore, which was renamed as the Parliament of Singapore following Singapore's independence in 1965. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speakers were A P Rajah and Punch Coomaraswamy.[2]
The Parliament had 12 changes throughout the term, the most for any Parliament to date as of 2024; 11 members from Barisan Sosialis, alongside Fong Kim Heng as the only PAP's MP, were vacated and precipitated a series of elections between 1966 and 1968.
^"Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
^"List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
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