Composition at the start of the 6th Parliament of Singapore
PAP (77)
WP (1)
SDP (1)
Vacant (1)
Overview
Legislative body
Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place
Old Parliament House
Term
25 February 1985 – 17 August 1988
Election
22 December 1984
Government
People's Action Party
Opposition
Workers' Party (until 1986) Singapore Democratic Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members
80
Speaker
Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House
S. Dhanabalan (until 1987) Wong Kan Seng (from 1987)
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition
J. B. Jeyaretnam (until 1986) Chiam See Tong (from 1986)
Party control
PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st
25 February 1985 – 27 January 1986
2nd
20 February 1986 – 17 August 1988
The 6th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 25 February 1985 and was prorogued on 27 January 1986. It commenced its second session on 20 February 1986 and was dissolved on 17 August 1988.[1]
The members of the 6th Parliament were elected in the 1984 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speaker was Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was J. B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party until he lost his parliamentary seat following his convictions, and was replaced by Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party.
Two seats were vacated in 1986 and remained vacated until the end of term, with Jeyaretnam being the first, followed by Geylang West's MP Teh Cheang Wan who committed suicide over corruption; with Jeyaretnam's vacation, this was the last instance where only two parties represented the Parliament until 2015.
^"Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
^"List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
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