2nd Parliament of Singapore

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
Term	6 May 1968 – 16 August 1972
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	Edmund W. Barker
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st 6 May 1968 – 14 April 1971 2nd 21 July 1971 – 16 August 1972

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.

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.

Officeholders

• Speaker:
  • Punch Coomaraswamy, until 18 January 1970
  • Yeoh Ghim Seng (PAP), from 27 January 1970
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
• Leader of the House: Edmund W. Barker (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Sia Kah Hui

Composition

Party		Members
		At election	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	58	58
Total		58	58
Government majority		29	29

Members

This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.

Constituency	Member	Party
Alexandra	Wong Lin Ken		People's Action Party
Aljunied	Mohamad Ghazali bin 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	Pathmanaban 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		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 bin Kenap		People's Action Party
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin		People's Action Party
Havelock	Lim Soo Peng		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 bin Karim		People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee	Sha'ari bin Tadin		People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam		People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor	Lim Cheng Lock		People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi		People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi	Ya'acob bin Mohamed		People's Action Party
Katong	Joseph Francis De Conceicao		People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee		People's Action Party
MacPherson	Chua Sian Chin		People's Action Party
Moulmein	Sia Khoon Seong		People's Action Party
Mountbatten	Ng Yeow Chong		People's Action Party
Nee Soon	Ong Soo Chuan		People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang	Othman bin Wok		People's Action Party
Paya Lebar	Tay Boon Too		People's Action Party
Potong Pasir	Sellappa 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	Andrew Fong Sip Chee		People's Action Party
Tampines	Phua Bah Lee		People's Action Party
Tanglin	Edmund William 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. Naidu 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		People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon	Sia Kah Hui		People's Action Party
Whampoa	Buang bin Omar Junid		People's Action Party

By-elections

Constituency	Incumbent					Date of by-election	New member
	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