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.

The members of the Sixth 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. Yeoh Ghim Seng served as Speaker. J. B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party served as the de facto Leader of the Opposition until he was disqualified from Parliament on 10 November 1968 following a conviction over false statements about party funds. This left Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party as the sole opposition member in Parliament. With Jeyaretnam's disqualification, this was the last instance where only two parties represented the Parliament until 2015.

The Sixth Parliament saw the implementation of the Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme, which allowed for the losing opposition candidates which received the highest percentage of votes to be representated in Parliament, in order to ensure that a quota of opposition members in Parliament could be met. For the Sixth Parliament, a minimum number of three opposition members was set, allowing for one NCMP seat to be allocated. The seat was first offered to M. P. D. Nair of the Workers' Party on 24 December 1984, but the offer lapsed on 4 March 1985, without Nair accepting it. The seat was then offered to Tan Chee Kien of the Singapore United Front on 8 March 1985, who rejected it on 28 March 1985. The NCMP seat thus remained vacant for the duration of the Sixth Parliament.

The Sixth Parliament also saw the presence of female MPs for the first time since the resignation of Chan Choy Siong in 1970. Two seats were vacated in 1986 and remained so until the end of the term; the first was Jeyaretnam's, and the second was that of the PAP's Teh Cheang Wan, who committed suicide on 14 December 1986 during an investigation for alleged corruption.

Results of the 1984 general election

Officeholders

Speaker: Yeoh Ghim Seng (Joo Chiat, PAP) Deputy Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (Alexandra, PAP), from 1 March 1985 Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar, PAP) Deputy Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (Marine Parade, PAP) Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat, PAP) Leader of the Opposition: J. B. Jeyaretnam (Anson, WP), until 10 November 1986 Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir, SDP), from 10 November 1986 Leader of the House: S. Dhanabalan (Kallang, PAP), until 24 February 1987 Wong Kan Seng (Kuo Chuan, PAP), from 25 February 1987 Government Party Whip: Lee Yiok Seng (Bukit Panjang, PAP) Deputy Government Party Whip: Lee Hsien Loong (Teck Ghee, PAP), until 27 January 1987 Eugene Yap (Mountbatten, PAP), from 28 January 1987

Composition Political partyMembersAt electionAt dissolutionPeople's Action Party7776Workers' Party10Singapore Democratic Party11Vacant seats13Total8080Government majority7575

Members ConstituencyMemberPartyAlexandraTan Soo Khoon陈树群PAPAljuniedChin Harn Tong钱翰琮PAPAng Mo KioYeo Toon Chia杨敦清PAPAnsonJ. B. Jeyaretnam ஜே. பி. ஜெயரத்தினம்WPAyer RajahTan Cheng Bock陈清木PAPBedokS. Jayakumarஎஸ். செயக்குமார்PAPBo WenS. Vasooஎஸ். வாசுPAPBoon LayGoh Chee Wee吴志伟PAPBoon TeckHo Tat Kin何达坚PAPBraddell HeightsGoh Choon Kang吴俊刚PAPBrickworksAhmad Mattarأحمد مطرPAPBukit BatokChai Chong Yii蔡崇语PAPBukit MerahLim Chee Onn林子安PAPBukit PanjangLee Yiok Seng李玉胜PAPBukit TimahWang Kai Yuen王家园PAPBuona VistaAng Kok Peng洪国平PAPCairnhillWong Kwei Cheong黄贵祥PAPChangiTeo Chong Tee张宗治PAPChangkatAline Wong黄简丽中PAPCheng SanLee Yock Suan李玉全PAPChong BoonS. Chandra Dasஎஸ். சந்திர தாஸ்PAPChua Chu KangTang See Chim邓思沾PAPClementiBernard Chen陈天立PAPDeltaYeo Choo Kok杨子国PAPEunosZulkifli Mohammedذوالکيفلي محمدPAPFengshanArthur Beng孟建南PAPGeylang SeraiOthman Haron Eusofeعثمان هارون يوسفPAPGeylang WestTeh Cheang Wan 郑章远PAPHendersonLai Tha Chai黎达材PAPHong KahYeo Cheow Tong姚照东PAPJalan BesarLee Boon Yang李文献PAPJalan KayuHeng Chiang Meng王章明PAPJoo ChiatYeoh Ghim Seng杨锦成PAPJurongHo Kah Leong何家良PAPKaki BukitChew Heng Ching周亨增PAPKallangS. Dhanabalanஎஸ். தநபாலன்PAPKampong Chai CheeFong Sip Chee邝摄治PAPKampong GlamS. Rajaratnamஎஸ். ராஜரத்தினம்PAPKampong KembanganYatiman Yusofوان حسين زوهريPAPKampong UbiWan Hussin Zoohriوان حسين زوهريPAPKebun BaruLim Boon Heng林文兴PAPKhe BongTang Guan Seng陈原生PAPKim KeatOng Teng Cheong王鼎昌PAPKim SengYeo Ning Hong杨林丰PAPKolam AyerSidek Saniffصديق صانفPAPKreta AyerRichard Hu胡赐道PAPKuo ChuanWong Kan Seng黄根成PAPLeng KeeOw Chin Hock欧进福PAPMacPhersonChua Sian Chin蔡善进PAPMarine ParadeGoh Chok Tong吴作栋PAPMoulmeinLawrence Sia谢坤祥PAPMountbattenEugene Yap叶尧清PAPNee SoonKoh Lip Lin高立人PAPPasir PanjangAbbas Abu Aminعباس أبو أمينPAPPaya LebarPhilip Tan陈治洋PAPPotong PasirChiam See Tong詹时中SDPPunggolNg Kah Ting黄嘉腾PAPQueenstownJek Yeun Thong易润堂PAPRadin MasChng Hee Kok庄熙国PAPRiver ValleyTay Eng Soon郑永顺PAPRochoreToh Chin Chye杜进才PAPSembawangTony Tan陈庆炎PAPSerangoon GardensLau Teik Soon刘德顺PAPSiglapAbdullah Tarmugiعبد الله تارموعيPAPTampinesPhua Bah Lee潘峇厘PAPTanah MerahIbrahim Othmanإبراهيم عثمانPAPTanglinE. W. BarkerPAPTanjong PagarLee Kuan Yew李光耀PAPTeck GheeLee Hsien Loong李显龙PAPTelok AyerOng Pang Boon王邦文PAPTelok BlangahKoh Lam Son许南山PAPThomsonLeong Horn Kee梁汉基PAPTiong BahruCh'ng Jit Koon庄日昆PAPToa PayohEric Cheong张润志PAPUlu PandanDixie Tan陈李慕真PAPWest CoastWan Soon Bee阮顺美PAPWhampoaAugustine Tan陈惠兴PAPYio Chu KangLau Ping Sum刘炳森PAPYuhuaYu-Foo Yee Shoon于符喜泉PAPNon-constituencyMember of ParliamentVacant

Notes

References