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. The session was boycotted by the Barisan Sosialis (BS), who refused to take up their seats in Parliament.
The members of the First Parliament were elected in the 1963 general election to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore, which became the Parliament of Singapore following Singapore's independence in 1965. The First Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party (PAP) supermajority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. A. P. Rajah served as Speaker until 1966, with Punch Coomaraswamy serving as Speaker afterwards.
The First Parliament had twelve changes of composition throughout its term, the most for any Parliament to date as of ; eleven members from the Barisan Sosialis and the PAP's Fong Kim Heng vacated their seats during the session. This was followed by a series of by-elections from 1966 to 1968.
Results of the 1963 general election
Officeholders
Speaker: A. P. Rajah (Independent), until 5 August 1966 Punch Coomaraswamy (Independent), from 17 August 1966 Deputy Speaker: Punch Coomaraswamy (Independent), until 16 August 1966 Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar, PAP) Deputy Prime Minister: Toh Chin Chye (Rochore, PAP) Leader of the Opposition: Lim Huan Boon (Bukit Merah, BS), until 31 December 1965 Chia Thye Poh (Jurong, BS), from 1 January until 7 October 1966 Leader of the House: Toh Chin Chye (Rochore, PAP) Government Party Whip: Chan Chee Seng (Jalan Besar, PAP)
Composition PartyMembersAt startAt dissolutionPeople's Action Party3849Barisan Sosialis132Total5151Government majority2547
Members ConstituencyMemberPartyAljuniedS. V. Lingamஎஸ். வி. லிங்கம்PAPAnsonPerumal Govindaswamyபி. கோவிந்தசாமிPAPBras BasahHo See Beng何思明PAPBukit MerahLim Huan Boon 林焕文BSLim Guan Hoo 林源河PAPBukit PanjangOng Lian Teng 王连丁BSP. Selvadurai பி. செல்வதுரைPAPBukit TimahLee Tee Tong 李思东BSChor Yeok Eng 曹煜英PAPCairnhillLim Kim San林金山PAPChangiSim Boon Woo沈文武PAPChua Chu KangChio Cheng Thun 蒋清潭BSTang See Chim 邓思沾PAPCrawfordS. T. Bani எஸ். டி. பானிBSS. Ramaswamy எஸ். ராமசாமிPAPDeltaChan Choy Siong陈翠嫦PAPFarrer ParkS. Rajooஎஸ். ராஜூPAPGeylang EastHo Cheng Choon何振春PAPGeylang SeraiRahmat Kenapرحمة كنڤPAPGeylang WestYong Nyuk Lin杨玉麟PAPHavelockLoh Miaw Gong 卢妙萍BSLim Soo Peng 林树炳PAPHong LimLee Khoon Choy李炯才PAPJalan BesarChan Chee Seng陈志成PAPJalan KayuTan Cheng Tong 陈清动BSTeo Hup Teck 张合德PAPJoo ChiatFong Kim Heng 邝金庆PAPYeoh Ghim Seng 杨锦成PAPJurongChia Thye Poh 谢太宝BSHo Kah Leong 何家良PAPKallangBuang Omar Junidبواڠ عمر جنيدPAPKampong GlamS. Rajaratnamஎஸ். ராஜரத்தினம்PAPKampong KaporMahmud Awangمحمود اوڠPAPKampong KembanganAriff Suradiعارف سوراديPAPKreta AyerGoh Keng Swee吴庆瑞PAPMoulmeinAvadai Dhanam Lakshimiஆவடை தனலட்சுமிPAPMountbattenNg Yeow Chong黄燿宗PAPNee SoonChan Sun Wing陈新嵘BSPasir PanjangOthman Wokعثمان ووكPAPPaya LebarKow Kee Seng 高棋生BSTay Boon Too 郑文滔PAPPunggolNg Kah Ting黄嘉腾PAPQueenstownJek Yeun Thong易润堂PAPRiver ValleyLim Cheng Lock林清禄PAPRochoreToh Chin Chye杜进才PAPSembawangTeong Eng Siong张永祥PAPSepoy LinesWee Toon Boon黄循文PAPSerangoon GardensR. A. GonzalesPAPSiglapAbdul Rahim Ishakعبد الرحيم إسحاقPAPSouthern IslandsYa'acob Mohamedيعقوب محمدPAPStamfordFong Sip Chee邝摄治PAPTampinesPoh Ber Liak 傅孙力BSChew Chin Han 周震汉PAPTanglinE. W. BarkerPAPTanjong PagarLee Kuan Yew李光耀PAPTelok AyerOng Pang Boon王邦文PAPTelok BlangahBernard RodriguesPAPThomsonKoo Young 顾泱BSAng Nam Piau 洪南标PAPTiong BahruLee Teck Him李德欣PAPToa PayohWong Soon Fong黄信芳BSUlu PandanChow Chiok Hock蒋石福PAPUpper SerangoonSia Kah Hui谢嘉惠PAP
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