2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963.

2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 3 September 1963 (1963-09-03)
Election30 May 1959
GovernmentPeople's Action Party
OppositionSingapore People's Alliance
United Malays National Organisation
United People's Party (from 1961)
Barisan Sosialis (from 1961)
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Members51
SpeakerSir George Oehlers
Leader of the HouseToh Chin Chye
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Leader of the OppositionLim Yew Hock
Party controlPAP supermajority (until 1961)
PAP majority (1961–1962)
PAP minority (from 1962)
Sessions
1st1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 1 June 1960 (1960-06-01)
2nd20 July 1960 (1960-07-20) – 20 July 1961 (1961-07-20)
3rd31 October 1961 (1961-10-31) – 13 July 1962 (1962-07-13)
4th27 March 1963 (1963-03-27) – 1 August 1963 (1963-08-01)

Officeholders

Composition
Party Members
At election[1] At dissolution
People's Action Party 43 25
Barisan Sosialis 0 14
Singapore People's Alliance 4 4
United Malays National Organisation 3 3
United People's Party 0 2
Independent 1 2
Vacant seats 0 1
Total 51 51
Government majority 17 -1

Members

This is the list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1959 general election.

Constituency Members Party
Aljunied S. V. Lingam People's Action Party
Anson Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff People's Action Party
Bras Basah Hoe Puay Choo People's Action Party
Bukit Merah Sellappa Ramaswamy People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang Lee Khoon Choy People's Action Party
Bukit Timah Yaacob bin Mohamed People's Action Party
Cairnhill Lim Yew Hock Singapore People's Alliance
Changi Teo Hock Guan People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang Ong Chang Sam People's Action Party
Crawford Kenneth Michael Byrne People's Action Party
Delta Chan Choy Siong People's Action Party
Farrer Park Arumugam Ponnu Rajah Independent
Geylang East Mohamed Ismail bin Abdul Rahim People's Action Party
Geylang Serai Abdul Hamid Jumat United Malays National Organisation
Geylang West Yong Nyuk Lin People's Action Party
Havelock Low Por Tuck People's Action Party
Hong Lim Ong Eng Guan People's Action Party
Jalan Besar Chan Chee Seng People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu Tan Cheng Tong People's Action Party
Joo Chiat C. H. Koh Singapore People's Alliance
Jurong Chor Yeok Eng People's Action Party
Kallang Buang bin Omar Junid People's Action Party
Kampong Glam S. Rajaratnam People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor G. Kandasamy People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan Mohammed Ali bin Alwi United Malays National Organisation
Kreta Ayer Goh Keng Swee People's Action Party
Moulmein Lin You Eng People's Action Party
Mountbatten Chua Seng Kim Singapore People's Alliance
Nee Soon Sheng Nam Chin People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang Tee Kim Leng People's Action Party
Paya Lebar Tan Kia Gan People's Action Party
Punggol Ng Teng Kian People's Action Party
Queenstown Lee Siew Choh People's Action Party
River Valley Lim Cheng Lock People's Action Party
Rochore Toh Chin Chye People's Action Party
Sembawang Ahmad Ibrahim People's Action Party
Sepoy Lines Wee Toon Boon People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens Leong Keng Seng People's Action Party
Siglap Sahorah bte Ahmat People's Action Party
Southern Islands Ahmad Jabri bin Mohammed Akib United Malays National Organisation
Stamford Fung Yin Ching People's Action Party
Tampines Goh Chew Chua People's Action Party
Tanglin Thio Chan Bee Singapore People's Alliance
Tanjong Pagar Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party
Telok Ayer Ong Pang Boon People's Action Party
Telok Blangah John Mammen People's Action Party
Thomson S.T. Bani People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru Lee Teck Him People's Action Party
Toa Payoh Wong Soon Fong People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan Mohamad Ariff bin Suradi People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon Chan Sun Wing People's Action Party

Changes in members

By-elections
Constituency Incumbent Date of by-election New member
Name Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacancy Name Party
Hong Lim Ong Eng Guan Independent 29 December 1960 Resignation 29 April 1961 Ong Eng Guan Independent
Anson Baharudin bin Mohamed Ariff PAP 20 April 1961 Death[2] 15 July 1961 David Marshall WP

Vacant seats
Constituency Member Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacation
Sembawang Ahmad Ibrahim PAP 21 August 1962 Death[3]

Changes in party affiliation
Member Constituency Date Former party New party Reason
Ong Eng Guan Hong Lim 27 July 1960 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[4]
18 June 1961 Independent UPP Formed new political party.[5]
S. V. Lingam Aljunied 27 July 1960 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[4]
18 June 1961 Independent UPP Formed new political party.
4 August 1962 UPP Independent Resigned due to disagreement with UPP.[6]
16 August 1962 Independent PAP Reinstated.[7]
Ng Teng Kian Punggol 27 July 1960 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[4]
18 June 1961 Independent UPP Formed new political party.[5]
Lee Siew Choh Queenstown 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[10]
Teo Hock Guan Changi 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Ong Chang Sam Chua Chu Kang 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Low Por Tuck Havelock 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Tan Cheng Tong Jalan Kayu 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Lin You Eng Moulmein 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Sheng Nam Chin Nee Soon 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Tee Kim Leng Pasir Panjang 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Leong Keng Seng Serangoon Gardens 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Fung Yin Ching Stamford 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
S.T. Bani Thomson 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Wong Soon Fong Toa Payoh 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Chan Sun Wing Upper Serangoon 27 July 1961 PAP Independent Expelled for challenging PAP leadership.[8][9]
29 July 1961 Independent BS Formed new political party.[11][10]
Hoe Puay Choo Bras Basah 3 July 1962 PAP Independent Resigned.[12]
11 August 1962 Independent BS Joined Barisan.[13]
David Marshall Anson 18 January 1963 WP Independent Resigned due to disagreement with WP.[14]

References
  1. "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1959". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "BAHARUDDIN—ASSEMBLY SHOWS RESPECT". The Straits Times. 27 April 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. April 2018.
  4. "Ong: PAP's final act". The Straits Times. 29 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. "Eng Guan forms a new party". The Straits Times. 19 June 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. "A Lingam shock for Ong: He quits UPP". The Straits Times. 5 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. "Lingam is taken back by PAP". The Straits Times. 17 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. Tan, Kevin YL; Thio, Li-ann (2015). Singapore: 50 constitutional moments that defined a nation. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. ISBN 9789814677851.
  9. "PAP may expel the dissidents". The Straits Times. 25 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. "PAP DISSIDENTS NAME NEW PARTY 'BARISAN SOCIALIS'". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. "PAP 'rebels' to form an opposition party". The Straits Times. 27 July 1961. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  12. "WE CARRY ON-LEE". The Straits Times. 4 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  13. "MADAM HOE IS NOW A BARISAN MEMBER". The Straits Times. 12 August 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  14. "Marshall: The extreme left has captured my party". The Straits Times. 19 January 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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