1st Parliament of Singapore

1st Parliament of Singapore
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Composition at the start of the First Parliament of Singapore   People's Action Party (38)   Barisan Sosialis (13)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 (2 years and 2 months)
Government	People's Action Party
Opposition	Barisan Sosialis (boycotted)
Parliament of Singapore
Members	51
Speaker	A. P. Rajah (until 1966) Punch Coomaraswamy (from 1966)
Leader of the House	Toh Chin Chye
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Leader of the Opposition	Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966)
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st 8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968 (2 years and 2 months)

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 2026; 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.

Officeholders

• Speaker:
  • A. P. Rajah, until 5 August 1966
  • Punch Coomaraswamy, from 17 August 1966
    • Deputy Speaker: Punch Coomaraswamy, until 16 August 1966
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
  • Deputy Prime Minister: Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Leader of the Opposition:
  • Lim Huan Boon (BS), until 31 December 1965
  • Chia Thye Poh (BS), from 1 January 1966 until 7 October 1966
• Leader of the House: Toh Chin Chye (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Chan Chee Seng

Composition

Party		Members
		At start	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	38	49
	Barisan Sosialis	13	2
Total		51	51
Government majority		25	47

Members

Constituency	Member	Party
Aljunied	S. V. Lingam எஸ். வி. லிங்கம்		PAP
Anson	P. Govindaswamy பி. கோவிந்தசாமி		PAP
Bras Basah	Ho See Beng 何思明		PAP
Bukit Merah	Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) 林焕文		BS
	Lim Guan Hoo (from 1966) 林源河		PAP
Bukit Panjang	Ong Lian Teng (until 1966) 王连丁		BS
	P. Selvadurai (from 1967)பி. செல்வதுரை		PAP
Bukit Timah	Lee Tee Tong (until 1966) 李思东		BS
	Chor Yeok Eng (from 1966) 曹煜英		PAP
Cairnhill	Lim Kim San 林金山		PAP
Changi	Sim Boon Woo 沈文武		PAP
Chua Chu Kang	Chio Cheng Thun (until 1966) 蒋清潭		BS
	Tang See Chim (from 1966) 邓思沾		PAP
Crawford	S. T. Bani (until 1966) எஸ். டி. பானி		BS
	S. Ramaswamy (from 1966) எஸ். ராமசாமி		PAP
Delta	Chan Choy Siong 陈翠嫦		PAP
Farrer Park	S. Rajoo எஸ். ராஜூ		PAP
Geylang East	Ho Cheng Choon 何振春		PAP
Geylang Serai	Rahmat Kenap رحمة كنڤ		PAP
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin 杨玉麟		PAP
Havelock	Loh Miaw Gong (until 1966) 卢妙萍		BS
	Lim Soo Peng (from 1967) 林树炳		PAP
Hong Lim	Lee Khoon Choy 李炯才		PAP
Jalan Besar	Chan Chee Seng 陈志成		PAP
Jalan Kayu	Tan Cheng Tong (until 1966) 陈清动		BS
	Teo Hup Teck (from 1967) 张合德		PAP
Joo Chiat	Fong Kim Heng (until 1966) 邝金庆		PAP
	Yeoh Ghim Seng (from 1966) 杨锦成		PAP
Jurong	Chia Thye Poh (until 1966) 谢太宝		BS
	Ho Kah Leong (from 1966) 何家良		PAP
Kallang	Buang Omar Junid بواڠ عمر جنيد		PAP
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam எஸ். ராஜரத்தினம்		PAP
Kampong Kapor	Mahmud Awang محمود اوڠ		PAP
Kampong Kembangan	Ariff Suradi عارف سورادي		PAP
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee 吴庆瑞		PAP
Moulmein	Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi ஆவடை தனலட்சுமி		PAP
Mountbatten	Ng Yeow Chong 黄燿宗		PAP
Nee Soon	Chan Sun Wing 陈新嵘		BS
Pasir Panjang	Othman Wok عثمان ووك		PAP
Paya Lebar	Kow Kee Seng (until 1966) 高棋生		BS
	Tay Boon Too (from 1966) 郑文滔		PAP
Punggol	Ng Kah Ting 黄嘉腾		PAP
Queenstown	Jek Yeun Thong 易润堂		PAP
River Valley	Lim Cheng Lock 林清禄		PAP
Rochore	Toh Chin Chye 杜进才		PAP
Sembawang	Teong Eng Siong 张永祥		PAP
Sepoy Lines	Wee Toon Boon 黄循文		PAP
Serangoon Gardens	R. A. Gonzales		PAP
Siglap	Abdul Rahim Ishak عبد الرحيم إسحاق		PAP
Southern Islands	Ya'acob Mohamed يعقوب محمد		PAP
Stamford	Fong Sip Chee 邝摄治		PAP
Tampines	Poh Ber Liak (until 1966) 傅孙力		BS
	Chew Chin Han (from 1967) 周震汉		PAP
Tanglin	E. W. Barker		PAP
Tanjong Pagar	Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀		PAP
Telok Ayer	Ong Pang Boon 王邦文		PAP
Telok Blangah	Bernard Rodrigues		PAP
Thomson	Koo Young (until 1966) 顾泱		BS
	Ang Nam Piau (from 1967) 洪南标		PAP
Tiong Bahru	Lee Teck Him 李德欣		PAP
Toa Payoh	Wong Soon Fong 黄信芳		BS
Ulu Pandan	Chow Chiok Hock 蒋石福		PAP
Upper Serangoon	Sia Kah Hui 谢嘉惠		PAP