| 1st Parliament of Singapore | |
| Body: | Parliament of Singapore |
| Meeting Place: | Old Parliament House |
| Government: | People's Action Party |
| Opposition: | Barisan Sosialis |
| Term Start: | 8 December 1965 |
| Term End: | 8 February 1968 |
| Before: | 3rd Legislative Assembly |
| After: | 2nd Parliament |
| Chamber1: | Parliament of Singapore |
| Membership1: | 51 |
| Control1: | PAP supermajority |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah (until 1966) Punch Coomaraswamy (from 1966) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leader of the House |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Toh Chin Chye |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Prime Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966) |
| Session1 Start: | 8 December 1965 |
| Session1 End: | 8 February 1968 |
| Box Width: | 400px |
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.[1]
The members of the 1st Parliament had been elected in the 1963 general election to the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore, which was renamed as the Parliament of Singapore following Singapore's independence in 1965. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speakers were A P Rajah and Punch Coomaraswamy.[2]
The Parliament had 12 changes throughout the term, the most for any Parliament to date as of ; 11 members from Barisan Sosialis, alongside Fong Kim Heng as the only PAP's MP, were vacated and precipitated a series of elections between 1966 and 1968.
| Party | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At start | At dissolution | |||
| People's Action Party | 38 | 49 | ||
| Barisan Sosialis | 13 | 2 | ||
| Total | 51 | 51 | ||
| Government majority | 12 | 23 | ||
This is the list of the members of the 1st Parliament of Singapore on 8 December 1965.
| Constituency | Incumbent | Date of by-election | New member | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | Name | Party | |||||
| Bukit Merah | Lim Huan Boon | BS | 31 December 1965 | Resignation | 18 January 1966 | Lim Guan Hoo | PAP | |||
| Chua Chu Kang | Chio Cheng Thun | BS | 8 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Tang See Chim | PAP | |||
| Paya Lebar | Kow Kee Seng | BS | 8 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Tay Boon Too | PAP | |||
| Crawford | S. Thendayatha Bani | BS | 9 January 1966 | Resignation | 1 March 1966 | Sellappa Ramaswamy | PAP | |||
| Bukit Timah | Lee Tee Tong | BS | 7 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP | |||
| Jurong | Chia Thye Poh | BS | 7 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Ho Kah Leong | PAP | |||
| Joo Chiat | Fong Kim Heng | PAP | 18 October 1966 | Resignation | 2 November 1966 | Yeoh Ghim Seng | PAP | |||
| Bukit Panjang | Ong Lian Teng | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Pathmanaban Selvadurai | PAP | |||
| Havelock | Loh Miaw Gong | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Lim Soo Peng | PAP | |||
| Jalan Kayu | Tan Cheng Tong | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Teo Hup Teck | PAP | |||
| Tampines | Poh Ber Liak | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 24 February 1967 | Chew Chin Han | PAP | |||
| Thomson | Koo Young | BS | 5 December 1966 | Resignation | 7 March 1967 | Ang Nam Piau | PAP | |||