2nd Parliament of Singapore
The 2nd Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 May 1968 and was prorogued on 14 April 1971. It commenced its second session on 21 July 1971 and was dissolved on 16 August 1972.
The members of the 2nd Parliament were elected in the 1968 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. During the first session, Punch Coomaraswamy handed over the speakership to Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.
Composition
Members
This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.Constituency | Party | Member of Parliament |
Alexandra | Wong Lin Ken | |
Aljunied | Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail | |
Anson | Perumal Govindaswamy | |
Bras Basah | Ho See Beng | |
Bukit Ho Swee | Seah Mui Kok | |
Bukit Merah | Lim Guan Hoo | |
Bukit Panjang | Pathmanaban Selvadurai | |
Bukit Timah | Chor Yeok Eng | |
Cairnhill | Lim Kim San | |
Changi | Sim Boon Woo | |
Chua Chu Kang | Tang See Chim | |
Crawford | Low Yong Nguan | |
Delta | Chan Choy Siong | |
Farrer Park | Lee Chiaw Meng | |
Geylang East | Ho Cheng Choon | |
Geylang Serai | Rahmat bin Kenap | |
Geylang West | Yong Nyuk Lin | |
Havelock | Lim Soo Peng | |
Hong Lim | Lee Khoon Choy | |
Jalan Besar | Chan Chee Seng | |
Jalan Kayu | Hwang Soo Jin | |
Joo Chiat | Yeoh Ghim Seng | |
Jurong | Ho Kah Leong | |
Kallang | Abdul Aziz bin Karim | |
Kampong Chai Chee | Sha'ari bin Tadin | |
Kampong Glam | Sinnathamby Rajaratnam | |
Kampong Kapor | Lim Cheng Lock | |
Kampong Kembangan | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | |
Kampong Ubi | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | |
Katong | Joseph Francis De Conceicao | |
Kreta Ayer | Goh Keng Swee | |
MacPherson | Chua Sian Chin | |
Moulmein | Sia Khoon Seong | |
Mountbatten | Ng Yeow Chong | |
Nee Soon | Ong Soo Chuan | |
Pasir Panjang | Othman bin Wok | |
Paya Lebar | Tay Boon Too | |
Potong Pasir | Sellappa Ramaswamy | |
Punggol | Ng Kah Ting | |
Queenstown | Jek Yeun Thong | |
River Valley | Low Guan Onn | |
Rochore | Toh Chin Chye | |
Sembawang | Teong Eng Siong | |
Sepoy Lines | Wee Toon Boon | |
Serangoon Gardens | Leonard Peter Rodrigo | |
Siglap | Abdul Rahim bin Ishak | |
Stamford | Andrew Fong Sip Chee | |
Tampines | Phua Bah Lee | |
Tanglin | Edmund William Barker | |
Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | |
Telok Ayer | Ong Pang Boon | |
Telok Blangah | N. Naidu Govindasamy | |
Thomson | Ang Nam Piau | |
Tiong Bahru | Ch'ng Jit Koon | |
Toa Payoh | Eric Cheong Yuen Chee | |
Ulu Pandan | Lee Teck Him | |
Upper Serangoon | Sia Kah Hui | |
Whampoa | Buang bin Omar Junid |