# 8th Parliament of Singapore

The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996.
The members of the 8th Parliament were elected in the 1991 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon. The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong until he resigned as secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party on 17 May 1993, and was replaced by Ling How Doong, chairman of his party.

## Officeholders

* Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP)
** Deputy Speaker:
*** Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP), until 30 June 1993
*** Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (PAP), from 26 February 1993
* Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (PAP)
** Deputy Prime Minister:
*** Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
*** Ong Teng Cheong (PAP), until 1 September 1993
*** Tony Tan (PAP), from 1 August 1995
* Leader of the Opposition:
** Chiam See Tong (SDP), until 17 May 1993
** Ling How Doong (SDP), from 17 May 1993
* Leader of the House: Wong Kan Seng (PAP)
* Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Boon Yang
** Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
*** Ho Kah Leong
*** Ong Chit Chung, from 30 April 1994

## Composition

| Party | Party | Members | Members |
| Party | Party | At election | At dissolution |
| | People's Action Party | 77 | 75 |
| | Singapore Democratic Party | 3 | 3 |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | 1 |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 6 |
| Vacant seats | Vacant seats | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 81 | 87 |
| Government majority | Government majority | 36 | 32 |

## Members
### Elected members

This is the list of members of the 8th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1991 general election.
| Constituency | Division | Member | Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Aljunied | Chin Harn Tong | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Kampong Kembangan | George Yeo | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Kampong Ubi | Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Paya Lebar | Ker Sin Tze | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Ang Mo Kio | Yeo Toon Chia | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Kebun Baru | Umar Abdul Hamid | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Teck Ghee | Lee Hsien Loong | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Yio Chu Kang | Lau Ping Sum | People's Action Party |
| Ayer Rajah SMC | Ayer Rajah SMC | Tan Cheng Bock | People's Action Party |
| Bedok GRC | Bedok | S. Jayakumar | People's Action Party |
| Bedok GRC | Fengshan | Arthur Beng Kian Lam | People's Action Party |
| Bedok GRC | Kampong Chai Chee | Tan Soo Khoon | People's Action Party |
| Bedok GRC | Siglap | Abdullah Tarmugi | People's Action Party |
| Boon Lay SMC | Boon Lay SMC | Goh Chee Wee | People's Action Party |
| Braddell Heights SMC | Braddell Heights SMC | Goh Choon Kang | People's Action Party |
| Brickworks GRC | Brickworks | Ahmad Mattar | People's Action Party |
| Brickworks GRC | Clementi | Bernard Chen Tien Lap | People's Action Party |
| Brickworks GRC | Queenstown | Chay Wai Chuen | People's Action Party |
| Brickworks GRC | West Coast | Wan Soon Bee | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Batok SMC | Bukit Batok SMC | Ong Chit Chung | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Gombak SMC | Bukit Gombak SMC | Ling How Doong | Singapore Democratic Party |
| Bukit Merah SMC | Bukit Merah SMC | Ch'ng Jit Koon | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah SMC | Bukit Timah SMC | Wang Kai Yuen | People's Action Party |
| Buona Vista SMC | Buona Vista SMC | Peter Sung | People's Action Party |
| Changi SMC | Changi SMC | Teo Chong Tee | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Cheng San | Lee Yock Suan | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Chong Boon | Rajagopal Sitaram Chandra Das | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Jalan Kayu | Heng Chiang Meng | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Punggol | Michael Lim Chun Leng | People's Action Party |
| Chua Chu Kang SMC | Chua Chu Kang SMC | Low Seow Chay | People's Action Party |
| Eunos GRC | Eunos | Sidek Saniff | People's Action Party |
| Eunos GRC | Kaki Bukit | Chew Heng Ching | People's Action Party |
| Eunos GRC | Pasir Ris | Charles Chong | People's Action Party |
| Eunos GRC | Tampines North | Tay Eng Soon | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah East | Kenneth Chen | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah North | John Chen Seow Phun | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah South | Yeo Cheow Tong | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah West | Harun bin Abdul Ghani | People's Action Party |
| Hougang SMC | Hougang SMC | Low Thia Khiang | Workers' Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Geylang West | Peh Chin Hua | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Jalan Besar | Lee Boon Yang | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Kallang | Choo Wee Khiang | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Kolam Ayer | Zulkifli Mohammed | People's Action Party |
| Jurong SMC | Jurong SMC | Ho Kah Leong | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam GRC | Cairnhill | Wong Kwei Cheong | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam GRC | Kampong Glam | Loh Meng See | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam GRC | Kim Seng | Yeo Ning Hong | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam GRC | Moulmein | Sinakruppan Ramasamy | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer SMC | Kreta Ayer SMC | Richard Hu | People's Action Party |
| Leng Kee SMC | Leng Kee SMC | Ow Chin Hock | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Geylang Serai | Othman Haron Eusofe | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Joo Chiat | Lim Chee Onn | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | MacPherson | Matthias Yao | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Marine Parade | Goh Chok Tong | People's Action Party |
| Mountbatten SMC | Mountbatten SMC | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | People's Action Party |
| Nee Soon Central SMC | Nee Soon Central SMC | Cheo Chai Chen | Singapore Democratic Party |
| Nee Soon South SMC | Nee Soon South SMC | Koh Lip Lin | People's Action Party |
| Potong Pasir SMC | Potong Pasir SMC | Chiam See Tong | Singapore Democratic Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Bukit Panjang | Lee Yiok Seng | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Chong Pang | K. Shanmugam | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Nee Soon East | Ho Peng Kee | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Sembawang | Tony Tan | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Changkat South | Chng Hee Kok | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines Changkat | Aline Wong | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines East | Mah Bow Tan | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines West | Yatiman Bin Yusof | People's Action Party |
| Tanglin SMC | Tanglin SMC | Lew Syn Pau | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Radin Mas | S. Vasoo | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Telok Blangah | Lim Hng Kiang | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tiong Bahru | Koo Tsai Kee | People's Action Party |
| Thomson GRC | Bishan East | Wong Kan Seng | People's Action Party |
| Thomson GRC | Bishan North | Ibrahim Othman | People's Action Party |
| Thomson GRC | Serangoon Gardens | Lau Teik Soon | People's Action Party |
| Thomson GRC | Thomson | Leong Horn Kee | People's Action Party |
| Toa Payoh GRC | Boon Teck | Ho Tat Kin | People's Action Party |
| Toa Payoh GRC | Kim Keat | Ong Teng Cheong | People's Action Party |
| Toa Payoh GRC | Kuo Chuan | S. Dhanabalan | People's Action Party |
| Toa Payoh GRC | Toa Payoh | Davinder Singh | People's Action Party |
| Ulu Pandan SMC | Ulu Pandan SMC | Lim Boon Heng | People's Action Party |
| Yuhua SMC | Yuhua SMC | Foo Yee Shoon | People's Action Party |

### Nominated Members of Parliament

* Chia Shi Teck, from 7 September 1992 until 7 September 1994
* Robert Chua Teck Chew, from 7 September 1992 until 7 September 1994
* Kanwaljit Soin, from 7 September 1992
* Toh Keng Kiat, from 7 September 1992 until 7 September 1994
* Tong Kok Yeo, from 7 September 1992 until 7 September 1994
* Walter Woon, from 7 September 1992
* John De Payva, from 7 September 1994
* Imram bin Mohamed, from 7 September 1994
* Stephen Lee Ching Yen, from 7 September 1994
* Lee Tsao Yuan, from 7 September 1994

## Changes in members
### By-elections

| Constituency | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Date of by-election | New member | New member | New member |
| Constituency | Name | Party | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | Date of by-election | Name | Party | Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Goh Chok Tong | | PAP | 1 December 1992 | Resignation | 19 December 1992 | Goh Chok Tong | | PAP |
| Marine Parade GRC | Othman bin Haron Eusofe | | PAP | 1 December 1992 | Resignation | 19 December 1992 | Lim Chee Onn | | PAP |
| Marine Parade GRC | Teo Chee Hean | | PAP | 1 December 1992 | Resignation | 19 December 1992 | Othman bin Haron Eusofe | | PAP |
| Marine Parade GRC | Matthias Yao | | PAP | 1 December 1992 | Resignation | 19 December 1992 | Matthias Yao | | PAP |

### Vacant seats

| Constituency | Name | Party | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy |
| Eunos GRC | Tay Eng Soon | | PAP | 5 August 1993 | Death |
| Toa Payoh GRC | Ong Teng Cheong | | PAP | 16 August 1993 | Resignation |