# 1st Parliament of Singapore

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 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.
The Parliament had 12 changes throughout the term, the most for any Parliament to date as of 2025; 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.

## 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 | Party | Members | Members |
| Party | Party | At start | At dissolution |
| | People's Action Party | 38 | 49 |
| | Barisan Sosialis | 13 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 51 | 51 |
| Government majority | Government majority | 12 | 23 |

## Members

This is the list of the members of the 1st Parliament of Singapore on 8 December 1965.
| Constituency | Member | Party |
| Aljunied | Suppiah Visva Lingam | People's Action Party |
| Anson | Perumal Govindaswamy | People's Action Party |
| Bras Basah | Ho See Beng | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Merah | Lim Huan Boon | Barisan Sosialis |
| Bukit Panjang | Ong Lian Teng | Barisan Sosialis |
| Bukit Timah | Lee Tee Tong | Barisan Sosialis |
| Cairnhill | Lim Kim San | People's Action Party |
| Changi | Sim Boon Woo | People's Action Party |
| Chua Chu Kang | Chio Cheng Thun | Barisan Sosialis |
| Crawford | S. Thendayatha Bani | Barisan Sosialis |
| Delta | Chan Choy Siong | People's Action Party |
| Farrer Park | S. R. Dharmarajoo | People's Action Party |
| Geylang East | Ho Cheng Choon | People's Action Party |
| Geylang Serai | Rahmat bin Kenap | People's Action Party |
| Geylang West | Yong Nyuk Lin | People's Action Party |
| Havelock | Loh Miaw Gong | Barisan Sosialis |
| Hong Lim | Lee Khoon Choy | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar | Chan Chee Seng | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Kayu | Tan Cheng Tong | Barisan Sosialis |
| Joo Chiat | Fong Kim Heng | People's Action Party |
| Jurong | Chia Thye Poh | Barisan Sosialis |
| Kallang | Buang bin Omar Junid | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam | S. Rajaratnam | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Kapor | Mahmud bin Awang | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Kembangan | Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer | Goh Keng Swee | People's Action Party |
| Moulmein | Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi-Devan Nair | People's Action Party |
| Mountbatten | Ng Yeow Chong | People's Action Party |
| Nee Soon | Chan Sun Wing | Barisan Sosialis |
| Pasir Panjang | Othman Wok | People's Action Party |
| Paya Lebar | Kow Kee Seng | Barisan Sosialis |
| Punggol | Ng Kah Ting | People's Action Party |
| Queenstown | Jek Yeun Thong | People's Action Party |
| River Valley | Lim Cheng Lock | People's Action Party |
| Rochore | Toh Chin Chye | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang | Teong Eng Siong | People's Action Party |
| Sepoy Lines | Wee Toon Boon | People's Action Party |
| Serangoon Gardens | Raphael Alfred Gonzales | People's Action Party |
| Siglap | Abdul Rahim Ishak | People's Action Party |
| Southern Islands | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | People's Action Party |
| Stamford | Fong Sip Chee | People's Action Party |
| Tampines | Poh Ber Liak | Barisan Sosialis |
| Tanglin | E. W. Barker | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | People's Action Party |
| Telok Ayer | Ong Pang Boon | People's Action Party |
| Telok Blangah | Bernard Rodrigues | People's Action Party |
| Thomson | Koo Young | Barisan Sosialis |
| Tiong Bahru | Lee Teck Him | People's Action Party |
| Toa Payoh | Wong Soon Fong | Barisan Sosialis |
| Ulu Pandan | Chow Chiok Hock | People's Action Party |
| Upper Serangoon | Sia Kah Hui | People's Action Party |

## 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 |
| 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 | P. 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 |