# 9th Parliament of Singapore

The 9th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 26 May 1997 and was prorogued on 8 September 1999. It commenced its second session on 4 October 1999 and was dissolved on 18 October 2001.
The members of the 9th Parliament were elected in the 1997 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.

## Officeholders

* Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP)
** Deputy Speaker:
*** Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (PAP)
* Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (PAP)
** Deputy Prime Minister:
*** Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
*** Tony Tan (PAP)
* Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (SPP)
* 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:
*** Goh Chee Wee
*** Ong Chit Chung

## Composition

| Political party | Political party | Members | Members |
| Political party | Political party | At election | At dissolution |
| | People's Action Party | 81 | 81 |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | 2 |
| | Singapore People's Party | 1 | 1 |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 8 |
| Vacant seats | Vacant seats | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 83 | 90 |
| Government majority | Government majority | 39 | 36 |

## Members
### Elected Members of Parliament

This is the list of members of the 9th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1997 general election.
| Constituency | Division | Member | Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Aljunied | Toh See Kiat | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Changi–Simei | David Lim Tik En | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Eunos | Sidek Saniff | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Kampong Kembangan | George Yeo | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Paya Lebar | Ker Sin Tze | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Ang Mo Kio | Tang Guan Seng | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Kebun Baru | Inderjit Singh | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Nee Soon South | Tan Boon Wan | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Teck Ghee | Lee Hsien Loong | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Yio Chu Kang | Seng Han Thong | People's Action Party |
| Ayer Rajah SMC | Ayer Rajah SMC | Tan Cheng Bock | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Bishan East | Wong Kan Seng | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Bishan North | Ho Tat Kin | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Thomson | Leong Horn Kee | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Toa Payoh Central | Ibrahim Othman | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Toa Payoh East | Davinder Singh | People's Action Party |
| Boon Lay SMC | Boon Lay SMC | Goh Chee Wee | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Gombak SMC | Bukit Gombak SMC | Ang Mong Seng | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah GRC | Bukit Batok | Ong Chit Chung | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah GRC | Bukit Timah | Wang Kai Yuen | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah GRC | Jurong | Ramasamy Ravindran | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah GRC | Ulu Pandan | Lim Boon Heng | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Timah GRC | Yuhua | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Cheng San | Lee Yock Suan | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Jalan Kayu | Heng Chiang Meng | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Punggol Central | Michael Lim Chun Leng | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Punggol East | Zainul Abidin | People's Action Party |
| Cheng San GRC | Punggol South | Yeo Guat Kwang | People's Action Party |
| Chua Chu Kang SMC | Chua Chu Kang SMC | Low Seow Chay | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Bedok | S. Jayakumar | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Fengshan | Chng Hee Kok | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Joo Chiat | Chan Soo Sen | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Kaki Bukit | Chew Heng Ching | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Kampong Chai Chee | Tan Soo Khoon | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Siglap | Abdullah Tarmugi | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah East | Kenneth Chen Koon Lap | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah North | John Chen Seow Phun | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah West | Harun bin Abdul Ghani | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Nanyang | Peter Chen Min Liang | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Yew Tee | Yeo Cheow Tong | 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 | Kolam Ayer | Yaacob Ibrahim | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Whampoa | Choo Wee Khiang | People's Action Party |
| Kampong Glam SMC | Kampong Glam SMC | Loh Meng See | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC | Kim Seng | Lily Neo | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC | Kreta Ayer | Richard Hu | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC | Moulmein | Sinnakaruppan C. Ramasamy | People's Action Party |
| Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC | Tanglin | Lew Syn Pau | People's Action Party |
| MacPherson SMC | MacPherson SMC | Matthias Yao | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Braddell Heights | Goh Choon Kang | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Geylang Serai | Othman Haron Eusofe | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Kampong Ubi | Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Marine Parade | Goh Chok Tong | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Mountbatten | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Serangoon | Lim Hwee Hua | People's Action Party |
| Nee Soon Central SMC | Nee Soon Central SMC | Ng Pock Too | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris GRC | Pasir Ris Central | Ahmad Mohamed Magad | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris GRC | Pasir Ris Elias | Charles Chong | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris GRC | Pasir Ris Loyang | Teo Chee Hean | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris GRC | Pasir Ris South | Ong Kian Min | People's Action Party |
| Potong Pasir SMC | Potong Pasir SMC | Chiam See Tong | Singapore People's Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Bukit Panjang | Teo Ho Pin | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Chong Pang | K. Shanmugam | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Marsiling | Hawazi bin Daipi | 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 |
| Sembawang GRC | Woodlands | Chin Tet Yung | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines Central | Sin Boon Ann | 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 |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Buona Vista | Lim Swee Say | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Leng Kee | Ow Chin Hock | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Queenstown | Chay Wai Chuen | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Radin Mas | S. Vasoo | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tiong Bahru | Koo Tsai Kee | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Clementi | Bernard Chen Tien Lap | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Pasir Panjang | S. Iswaran | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Telok Blangah | Lim Hng Kiang | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | West Coast | Wan Soon Bee | People's Action Party |

### Non-constituency Members of Parliament

One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 9th Parliament of Singapore.
| Member | Party | Party | Constituency contested |
| J. B. Jeyaratnam | | Workers' Party | Cheng San GRC |

### Nominated Members of Parliament

* Chiang See Ngoh, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 2001
* Chuang Shaw Peng, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 1999
* Gerard Ee, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 2001
* Lee Tsao Yuan, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 1999
* Shriniwas Rai, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 1999
* Cyrille Tan Soo Leng, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 1999
* Tay Beng Chuan, from 1 October 1997
* Simon Tay, from 1 October 1997
* Zulkifli B. Baharudin, from 1 October 1997 until 1 October 2001
* Goh Chong Chia, from 1 October 1999
* Jennifer Lee Gek Choo, from 1 October 1999
* Noris Ong Chin Guan, from 1 October 1999
* Thomas Thomas, from 1 October 1999
* Braema Mathiaparanam, from 1 October 2001
* Chandra Mohan K Nair, from 1 October 2001

## Vacant seats

| Constituency | Name | Party | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Choo Wee Khiang | | PAP | 3 December 1999 | Resignation |