predecessor successor death_date death_place constituency_mp children religion nationality party profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
chiang hai ding lim boon heng 23 april 2014 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- singapore ulu pandan smc singapore 4 -lrb- including one who predeceased his parents -rrb- methodist singaporean people 's action party cardiologist 6 november 1935 22 december 1984 dr. tan ngoh chuan dixie tan
 31 august 1991 dixie tan
dixie tan

dixie tan-lee mo chun -lrb- , 6 november 1935 -- april 23 , 2014 -rrb- was a singaporean cardiologist and politician , who served as the mp for the ulu pandan constituency from 1984 to 1991 .
she was a member of the people 's action party -lrb- pap -rrb- .
in 1984 , she became a member of the parliament of singapore after she was nominated unopposed on nomination day , shortly before the 1984 general election .
tan became one of three new female members to enter parliament in 1984 , together with aline wong and yu-foo yee shoon .
the trio became the first women to serve in parliament in fourteen years .
she represented ulu pandan in parliament until her retirement in 1991 .
she then worked as a family and marital therapist .
dr. dixie tan died at singapore general hospital on 23 april 2014 , aged 78 , following a two month illness with brain cancer .
she was survived by her husband , cardiothoracic surgeon dr. tan ngoh chuan , and their three children .
a fourth child died in 2013 .
her funeral was held at the paya lebar methodist church .
