3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Singapore | ||||
Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
Term | 22 October 1963 | – 9 August 1965||||
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||||
Members | 51 | ||||
Speaker | Edmund William Barker (1963-1964) Arumugam Ponnu Rajah (1964-1965) | ||||
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Lim Huan Boon | ||||
Party control | People's Action Party | ||||
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The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. Its first and only session started on 22 October 1963[1] and ended on 16 June 1965. The assembly was dissolved on 9 August 1965 and was succeeded by the 1st Parliament of Singapore.
Composition
Political party | Members | |
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At start | At dissolution | |
Template:SG/PAP | 37 | 38 |
Template:SG/BS | 13 | 13 |
Template:SG/UPP | 1 | 0 |
Total | 51 | 51 |
Government majority | 11 | 12 |
Members
This is the list of members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1963 general election.
By-elections
# | Constituency | Date of by-election | New member | Old member | ||||
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Political party | Name | Political party | Name | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | |||
1 | Hong Lim | 10 July 1965 | Template:SG/PAP | Lim Guan Hoo | Template:SG/UPP | Ong Eng Guan | 16 June 1965 | Resignation[3] |
Progression of government majority and party totals
Date | Event | Govt majority | Template:SG/PAP/logo PAP | Template:SG/BS/logo BS | Template:SG/UPP/logo UPP | Vacant |
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22 October 1963 | Opening of the Legislative Assembly | 11 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
16 June 1965 | Ong Eng Guan (UPP-Hong Lim) resigned | 11 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
10 July 1965 | Lim Guan Hoo (PAP) won Hong Lim by-election | 12 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
9 August 1965 | Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly | 12 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ Sam, Jackie (23 October 1963). "Loyalty to Malaysia oath by Barisan men". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GENERAL ELECTION 1963". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Mr. ONG QUITS THE ASSEMBLY". The Straits Times. 17 June 1965. Retrieved 18 July 2020.