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2nd Parliament of Singapore

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238:. Its first session commenced on 6 May 1968 and was prorogued on 14 April 1971. It commenced its second session on 21 July 1971 and was dissolved on 16 August 1972. 1794: 1234: 931: 1452: 340: 1647: 1365: 1327: 1071: 914: 626: 552: 516: 1162: 1107: 698: 1399: 1215: 948: 679: 571: 533: 277: 147: 1687: 1435: 1346: 1143: 1090: 1001: 982: 804: 499: 1418: 1198: 590: 446: 1787: 1569: 1270: 1020: 768: 751: 643: 465: 1609: 1469: 1382: 1308: 1179: 861: 1251: 965: 366: 242: 115: 1900: 1529: 660: 321: 165: 97: 1780: 1708: 1668: 1630: 1590: 1552: 1879: 1874: 1869: 1864: 1859: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1834: 1829: 1824: 1814: 306: 177: 36: 31: 429:
This is the list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1968 general election.
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore
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The members of the 2nd Parliament were elected in the
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During the first session, 7: 1491: 470:Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail 353: 232:2nd Parliament of Singapore 19:2nd Parliament of Singapore 10: 1917: 424: 1810: 1759:"List of Former Speakers" 1523: 1511: 1503: 1500: 1497: 1494: 936:Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi 440: 407: 392: 377: 359: 216: 208: 204: 199: 188: 176: 164: 146: 138: 131: 121: 111: 103: 93: 83: 78: 49: 23: 18: 1804:Parliaments of Singapore 1741:"Sessions of Parliament" 1901:Parliament of Singapore 1763:Parliament of Singapore 1745:Parliament of Singapore 1635:Augustine Tan Hui Heng 300:), from 27 January 1970 290:, until 18 January 1970 236:Parliament of Singapore 133:Parliament of Singapore 88:Parliament of Singapore 1423:Eric Cheong Yuen Chee 1239:Leonard Peter Rodrigo 558:Pathmanaban Selvadurai 1614:Buang bin Omar Junid 1480:People's Action Party 1474:Buang bin Omar Junid 1463:People's Action Party 1446:People's Action Party 1429:People's Action Party 1412:People's Action Party 1393:People's Action Party 1376:People's Action Party 1370:N. Naidu Govindasamy 1359:People's Action Party 1340:People's Action Party 1321:People's Action Party 1314:Edmund William Barker 1302:People's Action Party 1283:People's Action Party 1264:People's Action Party 1245:People's Action Party 1228:People's Action Party 1209:People's Action Party 1192:People's Action Party 1173:People's Action Party 1156:People's Action Party 1137:People's Action Party 1118:People's Action Party 1101:People's Action Party 1084:People's Action Party 1065:People's Action Party 1048:People's Action Party 1031:People's Action Party 1014:People's Action Party 995:People's Action Party 976:People's Action Party 959:People's Action Party 942:People's Action Party 925:People's Action Party 908:People's Action Party 889:People's Action Party 872:People's Action Party 866:Abdul Aziz bin Karim 855:People's Action Party 836:People's Action Party 817:People's Action Party 798:People's Action Party 781:People's Action Party 762:People's Action Party 745:People's Action Party 726:People's Action Party 709:People's Action Party 692:People's Action Party 673:People's Action Party 654:People's Action Party 637:People's Action Party 620:People's Action Party 603:People's Action Party 584:People's Action Party 565:People's Action Party 546:People's Action Party 527:People's Action Party 510:People's Action Party 493:People's Action Party 487:Perumal Govindaswamy 476:People's Action Party 459:People's Action Party 379:People's Action Party 247:People's Action Party 243:1968 general election 234:was a meeting of the 126:People's Action Party 70:People's Action Party 1501:Date of by-election 1276:Andrew Fong Sip Chee 953:Ya'acob bin Mohamed 98:Old Parliament House 1112:Sellappa Ramaswamy 409:Government majority 323:Leader of the House 166:Leader of the House 1515:Date seat vacated 883:Sha'ari bin Tadin 288:Punch Coomaraswamy 262:Punch Coomaraswamy 153:Punch Coomaraswamy 1888: 1887: 1724: 1723: 1518:Cause of vacancy 1485: 1484: 1257:Abdul Rahim Ishak 1235:Serangoon Gardens 932:Kampong Kembangan 879:Kampong Chai Chee 720:Rahmat bin Kenap 422: 421: 249:majority, led by 228: 227: 224: 223: 45: 44: 1908: 1797: 1790: 1783: 1774: 1773: 1767: 1766: 1765:. 7 August 2017. 1755: 1749: 1748: 1737: 1713:Chiang Hai Ding 1492: 1203:Teong Eng Siong 1025:Sia Khoon Seong 432: 431: 354: 330:Edmund W. Barker 206: 205: 171:Edmund W. 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Index

1st
3rd
People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Old Parliament House
13 April 1968
People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Speaker
Punch Coomaraswamy
Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House
Edmund W. Barker
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 general election
People's Action Party
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Cabinet
Punch Coomaraswamy
Yeoh Ghim Seng
Speaker
Punch Coomaraswamy
Yeoh Ghim Seng
PAP
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew

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