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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. 1796: 1236: 933: 1454: 340: 1649: 1367: 1329: 1073: 916: 626: 552: 516: 1164: 1109: 698: 1401: 1217: 950: 679: 571: 533: 277: 147: 1689: 1437: 1348: 1145: 1092: 1003: 984: 806: 499: 1420: 1200: 590: 446: 1789: 1571: 1272: 1022: 768: 751: 643: 465: 1611: 1471: 1384: 1310: 1181: 863: 1253: 967: 366: 242: 115: 1902: 1531: 660: 321: 165: 97: 1782: 1710: 1670: 1632: 1592: 1554: 1881: 1876: 1871: 1866: 1861: 1856: 1851: 1846: 1841: 1836: 1831: 1826: 1816: 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: 1493: 470:Mohamad Ghazali bin Ismail 353: 232:2nd Parliament of Singapore 19:2nd Parliament of Singapore 10: 1919: 424: 1812: 1761:"List of Former Speakers" 1525: 1513: 1505: 1502: 1499: 1496: 938: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: 1806:Parliaments of Singapore 1743:"Sessions of Parliament" 1903:Parliament of Singapore 1765:Parliament of Singapore 1747:Parliament of Singapore 1637: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 1425:Eric Cheong Yuen Chee 1241:Leonard Peter Rodrigo 558:Pathmanaban Selvadurai 1616:Buang bin Omar Junid 1482:People's Action Party 1476:Buang bin Omar Junid 1465:People's Action Party 1448:People's Action Party 1431:People's Action Party 1414:People's Action Party 1395:People's Action Party 1378:People's Action Party 1372:N. Naidu Govindasamy 1361:People's Action Party 1342:People's Action Party 1323:People's Action Party 1316:Edmund William Barker 1304:People's Action Party 1285:People's Action Party 1266:People's Action Party 1247:People's Action Party 1230:People's Action Party 1211:People's Action Party 1194:People's Action Party 1175:People's Action Party 1158:People's Action Party 1139:People's Action Party 1120:People's Action Party 1103:People's Action Party 1086:People's Action Party 1067:People's Action Party 1050:People's Action Party 1033:People's Action Party 1016:People's Action Party 997:People's Action Party 978:People's Action Party 961:People's Action Party 944:People's Action Party 927:People's Action Party 910:People's Action Party 891:People's Action Party 874:People's Action Party 868:Abdul Aziz bin Karim 857:People's Action Party 838:People's Action Party 819:People's Action Party 800: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 1503:Date of by-election 1278:Andrew Fong Sip Chee 955:Ya'acob bin Mohamed 98:Old Parliament House 1114:Sellappa Ramaswamy 409:Government majority 323:Leader of the House 166:Leader of the House 1517:Date seat vacated 885:Sha'ari bin Tadin 288:Punch Coomaraswamy 262:Punch Coomaraswamy 153:Punch Coomaraswamy 1890: 1889: 1726: 1725: 1520:Cause of vacancy 1487: 1486: 1259:Abdul Rahim Ishak 1237:Serangoon Gardens 934:Kampong Kembangan 881:Kampong Chai Chee 720:Rahmat bin Kenap 422: 421: 249:majority, led by 228: 227: 224: 223: 45: 44: 1910: 1799: 1792: 1785: 1776: 1775: 1769: 1768: 1767:. 7 August 2017. 1757: 1751: 1750: 1739: 1715:Chiang Hai Ding 1494: 1205:Teong Eng Siong 1027: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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