The 6th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 25 February 1985 and was prorogued on 27 January 1986. It commenced its second session on 20 February 1986 and was dissolved on 17 August 1988.[1]
The members of the 6th Parliament were elected in the 1984 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speaker was Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was J. B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party until he lost his parliamentary seat following his convictions, and was replaced by Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party.
Two seats were vacated in 1986 and remained vacated until the end of term, with Jeyaretnam being the first, followed by Geylang West's MP Teh Cheang Wan who committed suicide over corruption; with Jeyaretnam's vacation, this was the last instance where only two parties represented the Parliament until 2015.
Officeholders
Composition
Members
Elected Members of Parliament
This is the list of members of the 6th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1985 general election.
Non-Constituency Member of Parliament
One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 6th Parliament of Singapore.
Changes in members
Appointments
| Constituency
|
Incumbent
|
Date of appointment
|
New member
|
| Name
|
Party
|
Date seat vacated
|
Cause of vacancy
|
Name
|
Party
|
| NCMP
|
Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair
|
|
WP
|
4 March 1985
|
Rejected NCMP seat offer.
|
8 March 1985
|
Tan Chee Kien
|
|
SUF
|
Vacant seats
| Constituency
|
Member
|
Party
|
Date seat vacated
|
Cause of vacancy
|
| NCMP
|
Tan Chee Kien
|
|
SUF
|
28 March 1985
|
Rejected NCMP seat offer.
|
| Anson
|
J. B. Jeyaratnam
|
|
WP
|
10 November 1986
|
Removed from Parliament due to being convicted of misrepresenting Workers' Party accounts.
|
| Geylang West
|
Teh Cheang Wan
|
|
PAP
|
14 December 1986
|
Death by suicide over corruption investigation.
|
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