The 1st Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 22 April 1955[1] until 31 March 1959.[2]
| Party | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At election[3] | At dissolution | |||
| bgcolor= | Labour Front | 10 | 0 | |
| bgcolor= | Progressive Party | 4 | 0 | |
| bgcolor= | People's Action Party | 3 | 4 | |
| bgcolor= | Democratic Party | 2 | 0 | |
| bgcolor= | Malayan Chinese Association | 1 | 1 | |
| bgcolor= | United Malays National Organisation | 1 | 2 | |
| bgcolor=#88BA00 | Malay Union | 1 | 0 | |
| bgcolor= | Singapore People's Alliance | 0 | 11 | |
| bgcolor= | Liberal Socialist Party | 0 | 3 | |
| bgcolor=#EFAA33 | Citizens' Party | 0 | 1 | |
| bgcolor= | Independent | 3 | 2 | |
| Ex-officio members | 3 | 3 | ||
| Nominated members | 4 | 4 | ||
| Vacant seats | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 32 | 31 | ||
| Government majority | -5 | -3 | ||
| Ex-officio member | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| William Allmond Codrington Goode | Chief Secretary, Singapore | |
| John Davies | Attorney-General of Singapore | |
| Thomas Hart | Financial Secretary |
| Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Thomas | Labour Front | ||
| Richard Chuan Hoe Lim | Labour Front | ||
| George Alexander Phimister Sutherland | Independent | ||
| Ong Piah Teng | Independent | ||
| Constituency | Incumbent | Date of by-election | Winner | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | Name | Party | |||||
| Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | PAP | 27 April 1957 | Resignation[4] | 29 June 1957 | Lee Kuan Yew | PAP | |||
| Cairnhill | David Marshall | Independent | 29 April 1957 | Resignation[5] | 29 June 1957 | Soh Ghee Soon | LSP | |||
| Constituency | Member | Political party | Date appointed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | J. M. Mason | Independent | 8 July 1958[6] | ||
| Nominated | Sir Ewen Fergusson | Independent | 12 January 1959[7] | ||
| Constituency | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | Ong Piah Teng | Independent | 1 January 1958 | Death[8] | ||
| Nominated | George Alexander Phimister Sutherland | Independent | 13 June 1958 | Resignation[9] | ||
| Nominated | J. M. Mason | Independent | 15 December 1958 | Resignation[10] | ||
| Whampoa | Chew Swee Kee | SPA | 3 March 1959 | Resignation[11] | ||
| Member | Constituency | Date | Former party | New party | Reason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Anthony Moore Ede | Tanglin | 5 February 1956 | PP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged. | |||
| Goh Tong Liang | Bukit Panjang | 5 February 1956 | PP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged.[12] | |||
| 3 December 1958 | LSP | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance.[13] | |||||
| Lim Cher Kheng | Changi | 5 February 1956 | DP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged. | |||
| 6 June 1956 | LSP | Independent | Resigned.[14] | |||||
| Lim Choon Mong | Serangoon | 5 February 1956 | PP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged. | |||
| 3 December 1958 | LSP | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||||
| Lim Koon Teck | Paya Lebar | 5 February 1956 | PP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged. | |||
| 3 December 1958 | LSP | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||||
| William Tan Ah Lek | Tiong Bahru | 5 February 1956 | DP | LSP | Progressive Party and Democratic Party merged. | |||
| Rajabali Jumabhoy | Telok Ayer | 6 February 1956 | Independent | LSP | Joined Liberal Socialist Party.[15] | |||
| Seah Peng Chuan | Kampong Kapor | 7 June 1956 | LF | Independent | Resigned.[16] | |||
| 25 February 1959 | Independent | bgcolor=#EFAA33 | CP | Formed Citizens' Party.[17] | ||||
| Lee Choon Eng | Queenstown | 12 June 1956 | LF | Independent | Resigned.[18] | |||
| 12 December 1958 | Independent | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance.[19] | |||||
| Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | Farrer Park | 12 June 1956 | LF | Independent | Resigned. | |||
| David Marshall | Cairnhill | 17 April 1957 | LF | Independent | Resigned.[20] | |||
| Mohamed Sidik bin Abdul Hamid | Southern Islands | 21 May 1957 | bgcolor=#88BA00 | MU | UMNO | Resigned.[21] | ||
| Ahmad Ibrahim | Sembawang | 20 October 1957 | Independent | PAP | Elected in PAP leadership.[22] | |||
| Armand Joseph Braga | Katong | 10 November 1958 | LF | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance.[23] | |||
| Chew Swee Kee | Whampoa | 10 November 1958 | LF | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||
| Jumabhoy Mohamed Jumabhoy | Stamford | 10 November 1958 | LF | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||
| Lim Yew Hock | Havelock | 10 November 1958 | LF | SPA | Formed Singapore People's Alliance.[24] | |||
| Mak Pak Shee | Geylang | 10 November 1958 | LF | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||
| Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair | Seletar | 10 November 1958 | Independent | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||
| Soh Ghee Soon | Cairnhill | 15 November 1958 | LSP | Independent | Resigned.[25] | |||
| 3 December 1958 | Independent | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance. | |||||
| Tan Theng Chiang | Rochore | Late 1958 | LF | SPA | Joined Singapore People's Alliance.[26] | |||
| Richard Chuan Hoe Lim | Nominated | 23 January 1959 | LF | MCA | Joined Malayan Chinese Association.[27] | |||
| Member | Constituency | Date | Former party | New party | Reason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Anthony Moore Ede | Tanglin | 17 April 1959 | LSP | Independent | Resigned.[28] | |||
| Lee Choon Eng | Queenstown | 24 April 1959 | SPA | Independent | Resigned.[29] | |||
| Mak Pak Shee | Geylang | 24 April 1959 | SPA | Independent | Resigned. | |||