| 8th Parliament of Singapore | |
| Body: | Parliament of Singapore |
| Meeting Place: | Old Parliament House |
| Government: | People's Action Party |
| Opposition: | Workers' Party Singapore Democratic Party |
| Term Start: | 6 January 1992 |
| Term End: | 16 December 1996 |
| Before: | 7th |
| After: | 9th |
| Chamber1: | Parliament of Singapore |
| Membership1: | 81 |
| Control1: | PAP supermajority |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Tan Soo Khoon |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leader of the House |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Wong Kan Seng |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Prime Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Goh Chok Tong |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Chiam See Tong (until 1993) Ling How Doong (from 1993) |
| Session1 Start: | 6 January 1992 |
| Session1 End: | 6 December 1993 |
| Session2 Start: | 10 January 1994 |
| Session2 End: | 16 December 1996 |
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The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996.[1]
The members of the 8th Parliament were elected in the 1991 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong until he resigned as secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party on 17 May 1993,[3] and was replaced by Ling How Doong, chairman of his party.
| Party | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At election | At dissolution | |||
| People's Action Party | 77 | 75 | ||
| Singapore Democratic Party | 3 | 3 | ||
| Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vacant seats | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 81 | 87 | ||
| Government majority | 36 | 32 | ||
This is the list of members of the 8th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1991 general election.
| Constituency | Incumbent | Date of by-election | New member | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | Name | Party | ||||
| Marine Parade GRC | Goh Chok Tong | PAP | 1 December 1992 | Resignation | 19 December 1992 | Goh Chok Tong | PAP | ||
| Othman bin Haron Eusofe | Lim Chee Onn | ||||||||
| Teo Chee Hean | Othman bin Haron Eusofe | ||||||||
| Matthias Yao | Matthias Yao | ||||||||
| Constituency | Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eunos GRC | Tay Eng Soon | PAP | 5 August 1993 | Death | ||
| Toa Payoh GRC | Ong Teng Cheong | PAP | 16 August 1993 | Resignation | ||