The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 2 November 2006 and was prorogued on 13 April 2009. The second session commence from 18 May 2009 and was dissolved on 19 April 2011.[1] The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
| 11th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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 Seating arrangement of the 11th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011 | ||||
| Election | 6 May 2006 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Workers' Party Singapore Democratic Alliance | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 94 | ||||
| Speaker | Abdullah Tarmugi | ||||
| Leader of the House | Wong Kan Seng (until 2007) Mah Bow Tan (from 2007) | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Low Thia Khiang | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 11th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 7 May 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi of the People's Action Party. He was re-elected as the Speaker of the House for the 11th Parliament on 2 November 2006.
Officeholders edit
Speakers edit
- Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
- Indranee Rajah (PAP), from 8 November 2006
- Matthias Yao (PAP), from 8 November 2006
Leaders edit
House Leaders edit
- Leader of the House:
- Wong Kan Seng (PAP), until 31 March 2007
- Mah Bow Tan (PAP), from 1 April 2007
- Deputy Leader of the House:
- Mah Bow Tan (PAP), until 31 March 2007
- Ng Eng Hen (PAP), from 1 April 2007
Whips edit
- Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
- Lee Boon Yang, until 31 March 2007
- Lim Swee Say, from 1 April 2007
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
- Inderjit Singh
- Lim Swee Say, until 30 May 2007
- Amy Khor, from 1 April 2007
Composition edit
| Political party | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At election | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 82 | 80 | |
| Workers' Party | 2 | 1 | |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 1 | 2 | |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 9 | |
| Vacant seats | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 85 | 94 | |
| Government majority | 39 | 34 | |
Members edit
Elected Members of Parliament edit
Non-constituency Members of Parliament edit
The Worker's Party, being the best performing opposition party with 16.34 percent of the popular vote, was awarded a Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP seat was eventually taken up by Sylvia Lim, the chairperson of the Worker's Party.
| Member | Party | Constituency contested | |
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| Sylvia Lim | Workers' Party | Aljunied GRC | |
Nominated Members of Parliament edit
- Gautam Banerjee, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Cham Hui Fong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Edwin Khew Teck Fook, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Loo Choon Yong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Kalyani K. Mehta, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Eunice Elizabeth Olsen, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Jessie Phua, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Siew Kum Hong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Thio Li-ann, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
- Calvin Cheng, from 18 July 2009
- Terry Lee Kok Hua, from 18 July 2009
- Viswa Sadasivan, from 18 July 2009
- Mildred Tan-Sim Beng Mei, from 18 July 2009
- Paulin Tay Straughan, from 18 July 2009
- Teo Siong Seng, from 18 July 2009
- Laurence Wee Yoke Thong, from 18 July 2009
- Audrey Wong Wai Yen, from 18 July 2009
- Joscelin Yeo, from 18 July 2009
Vacancies edit
| Constituency | Name | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy | |
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| Jurong GRC | Ong Chit Chung | PAP | 14 July 2008 | Death | |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Balaji Sadasivan | PAP | 27 September 2010 | Death | |
Notes edit
- ^ Balaji Sadasivan died in office on 27 September 2010, with all five Ang Mo Kio GRC MPs acted as interim MPs for the division.
- ^ Ong Chit Chung died in office on 14 July 2008, with Halimah Yacob acted as the interim MP for the division.
- ^ Chiam was a member of Singapore People's Party. The party belonged to the alliance until 2010.
References edit
- ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2012.