11th Parliament of Singapore
11th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Overview | |||||
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 | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
.
The 11th Parliament is controlled by a
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
Speakers
- Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
- Indranee Rajah (PAP), from 8 November 2006
- Matthias Yao (PAP), from 8 November 2006
Leaders
House Leaders
- 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
- 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
Political party | Members | ||
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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
Elected Members of Parliament
Non-constituency Members of Parliament
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
- 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
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
- ^ 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
- ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2012.