First Lim Yew Hock Cabinet

First Lim Yew Hock Cabinet
First Lim Yew Hock Cabinet
William Goode
Head of government	Lim Yew Hock
No. of ministers	8
Total no. of members	8
Member party	Labour Front; United Malay National Organisation; Malayan Chinese Association
Status in legislature	Minority ; 11 / 32
Opposition party	Malay Union; People's Action Party
Opposition leader	Lee Kuan Yew
History
Predecessor	First David Marshall Cabinet
Successor	I Lee Kuan Yew

After the resignation of

Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat

as Deputy Chief Minister.

List of ministers

Portfolio	Minister		Term start	Term end
Chief Minister Minister for Labour and Welfare	Lim Yew Hock	Labour Front	7 June 1956	3 June 1959
Deputy Chief Minister Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing	Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat	United Malay National Organisation	7 June 1956	3 June 1959
Minister for Commerce and Industry	J.M. Jumabhoy	Labour Front	7 June 1956	3 June 1959
Chief Secretary	William Goode	Independent	7 June 1956	7 December 1957
Chief Secretary	Edgeworth Beresford David	Independent	24 January 1958	3 June 1959
Attorney-General	Charles Harris Butterfield	Independent	7 June 1956	1 July 1957
Attorney-General	Ernest Pattison Shanks	Independent	2 July 1957	3 June 1959
Minister for Health	A.J. Braga	Labour Front	7 June 1956	3 June 1959
Minister for Communications and Works	Francis Thomas	Labour Front	7 June 1956	3 June 1959
Minister for Education	Chew Swee Kee	Labour Front	7 June 1956	4 March 1959
Minister for Education	Lim Yew Hock	Labour Front	5 March 1959	3 June 1959
Financial Secretary	T.M. Hart	Independent	7 June 1956	3 June 1959

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons

^ "Lim Yew Hock Cabinet". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 June 1956. Retrieved 21 August 2013.