1st Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House, Singapore
Term22 April 1955 – 31 March 1959
Election22 April 1955
| 1st Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||||||
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| Overview | |||||||
| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Singapore | ||||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House, Singapore | ||||||
| Term | 22 April 1955 – 31 March 1959 | ||||||
| Election | 22 April 1955 | ||||||
| Government | Labour Front (until 1958) Singapore People's Alliance (from 1958) United Malays National Organisation Malayan Chinese Association Malay Union (until 1957) | ||||||
| Opposition | People's Action Party Progressive Party (until 1956) Democratic Party (until 1956) Liberal Socialist Party (from 1956) Citizens' Party (from 1959) | ||||||
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||||||
| Members | 32 | ||||||
| Speaker | Sir George Oehlers | ||||||
| Chief Secretary | William Goode | ||||||
| Chief Minister | David Marshall | ||||||
| Party control | LF–UMNO–MCA–MU minority (until 1958) SPA–UMNO–MCA minority (from 1958) | ||||||
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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]
- Speaker: Sir George Oehlers
- Deputy Speaker: Richard Chuan Hoe Lim (LF, later MCA)
- Chief Secretary:
- William Goode (IND) until 9 December 1957
- Edgeworth David (IND) from 29 January 1958
- Chief Minister:
- David Marshall (LF) until 7 June 1956
- Lim Yew Hock (LF, later SPA) from 7 June 1956
- Attorney General:
- John Davies (IND) until 5 September 1955
- Charles Harris Butterfield (IND) from 6 September 1955 until 1 July 1957
- Ernest Pattison Shanks, (IND) from 2 July 1957
- Financial Secretary:
- Leader of the Opposition: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
Composition
| Party | Members | ||
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| At election[3] | At dissolution | ||
| Labour Front | 10 | 0 | |
| Progressive Party | 4 | 0 | |
| People's Action Party | 3 | 4 | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | 0 | |
| Malayan Chinese Association | 1 | 1 | |
| United Malays National Organisation | 1 | 2 | |
| Malay Union | 1 | 0 | |
| Singapore People's Alliance | 0 | 11 | |
| Liberal Socialist Party | 0 | 3 | |
| Citizens' Party | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | |
| Ex-officio members | 3 | 3 | |
| Nominated members | 4 | 4 | |
| Vacant seats | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 32 | |
| Government majority | -4 | -3 | |