2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
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Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term1 July 1959 – 3 September 1963
Election30 May 1959
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| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Singapore | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||||||
| Term | 1 July 1959 – 3 September 1963 | ||||||||
| Election | 30 May 1959 | ||||||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||||||
| Opposition | Singapore People's Alliance United Malays National Organisation United People's Party (from 1961) Barisan Sosialis (from 1961) | ||||||||
| Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |||||||||
| Members | 51 | ||||||||
| Speaker | Sir George Oehlers | ||||||||
| Leader of the House | Toh Chin Chye | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Lim Yew Hock | ||||||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority (until 1961) PAP majority (1961–1962) PAP minority (from 1962) | ||||||||
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The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963.
Composition
| Party | Members | ||
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| At election[1] | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 43 | 25 | |
| Barisan Sosialis | 0 | 14 | |
| Singapore People's Alliance | 4 | 4 | |
| United Malays National Organisation | 3 | 3 | |
| United People's Party | 0 | 2 | |
| Independent | 1 | 2 | |
| Vacant seats | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | 51 | |
| Government majority | 35 | -1 | |