The 6th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the
Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 25 February 1985 and was prorogued on 27 January 1986. It commenced its second session on 20 February 1986 and was dissolved on 17 August 1988.
The members of the 6th Parliament were elected in the
1984 general election. Parliament was controlled by a
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...
majority, led by
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...
and his
Cabinet. The Speaker was Dr
Yeoh Ghim Seng.
The ''de facto''
Leader of the Opposition was
J B Jeyaretnam of the
Workers' Party until he lost his parliamentary seat following his convictions, and was replaced by
Chiam See Tong
Chiam See Tong (; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean retired politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir SMC between 1984 and 2011. He was one of the two opposition MPs in Parliament.
Lawyer by profess ...
of the
Singapore Democratic Party
The Singapore Democratic Party ( abbreviation: SDP) is a politcal party in Singapore.
The party was founded on 6 August 1980 by Chiam See Tong. During the 1991 general election, Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won Bukit Gombak SMC and Ne ...
.
Composition
Members
Elected Members of Parliament
This is the list of members of the 6th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1985 general election.
Non-constituency Member of Parliament
One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 6th Parliament of Singapore.
Changes in members
Seat vacations
Appointments
Progression of government majority and party totals
References
Parliament of Singapore
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