The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996. The members of the 8th Parliament were elected in the 1991 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

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and his cabinet. The Speaker was

Tan Soo Khoon Tan Soo Khoon ( zh, c=陈树群, p=Chén Shùqún; born 1 September 1949) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1989 and 2001. Education Tan attended the Anglo-Chinese School before gr ...

. The ''de facto'' Leader of the Opposition was

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until he resigned as secretary-general 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 ...

on 17 May 1993,''Chiam See Tong v Singapore Democratic Party''

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3 SLR(R) 774 at and was replaced by

Ling How Doong Ling How Doong (; 1935/1936 – 30 April 2021) was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Gombak SMC between 1991 and 1996. Education Ling was educated at Anglo-Chinese School and Nan Hua High ...

, chairman of his party.

Composition

Members elected in the 1991 general election

This is the list of members of the 8th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1991 general election.

Composition

Members elected in the 1991 general election

Nominated Members of Parliament

Appointed 7 September 1992

Appointed 7 September 1994

Appointed on 7 September 1996

Changes in members

By-elections

Appointments

Progression of government majority and party totals

References