9th Parliament of Singapore

The 9th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 26 May 1997 and was prorogued on 8 September 1999. It commenced its second session on 4 October 1999 and was dissolved on 18 October 2001.[1]

9th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
26 May 1997 18 October 2001
House
Speaker of Parliament
Prime
Minister
Leader
of the
Opposition
Session(s)
1st Session
26 May 1997 – 8 September 1999
2nd Session
4 October 1999 – 18 October 2001
Cabinet(s)
9th Cabinet
Goh Chok Tong
26 May 1997 – 18 October 2001
Parliamentarians
ElectedNCMPNominated
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The members of the 9th Parliament were elected in the 1997 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.[2]

Composition

Political party Members
At start At dissolution
People's Action Party 81 81
Workers' Party 2 2
Singapore People's Party 1 1
Nominated Members of Parliament 0 8
Vacant seats 0 1
Total 83 89
Government majority 39 39

Members

Elected Members of Parliament

This is the list of members of the 9th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1997 general election.

Constituency Party Candidates
Aljunied GRC People's Action Party George Yeo Yong-Boon
Sidek bin Saniff
Ker Sin Tze
Toh See Kiat
David Lim Tik En
Ang Mo Kio GRC People's Action Party Lee Hsien Loong
Tang Guan Seng
Inderjit Singh
Seng Han Thong
Tan Boon Wan
Ayer Rajah SMC People's Action Party Tan Cheng Bock
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC People's Action Party Wong Kan Seng
Ho Tat Kin
Ibrahim bin Othman
Leong Horn Kee
Davinder Singh Amar Singh
Boon Lay SMC People's Action Party Goh Chee Wee
Bukit Gombak SMC People's Action Party Ang Mong Seng
Bukit Timah GRC People's Action Party Lim Boon Heng
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Wang Kai Yuen
Ong Chit Chung
Ramasamy Ravindran
Cheng San GRC People's Action Party Lee Yock Suan
Heng Chiang Meng
Michael Lim Chun Leng
Yeo Guat Kwang
Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Chua Chu Kang SMC People's Action Party Low Seow Chay
East Coast GRC People's Action Party Shunmugam Jayakumar
Abdullah bin Tarmugi
Tan Soo Khoon
Chew Heng Ching
Chng Hee Kok
Chan Soo Sen
Hong Kah GRC People's Action Party Yeo Cheow Tong
John Chen Seow Phun
Kenneth Chen Koon Lap
Harun bin Abdul Ghani
Peter Chen Min Liang
Hougang SMC Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang
Jalan Besar GRC People's Action Party Lee Boon Yang
Choo Wee Khiang
Peh Chin Hua
Yaacob bin Ibrahim
Kampong Glam SMC People's Action Party Loh Meng See
Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC People's Action Party Richard Hu Tsu Tau
Lew Syn Pau
Sinnakaruppan C. Ramasamy
Lily Tertasana Neo
MacPherson SMC People's Action Party Matthias Yao Chih
Marine Parade GRC People's Action Party Goh Chok Tong
Mohamad Maidin bin Packer Mohd
Eugene Yap Giau Cheng
Othman bin Haron Eusofe
Goh Choon Kang
Lim-Tan Hwee Hua
Nee Soon Central SMC People's Action Party Ng Pock Too
Pasir Ris GRC People's Action Party Teo Chee Hean
Charles Chong You Fook
Ahmad bin Mohamed Magad
Ong Kian Min
Potong Pasir SMC Singapore People's Party Chiam See Tong
Sembawang GRC People's Action Party Tony Tan Keng Yam
Ho Peng Kee
Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam
Chin Tet Yung
Hawazi bin Daipi
Teo Ho Pin
Tampines GRC People's Action Party Mah Bow Tan
Aline Wong-Kan Lai Chung
Yatiman bin Yusof
Sin Boon Ann
Tanjong Pagar GRC People's Action Party Lee Kuan Yew
Ow Chin Hock
Sushilan Vasoo
Chay Wai Chuen
Koo Tsai Kee
Lim Swee Say
West Coast GRC People's Action Party Lim Hng Kiang
Bernard Chen Tien Lap
Wan Soon Bee
S. Iswaran

Non-constituency Members of Parliament

One Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat was allocated in the 9th Parliament of Singapore.

Party Members of Parliament Constituency contested
Workers' Party Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam Cheng San GRC

Appointed on 1 October 1997

Nominated Members of Parliament
Chiang See Ngoh
Chuang Shaw Peng
Gerard Ee Hock Kim
Lee Tsao Yuan
Shriniwas Rai
Cyrille Tan Soo Leng
Tay Beng Chuan
Simon Tay Seong Chee
Zulkifli B. Baharudin

Appointed on 1 October 1999

Nominated Members of Parliament
Chiang See Ngoh
Gerard Ee Hock Kim
Simon Tay Seong Chee
Zulkifli B. Baharudin
Tay Beng Chuan
Thomas Thomas
Goh Chong Chia
Noris Ong Chin Guan
Jennifer Lee Gek Choo

Appointed on 1 October 2001

Nominated Members of Parliament
Goh Chong Chia
Jennifer Lee Gek Choo
Noris Ong Chin Guan
Tay Beng Chuan
Simon Tay Seong Chee
Thomas Thomas
Braema Mathiaparanam
Chandra Mohan K Nair

References

  1. "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
  2. "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.


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