2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore

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Composition at the start of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 3 September 1963 (1963-09-03)
Election30 May 1959
GovernmentPeople's Action Party
OppositionSingapore People's Alliance
United Malays National Organisation
United People's Party (from 1961)
Barisan Sosialis (from 1961)
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
Members51
SpeakerSir George Oehlers
Leader of the HouseToh Chin Chye
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Leader of the OppositionLim Yew Hock
Party controlPAP supermajority (until 1961)
PAP majority (1961–1962)
PAP minority (from 1962)
Sessions
1st1 July 1959 (1959-07-01) – 1 June 1960 (1960-06-01)
2nd20 July 1960 (1960-07-20) – 20 July 1961 (1961-07-20)
3rd31 October 1961 (1961-10-31) – 13 July 1962 (1962-07-13)
4th27 March 1963 (1963-03-27) – 1 August 1963 (1963-08-01)

The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963.