| 6th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 25 February 1985 – 17 August 1988 | ||||
| Election | 22 December 1984 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Workers' Party (until 1986) Singapore Democratic Party | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 80 | ||||
| Speaker | Yeoh Ghim Seng | ||||
| Leader of the House | S. Dhanabalan (until 1987) Wong Kan Seng (from 1987) | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | J. B. Jeyaretnam (until 1986) Chiam See Tong (from 1986) | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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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.[1]
The members of the 6th Parliament were elected in the 1984 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. The Speaker was Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.[2] 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 of the Singapore Democratic Party.
Two seats were vacated in 1986 and remained vacated until the end of term, with Jeyaretnam being the first, followed by Geylang West's MP Teh Cheang Wan who committed suicide over corruption; with Jeyaretnam's vacation, this was the last instance where only two parties represented the Parliament until 2015.