ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER

Parliament of Singapore · 23 February 1966 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 23 February 1966, Vol 25, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Toh Chin Chye

2.33 p.m.

The Deputy Prime Minister (Dr Toh Chin Chye): Mr Speaker, I propose that Mr P. Coomaraswamy be elected as Deputy Speaker of this Parliament.

Mr Speaker: There being only one proposal, I declare Mr P. Coomaraswamy to have been duly elected as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore.

Will the Deputy Speaker please come forward to take his Oath of Allegiance?

Thereupon Mr P. Coomaraswamy came forward and made an Affirmation of Allegiance.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 February 1966. Republished on SGParliament.