ELECTION OF SPEAKER
Parliament of Singapore · 17 August 1966 · 1st Parliament
Official Report, 17 August 1966, Vol 25, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
The Deputy Prime Minister (Dr Toh Chin Chye): stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said: Mr Lopez, I propose,
That Mr P. Coomaraswamy do take the Chair of this Parliament as Speaker.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Affairs (Mr Chan Chee Seng): stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said: I support the proposal.
There being no other proposal, the Clerk then declared P. Coomaraswamy to have been elected as Speaker of Parliament.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 August 1966. Republished on SGParliament.