List of members of the Singapore Parliament who died in office

The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Singapore who died in office since independence in 1965.

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Member Party Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Ref
N. Naidu Govindasamy PAP Radin Mas SMC 14 February 1977 [1]
Lim Guan Hoo PAP Bukit Merah 30 June 1977 Stroke [2]
P. Govindaswamy PAP Anson 1978 [3]
Hon Sui Sen PAP Havelock 14 October 1983 67 Heart attack [4]
Teh Cheang Wan PAP Geylang West SMC 14 December 1986 58 Suicide by drug overdose [5]
Tay Eng Soon PAP Eunos GRC 5 August 1993 53 Acute heart failure [6]
Ong Chit Chung PAP Jurong GRC 14 July 2008 59 Heart cancer [7]
Balaji Sadasivan PAP Ang Mo Kio GRC 27 September 2010 55 Colorectal cancer [8]

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References edit

  1. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION MAY 1977". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION JULY 1977". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS 1979". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Hon dies of heart attack". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Teh Cheang Wan case: No way a minister can avoid investigations". The Straits Times. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ Ng, Wei Joo (6 August 1993). "Dr Tay Eng Soon dies of acute heart failure". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
  7. ^ "Jurong GRC MP Ong Chit Chung dies". The Straits Times. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^ Derrick A. Paulo (28 September 2010). "Balaji Sadasivan 1955–2010". Today. Singapore. pp. 1 & 3. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010..