Tan Chye Cheng

Tan Chye Cheng
陈才清
Member of the Legislative Council for Municipal South-West
In office 1 April 1948 – 16 February 1951
Governor	Franklin Charles Gimson
Member of the Legislative Council for Tanglin
In office 17 April 1951 – 5 February 1955
Governor	Franklin Charles Gimson (1951–52) John Fearns Nicoll (1952–55)
Succeeded by	John Ede
Personal details
Born	1911 Singapore
Died	6 March 1991 (age 80)
Political party	Progressive Party

Tan Chye Cheng (simplified Chinese: 陈才清; traditional Chinese: 陳才清; pinyin: Chén Cái Qīng; 1911 – 6 March 1991), also known as C. C. Tan, was a Singaporean lawyer and politician.

Born in Singapore, Tan was the only child of Tan Guan Chua, a member of the Chinese Advisory Board and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce committee. He was educated at the St. Joseph's Institution school, leaving in 1928. He won a scholarship to attend St Joseph's Academy in London, where he became friends with Ong Hock Thye.

He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1928, passing his final exam in 1931, but had to wait until turning 21 in 1932 before being called to the Bar. He then returned to Singapore and was called to the Bar in 1933. He initially worked at Aubrey Davies & Company, later moving to Rodyk & Davidson, where he remained until the start of World War II.

In 1939 he married Joyce Lim Chin Lien. They moved to India during the war, returning to the island after the Japanese had been defeated. After his return, Tan became involved in politics. He was appointed to the Advisory Council in 1946, serving until the following year, when he was amongst the founders of the Progressive Party in August 1947 and, despite not being a good public speaker, became its first president. In the first general elections in 1948, Tan was elected in the Municipal South-West constituency with 42.3% of the vote, beating Nazir Ahmad Mallal by 69 votes. The elections saw the PP win three of the six elected seats.

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