4th Parliament of Singapore

Singaporean parliamentary meeting

4th Parliament of Singapore

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Composition at the start of the 4th Parliament of Singapore

People's Action Party (69)

Overview
Legislative body| Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place| Old Parliament House
Term| 7 February 1977 – 5 December 1980
(3 years, 9 months and 28 days)
Election| 23 December 1976
Government| People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members| 69
Speaker| Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House| E. W. Barker
Prime Minister| Lee Kuan Yew
Party control| PAP supermajority
Sessions
| 1st| 7 February 1977 – 2 October 1978
(1 year, 7 months and 25 days)

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2nd| 26 December 1978 – 5 December 1980
(2 years, 11 months and 9 days)

The 4th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 7 February 1977 and was prorogued on 2 October 1978. It commenced its second session on 26 December 1978 and was dissolved on 5 December 1980.[1]

The members of the 4th Parliament were elected in the 1976 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 fourth Parliament had eight changes throughout the term, with a series of four by-elections ensuing in 1977 and 1979, making it one of the largest change of Parliament's composition since the vacation of Barisan Sosialis during the first Parliament.

## Officeholders

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* Speaker: Yeoh Ghim Seng (PAP)
* Deputy Speaker: Tang See Chim (PAP)
* Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
* Deputy Prime Minister:
* Goh Keng Swee (PAP)
* S. Rajaratnam (PAP), from 1 June 1980
* Leader of the House: E. W. Barker (PAP)
* Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Sia Kah Hui

## Composition

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Political party  | Members

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At election | At dissolution
| People's Action Party | 69  | 69
Total | 69  | 69
Government majority | 34  | 34

## Members

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This is the list of members of the 4th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1977 general election.

Constituency  | Member  | Party

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Alexandra | Tan Soo Khoon |  | People's Action Party
Aljunied | Chin Harn Tong |  | People's Action Party
Ang Mo Kio | Yeo Toon Chia |  | People's Action Party
Anson | Perumal Govindaswamy |  | People's Action Party
Bedok | Sha'ari Tadin |  | People's Action Party
Boon Lay | Ngeow Pack Hua  |  | People's Action Party
Boon Teck | Phey Yew Kok |  | People's Action Party
Braddell Heights | Lee Khoon Choy |  | People's Action Party
Brickworks | Ahmad Mattar |  | People's Action Party
Bukit Batok | Chai Chong Yii |  | People's Action Party
Bukit Ho Swee | Seah Mui Kok  |  | People's Action Party
Bukit Merah | Lim Guan Hoo |  | People's Action Party
Bukit Panjang | Lee Yiok Seng  |  | People's Action Party
Bukit Timah | Chor Yeok Eng |  | People's Action Party
Buona Vista | Ang Kok Peng |  | People's Action Party
Cairnhill | Lim Kim San |  | People's Action Party
Changi | Teo Chong Tee  |  | People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang | Tang See Chim  |  | People's Action Party
Delta | Yeo Choo Kok  |  | People's Action Party
Farrer Park | Lee Chiaw Meng |  | People's Action Party
Geylang East | Ho Cheng Choon  |  | People's Action Party
Geylang Serai | Rahmat bin Kenap  |  | People's Action Party
Geylang West | Yong Nyuk Lin |  | People's Action Party
Havelock | Hon Sui Sen |  | People's Action Party
Henderson | Lai Tha Chai  |  | People's Action Party
Jalan Besar | Chan Chee Seng  |  | People's Action Party
Jalan Kayu | Hwang Soo Jin |  | People's Action Party
Joo Chiat | Yeoh Ghim Seng |  | People's Action Party
Jurong | Ho Kah Leong |  | People's Action Party
Kallang | S. Dhanabalan |  | People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee | Fong Sip Chee |  | People's Action Party
Kampong Glam | S. Rajaratnam |  | People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan | Mohd Mansor bin Sukaimi  |  | People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi | Ya'acob bin Mohamed  |  | People's Action Party
Katong | Joseph Francis De Conceicao  |  | People's Action Party
Khe Bong | Ho See Beng  |  | People's Action Party
Kim Keat | Ong Teng Cheong |  | People's Action Party
Kim Seng | Ong Leong Boon |  | People's Action Party
Kolam Ayer | Sidek bin Saniff |  | People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer | Goh Keng Swee |  | People's Action Party
Kuo Chuan | Pathmanaban Selvadurai |  | People's Action Party
Leng Kee | Ow Chin Hock |  | People's Action Party
MacPherson | Chua Sian Chin |  | People's Action Party
Marine Parade | Goh Chok Tong |  | People's Action Party
Moulmein | Lawrence Sia |  | People's Action Party
Mountbatten | Ng Yeow Chong  |  | People's Action Party
Nee Soon | Ong Soo Chuan  |  | People's Action Party
Pasir Panjang | Othman Wok |  | People's Action Party
Paya Lebar | Tan Cheng San  |  | People's Action Party
Potong Pasir | Ivan Cuthbert Baptist  |  | People's Action Party
Punggol | Ng Kah Ting |  | People's Action Party
Queenstown | Jek Yeun Thong |  | People's Action Party
Radin Mas | N. Naidu Govindasamy  |  | People's Action Party
River Valley | Tan Eng Liang  |  | People's Action Party
Rochore | Toh Chin Chye |  | People's Action Party
Sembawang | Teong Eng Siong  |  | People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens | Lau Teik Soon  |  | People's Action Party
Siglap | Abdul Rahim Ishak |  | People's Action Party
Tampines | Phua Bah Lee |  | People's Action Party
Tanglin | E. W. Barker |  | People's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew |  | People's Action Party
Telok Ayer | Ong Pang Boon |  | People's Action Party
Telok Blangah | Shaik Ahmad bin Abdul Haleem  |  | People's Action Party
Thomson | Ang Nam Piau  |  | People's Action Party
Tiong Bahru | Ch'ng Jit Koon |  | People's Action Party
Toa Payoh | Eric Cheong Yuen Chee  |  | People's Action Party
Ulu Pandan | Chiang Hai Ding  |  | People's Action Party
Upper Serangoon | Sia Kah Hui  |  | People's Action Party
Whampoa | Augustine Tan Hui Heng  |  | People's Action Party

## By-elections

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Constituency  | Incumbent  | Date of by-election  | New member

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Name  | Party  | Date seat vacated  | Cause of vacancy  | Name  | Party
Radin Mas | N. Naidu Govindasamy  |  | PAP | 14 February 1977  | Death  | 14 May 1977 | Bernard Chen Tien Lap  |  | PAP
Bukit Merah | Lim Guan Hoo |  | PAP | 1 July 1977  | Incapacitation  | 23 July 1977 | Lim Chee Onn  |  | PAP
Geylang West | Yong Nyuk Lin |  | PAP | 12 January 1979  | Resignation  | 31 January 1979 | Teh Cheang Wan |  | PAP
Nee Soon | Ong Soo Chuan  |  | PAP | 12 January 1979  | Resignation  | 31 January 1979 | Koh Lip Lin |  | PAP
Anson | Perumal Govindaswamy  |  | PAP | 1978  | Death  | 10 February 1979 | Devan Nair |  | PAP
Mountbatten | Ng Yeow Chong  |  | PAP | 12 January 1979  | Resignation  | 10 February 1979 | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng  |  | PAP
Potong Pasir | Ivan Cuthbert Baptist  |  | PAP | 12 January 1979  | Resignation  | 10 February 1979 | Howe Yoon Chong |  | PAP
Sembawang | Teong Eng Siong  |  | PAP | 12 January 1979  | Resignation  | 10 February 1979 | Tony Tan |  | PAP

## References

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1. ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
2. ^ "List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.

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