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
Election
23 December 1976
Government
People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members
69
Speaker
Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House
Edmund W. Barker
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Party control
PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st
7 February 1977 – 2 October 1978
2nd
26 December 1978 – 5 December 1980
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.
^"Sessions of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. 8 June 2017.
^"List of Former Speakers". Parliament of Singapore. 7 August 2017.
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