4th Parliament of Singapore

4th Parliament of Singapore
3rd 5th
Composition at the start of the 4th Parliament of Singapore
Overview
Legislative bodyParliament of Singapore
Meeting placeOld Parliament House
Term7 February 1977 – 5 December 1980
(3 years, 9 months and 28 days)
Election23 December 1976
GovernmentPeople's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members69
SpeakerYeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the HouseE. W. Barker
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Party controlPAP supermajority
Sessions
1st7 February 1977 – 2 October 1978
(1 year, 7 months and 25 days)
2nd26 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.

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.

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.