3rd Parliament of Singapore

3rd Parliament of Singapore
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Composition at the start of the 3rd Parliament of Singapore   PAP (65)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Singapore
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	12 October 1972 – 6 December 1976 (4 years, 1 month and 24 days)
Election	2 September 1972
Government	People's Action Party
Parliament of Singapore
Members	65
Speaker	Yeoh Ghim Seng
Leader of the House	E. W. Barker
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Party control	PAP supermajority
Sessions
1st 12 October 1972 – 6 December 1974 (2 years, 1 month and 24 days) 2nd 21 February 1975 – 6 December 1976 (1 year, 9 months and 15 days)

The 3rd Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 12 October 1972 and was prorogued on 6 December 1974. It commenced its second session on 21 February 1975 and was dissolved on 6 December 1976.

The members of the Third Parliament were elected in the 1972 general election. The Third Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. Yeoh Ghim Seng served as speaker. The Third Parliament only saw one seat vacated, with Sepoy Lines Constituency MP Wee Toon Boon resigned on 11 September 1976, three months before dissolution.

Officeholders

• Speaker: Yeoh Ghim Seng (PAP)
  • Deputy Speaker: Tang See Chim (PAP), from 22 November 1972
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (PAP)
  • Deputy Prime Minister: Goh Keng Swee (PAP), from 1 March 1973
• Leader of the House: E. W. Barker (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Sia Kah Hui

Composition

Party		Members
		At election	At dissolution
	PAP	65	65
Vacant seats		0	1
Total		65	64
Government majority		65	64

Members

Constituency	Member	Party
Alexandra	Wong Lin Ken 黄麟根		PAP
Aljunied	Chin Harn Tong 钱翰琮		PAP
Anson	P. Govindaswamy பி. கோவிந்தசாமி		PAP
Boon Teck	Phey Yew Kok 彭由国		PAP
Bras Basah	Ho See Beng 何思明		PAP
Bukit Batok	Chai Chong Yii 蔡崇语		PAP
Bukit Ho Swee	Seah Mui Kok 佘美国		PAP
Bukit Merah	Lim Guan Hoo 林源河		PAP
Bukit Panjang	Lee Yiok Seng 李玉胜		PAP
Bukit Timah	Chor Yeok Eng 曹煜英		PAP
Cairnhill	Lim Kim San 林金山		PAP
Changi	Sim Boon Woo 沈文武		PAP
Chua Chu Kang	Tang See Chim 邓思沾		PAP
Crawford	Ang Kok Peng 洪国平		PAP
Delta	Yeo Choo Kok 杨子国		PAP
Farrer Park	Lee Chiaw Meng 李昭铭		PAP
Geylang East	Ho Cheng Choon 何振春		PAP
Geylang Serai	Rahmat Kenap رحمة كنڤ		PAP
Geylang West	Yong Nyuk Lin 杨玉麟		PAP
Havelock	Hon Sui Sen 韩瑞生		PAP
Henderson	Lai Tha Chai 黎达材		PAP
Hong Lim	Lee Khoon Choy 李炯才		PAP
Jalan Besar	Chan Chee Seng 陈志成		PAP
Jalan Kayu	Hwang Soo Jin 黄树人		PAP
Joo Chiat	Yeoh Ghim Seng 杨锦成		PAP
Jurong	Ho Kah Leong 何家良		PAP
Kallang	Abdul Aziz Karim عبد العزيز کریم		PAP
Kampong Chai Chee	Sha'ari Tadin سهااري تادين		PAP
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam எஸ். ராஜரத்தினம்		PAP
Kampong Kapor	Yeo Toon Chia 杨敦清		PAP
Kampong Kembangan	Ariff Suradi عارف سورادي		PAP
Kampong Ubi	Ya'acob Mohamed يعقوب محمد		PAP
Katong	J. F. Conceicao		PAP
Kim Keat	Ong Teng Cheong 王鼎昌		PAP
Kim Seng	Ong Leong Boon 王龙文		PAP
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee 吴庆瑞		PAP
Kuo Chuan	P. Selvadurai பி. செல்வதுரை		PAP
Leng Kee	Ahmad Mattar أحمد مطر		PAP
MacPherson	Chua Sian Chin 蔡善进		PAP
Moulmein	Lawrence Sia 谢坤祥		PAP
Mountbatten	Ng Yeow Chong 黄燿宗		PAP
Nee Soon	Ong Soo Chuan 王书泉		PAP
Pasir Panjang	Othman Wok عثمان ووك		PAP
Paya Lebar	Tay Boon Too 郑文滔		PAP
Potong Pasir	Ivan Baptist		PAP
Punggol	Ng Kah Ting 黄嘉腾		PAP
Queenstown	Jek Yeun Thong 易润堂		PAP
River Valley	Tan Eng Liang 陈英梁		PAP
Rochore	Toh Chin Chye 杜进才		PAP
Sembawang	Teong Eng Siong 张永祥		PAP
Sepoy Lines	Wee Toon Boon 黄循文		PAP
Serangoon Gardens	L. P. Rodrigo		PAP
Siglap	Abdul Rahim Ishak عبد الرحيم إسحاق		PAP
Stamford	Fong Sip Chee 邝摄治		PAP
Tampines	Phua Bah Lee 潘峇厘		PAP
Tanglin	E. W. Barker 李光耀		PAP
Tanjong Pagar	Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀		PAP
Telok Ayer	Ong Pang Boon 王邦文		PAP
Telok Blangah	N. Govindasamy என். கோவிந்தசாமி		PAP
Thomson	Ang Nam Piau 洪南标		PAP
Tiong Bahru	Ch'ng Jit Koon 庄日昆		PAP
Toa Payoh	Eric Cheong 张润志		PAP
Ulu Pandan	Chiang Hai Ding 张泰澄		PAP
Upper Serangoon	Sia Kah Hui 谢嘉惠		PAP
Whampoa	Augustine Tan 陈惠兴		PAP