3rd Parliament of Singapore

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

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 3rd Parliament were elected in the 1972 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.

This was the first Parliament whereas all the seats in Parliament were intact throughout the term, without any vacancies or change of members. The next Parliament term to do so would not repeat again until seven terms later.

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: Edmund W. Barker (PAP)
• Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Sia Kah Hui

Composition

Party		Members
		At election	At dissolution
	People's Action Party	65	65
Total		65	65
Government majority		32	32

Members

This is the list of members of the 3rd Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1972 general election.

Constituency	Member	Party
Alexandra	Wong Lin Ken		People's Action Party
Aljunied	Chin Harn Tong		People's Action Party
Anson	Perumal Govindaswamy		People's Action Party
Boon Teck	Phey Yew Kok		People's Action Party
Bras Basah	Ho See Beng		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
Cairnhill	Lim Kim San		People's Action Party
Changi	Sim Boon Woo		People's Action Party
Chua Chu Kang	Tang See Chim		People's Action Party
Crawford	Ang Kok Peng		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
Hong Lim	Lee Khoon Choy		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	Abdul Aziz bin Karim		People's Action Party
Kampong Chai Chee	Sha'ari bin Tadin		People's Action Party
Kampong Glam	S. Rajaratnam		People's Action Party
Kampong Kapor	Yeo Toon Chia		People's Action Party
Kampong Kembangan	Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi		People's Action Party
Kampong Ubi	Ya'acob bin Mohamed		People's Action Party
Katong	Joseph Francis De Conceicao		People's Action Party
Kim Keat	Ong Teng Cheong		People's Action Party
Kim Seng	Ong Leong Boon		People's Action Party
Kreta Ayer	Goh Keng Swee		People's Action Party
Kuo Chuan	Pathmanaban Selvadurai		People's Action Party
Leng Kee	Ahmad Mattar		People's Action Party
MacPherson	Chua Sian Chin		People's Action Party
Moulmein	Sia Khoon Seong		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	Tay Boon Too		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
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
Sepoy Lines	Wee Toon Boon		People's Action Party
Serangoon Gardens	Leonard Peter Rodrigo		People's Action Party
Siglap	Abdul Rahim Ishak		People's Action Party
Stamford	Andrew Fong Sip Chee		People's Action Party
Tampines	Phua Bah Lee		People's Action Party
Tanglin	Edmund 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	N. Naidu Govindasamy		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