Brickworks Group Representation Constituency
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Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (GRC) was a Group Representation Constituency in Bukit Merah, Queenstown and Clementi, Singapore from 1988 to 1997.
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History
In 1988, as part of Singapore's political reforms, the Brickworks GRC was formed by merging Alexandra, Brickworks and Queenstown Constituencies.
In 1991, the Alexandra ward was carved out of the GRC and absorbed the Clementi and West Coast wards from Pasir Panjang Group Representation Constituency.
In 1997, the GRC was dissolved with the wards merged into Tanjong Pagar and West Coast GRCs. Park of Brickworks ward and the whole Queenstown ward were merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC and the reminder of Brickworks ward alongside the Clementi and West Coast wards merged into West Coast GRC.
Members of Parliament
Election | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
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Formation | ||||
1988 |
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PAP | ||
1991 |
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Abolished (1997) |
Electoral results
Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Tan Soo Khoon |
26,870 | 67.43 | N/A | |
WP | Ismail Yacob Goh Teng Hoon J C Corera |
12,977 | 32.57 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,893 | 34.86 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 710 | 1.09 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,557 | 94.06 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 43,117 | ||||
PAP win (new seat) |
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Chen Tien Lap Bernard Wan Soon Bee |
Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 101,440 | ||||
PAP hold |
References
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