Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988.

History In 1951, Rural West Constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah constituency.

In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong Constituency.

On 8 December 1965, about four months into independence, Barisan Sosialis (BS) began to boycott Parliament in response to the current legislature and its democracy as "phony". Members of Parliament from BS started resigning from parliament with incumbent MP of Bukit Timah Constituency, Lee Tee Tong, resigning on 7 October 1965. A by-election was called with Chor Yeok Eng from PAP winning the seat uncontested.

In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok Constituency, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah, Clementi and West Coast constituencies with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua and Hong Kah constituencies with the growing development of Jurong East.

In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member constituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency.

In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC.

In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.

Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Council of Singapore1951H. J. C. KulasinghaPPLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955Lim Chin SiongPAP1959Ya'acob bin Mohamed1963Lee Tee TongBS1966Chor Yeok EngPAPParliament of Singapore1968Chor Yeok EngPAP1972197619801984Wang Kai Yuen19881991Constituency abolished (1997 - 2001)2001Wang Kai YuenPAPConstituency abolished (2006)

Electoral results

Elections in 1950s

Elections in 1960s

Elections in 1970s

Elections in 1980s

Elections in 1990s

Elections in 2000s

Historical maps

See also Bukit Timah GRC

References