Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991.
Lim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then Wong Kwei Cheong from 1980 to 1991.
History The constituency was formed during the 1955 Singaporean general election, encompassing Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin wards.
In 1957, David Marshall resigned from the Labour Front party and his Cairnhill seat..
During the 1959 Singaporean general election, part of the constituency was split to form River Valley Constituency.
In 1988, following the establishment of group representation constituency (GRC) and single member consituency (SMC), the constituency was known as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency. It also absorbed River Valley Constituency.
During the 1991 Singaporean general election, the SMC was merged into Kampong Glam GRC.
Member of Parliament Year Member PartyFormationLegislative Assembly of Singapore1955David MarshallLF1957Soh Ghee SoonLSP1959Lim Yew HockSPA1963Lim Kim SanPAPParliament of Singapore1968Lim Kim SanPAP197219761980Wong Kwei Cheong19841988Constituency abolished (1991)
Electoral results
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Historical maps
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