Bandar Sibu Explained

Bandar Sibu
State:Sarawak
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1968
Fed-Abolished:1978
Fed-Election-First:1969
Fed-Election-Last:1974

Bandar Sibu was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1978.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1978 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bandar Sibu
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1] [2]
P1341971-1973 Khoo Peng Loong
(邱炳农)
SUPP
1973-1974
P1441974-1978 Wee Ho Soon
(黄和顺)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sibu

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1969–19781978–19901990–19991999–20082008–20162016−present
Bandar SibuSibu Luar
Sibu Tengah

Notes and References

  1. News: Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang . Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa . Utusan Online . 2012-03-12 . 2016-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045153/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm . 2016-06-04 .
  2. Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-20.