Brickworks Group Representation Constituency Explained

Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 磚廠集選區; Simplified Chinese: 砖厂集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bukit Merah, Queenstown and Clementi, Singapore[1] from 1988 to 1997.

Etymology

In the early days of Singapore, there was a brick factory in the Bukit Merah (Alexandra) areas and hence the name. One of the notable place in that area includes the ABC Brickworks Hawker Centre where it has different delicacies to offer, located in Jalan Bukit Merah.[2] [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionAlexandraBrickworksQueenstownClementiWest Coast
1984bgcolor=grayAlexandra SMCbgcolor=grayBrickworks SMCbgcolor=grayQueenstown SMCbgcolor=grayClementi SMCbgcolor=grayWest Coast SMC
Formation
1988Tan Soo KhoonAhmad bin Mohammad MattarChay Wai ChuenPasir Panjang GRC
1991bgcolor=greyAbsorbed into Queenstown and BrickworksBernard ChenWan Soon Bee
Dissolution
1997bgcolor=greyAbsorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC Queenstownbgcolor=grayAbsorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC's Queenstown ward and West Coast GRC's Pasir Panjang wardbgcolor=grayTanjong Pagar GRCWest Coast GRC

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.maplandia.com/singapore/singapore/brickworks-estate/ Location of Brickworks estate in Google Earth / Maps
  2. Web site: Yongjun. Deng. Jingxian. Yang. Adhere to the original flavor. https://web.archive.org/web/20110414141707/http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/zh/magazine/i-Weekly/foodreviewarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=4769557. dead. 14 April 2011. i-Weekly. MSN. 15 February 2017.
  3. http://tiongbahruestate.blogspot.com/2008/04/piece-of-history.html There was a factory in Alexandra that bakes bricks