Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency Explained

Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency should not be confused with Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.

Bukit Timah
Type:Single Member
Parl Name:Parliament of Singapore
Region:Central Region, Singapore
Electorate:24,512 (1991)
Year:1951
Abolished:1997
Seats:1
Next:Bukit Timah GRC
Previous:Rural West
Bukit Timah
Type:Single Member
Parl Name:Parliament of Singapore
Region:Central Region, Singapore
Electorate:26,951 (2001)
Year:2001
Abolished:2006
Seats:1
Next:Holland–Bukit Timah GRC
Previous:Bukit Timah GRC

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 broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar 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 SMC.

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

In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed 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

ElectionMember of ParliamentParty
Legislative Council of Singapore
1951Hollupatherage James Caldera KulasinghaPP
Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955Lim Chin SiongPAP
1959Ya'acob bin Mohamed
1963Lee Tee TongBS
1966Chor Yeok EngPAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968Chor Yeok EngPAP
1972
1976
1980
1984Wang Kai Yuen
1988
1991
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2001)
2001Wang Kai YuenPAP

Elections

Elections in 2000s

See also