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.
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.
Election | Member of Parliament | Party | ||
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Legislative Council of Singapore | ||||
1951 | Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha | PP | ||
Legislative Assembly of Singapore | ||||
1955 | Lim Chin Siong | PAP | ||
1959 | Ya'acob bin Mohamed | |||
1963 | Lee Tee Tong | BS | ||
1966 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP | ||
Parliament of Singapore | ||||
1968 | Chor Yeok Eng | PAP | ||
1972 | ||||
1976 | ||||
1980 | ||||
1984 | Wang Kai Yuen | |||
1988 | ||||
1991 | ||||
Constituency abolished (1997 – 2001) | ||||
2001 | Wang Kai Yuen | PAP |