Gaya (federal constituency) explained

Gaya
State:Sabah
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1974
Fed-Abolished:2004
Fed-Election-First:1974
Fed-Election-Last:1999

Gaya was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Gaya
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Kinabalu
P1211974-1978 Peter Lo Sui Yin
(罗思仁)
1978-1982 William Lye Chee Hien
(黎志贤)
1982-1986
P1441986-1990 Gerard Math Lee Min
(马理民)
DAP
1990-1995 Philip Yong Chiew Lip
(杨秋立)
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P1501995-1999
1999-2002 Yong Teck Lee
(杨德利)
2002-2004 Liew Teck Chan
(刘德泉)
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar

State constituency

Parliamentary
constituency
State constituency
1967–1974 1974–1985 1985–1995 1995–2004 2004–2020 2020–present
Gaya Api-Api
Inanam
Kota Kinabalu
Likas
Tanjong Aru

References