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
editIn 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
edit| Election | Alexandra | Brickworks | Queenstown | Clementi | West Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Alexandra SMC | Brickworks SMC | Queenstown SMC | Clementi SMC | West Coast SMC |
| Formation | |||||
| 1988 | Tan Soo Khoon | Ahmad bin Mohammad Mattar | Chay Wai Chuen | Pasir Panjang GRC | |
| 1991 | Absorbed into Queenstown and Brickworks | Bernard Chen | Wan Soon Bee | ||
| Dissolution | |||||
| 1997 | Absorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC Queenstown | Absorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC's Queenstown ward and West Coast GRC's Pasir Panjang ward | Tanjong Pagar GRC | West Coast GRC | |
Candidates and results
editElections in 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Chen Tien Lap Bernard Wan Soon Bee |
Walkover | |||
| Turnout | 101,440 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Tan Soo Khoon |
26,870 | 67.43 | 0.86 | |
| WP | Ismail Yacob Goh Teng Hoon J C Corera |
12,977 | 32.57 | −0.86 | |
| Turnout | 40,557 | 94.1 | |||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ Location of Brickworks estate in Google Earth / Maps
- ^ Yongjun, Deng; Jingxian, Yang. "Adhere to the original flavor". i-Weekly. MSN. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ There was a factory in Alexandra that bakes bricks