Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Wat ...
, 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
Bukit Panjang is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. A portion of this town is situated on a low-lying elongated hill. The planning area is bounded by Bukit Batok to the west, Choa Chu Kang to the no ...
,
Pasir Panjang
Pasir Panjang is an area located at the southern part of Queenstown in Singapore. Kent Ridge Park is a topographical feature which runs adjacent to Pasir Panjang.
History
Pasir Panjang Road, which once hugged the coastline, was laid down a ...
,
Queenstown,
Sembawang
Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...
and
Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form
Jurong SMC
Jurong Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency (SMC) in the West Region, Singapore, western area in Singapore mainly in Jurong and Tuas area. It had existed since the Singaporean general election, 19 ...
.
In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form
Bukit Batok SMC
Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Bukit Batok of Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988 as Bukit Batok Constituency and was renamed as Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of ...
, followed by in 1980 distributed to
Ayer Rajah SMC
Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Singapore that existed from 1980 to 2006.
History
Ayer Rajah SMC was made up of Pandan Gardens
Pandan Gardens is a housing estate which is part of Jurong East New ...
,
Clementi SMC and
West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to
Yuhua SMC
The Yuhua Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. The ward covers the area of Yuhua and Parts of the Jurong Gateway District. The current Member of Parliament is Grace Fu of th ...
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
Jurong Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency, single member constituency (SMC) in the West Region, Singapore, western area in Singapore mainly in Jurong and Tuas area. It had existed since the Singaporean general election, 19 ...
,
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
Elections
Elections in 1950s
Elections in 1960s
Elections in 1970s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1990s
Elections in 2000s
Historical maps
File:Bukit Timah 1955 Singaporean GE.svg, 1955 General Election
See also
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Bukit Timah GRC
References
{{Coord missing, Singapore
Singaporean electoral divisions
Bukit Timah
Clementi
Jurong East
Constituencies established in 1951
Constituencies disestablished in 2006
1951 establishments in Singapore
2006 disestablishments in Singapore