West Coast Group Representation Constituency
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West Coast Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 西海岸集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC is divided into five divisions and is a constituency held by the People's Action Party. The five divisions are Ayer Rajah-West Coast, Boon Lay, Clementi, Pioneer and Telok Blangah.
Formed in 1997, West Coast GRC is led by Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang. The constituency faced a contest against the Workers' Party in the 1997 general election. Since then, the constituency has received walkovers in the 2001 and 2006 general elections.
West Coast consists of the areas of Ayer Rajah, Clementi, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the western area and the industrial estate of Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and the southern islands of the country. The constituency was a four member GRC in 1997 and was expanded to five, when it was expanded to include the areas of the now defunct Boon Lay Single Member Constituency and the Jurong area of Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. In 2006, West Coast again absorbed Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency and merged Minister of State's S Israwan's West Coast seat to form the Ayer Rajah-West Coast division.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Bernard Chen Tien Lap (1997 – 2001)
- Lim Hng Kiang - Telok Blangah (1997 – )
- S Iswaran - West Coast-Ayer Rajah (1997 – )
- Wan Soon Bee (1997 – 2001)
- Arthur Jen Fong - Clementi (2001 – )
- Cedric Foo Chee Keng - Pioneer (2001 – )
- Ho Geok Choo Madeleine - Boon Lay (2001 – )
[edit] Candidates and results
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | |
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| Singapore general election, 1997 | 4 | 74,022 | PAP |  |
Bernard Chen Tien Lap Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Wan Soon Bee |
48,275 | 70.14 |
| WP |  |
D'Cruz Anthony John Gan Eng Guan Mike Chan Ng Teck Siong |
20,550 | 29.86 | |||
| Singapore general election, 2001 | 5 | 110,779 | PAP | |
Arthur Jen Fong Cedric Foo Chee Keng Lim Hng Kiang Ho Geok Choo Madeleine S Iswaran |
Walkover | Walkover |
| Singapore general election, 2006 | 5 | 137,685 | PAP | |
Arthur Jen Fong Foo Chee Keng Cederic Ho Geok Choo Madeleine Iswaran S Lim Hng Kiang |
Walkover | Walkover |
| edit | Constituencies of Singapore |  |
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| Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied (5) | Ang Mo Kio (6) | Bishan-Toa Payoh (5) | East Coast (5) | Holland-Bukit Timah (5) | Hong Kah (5) | Jalan Besar (5) | Jurong (5) | Marine Parade (6) | Pasir Ris-Punggol (6) | Sembawang (6) | Tampines (5) | Tanjong Pagar (6) | West Coast (5) |
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| Single Member Constitutencies (SMCs)
Bukit Panjang | Chua Chu Kang | Hougang | Joo Chiat | MacPherson | Nee Soon Central | Nee Soon East | Potong Pasir | Yio Chu Kang |
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| Former or defunct constituencies Cheng San (5)
Alexandra | Aljunied | Ang Mo Kio | Anson | Ayer Rajah | Bedok | Bedok (4) | Bo Wen | Boon Lay | Boon Teck | Braddell Heights | Bras Basah | Brickworks | Brickworks (4) | Bukit Batok | Bukit Gombak | Bukit Ho Swee | Bukit Merah | Bukit Timah | Bukit Timah (5) | Buona Vista | Cairnhill | Changi | Changkat | Cheng San | Cheng San (5) | Chong Boon | Clementi | Crawford | Delta | Eunos | Eunos (4) | Farrer Park | Fengshan | Geylang East | Geylang Serai | Geylang West | Havelock | Henderson | Holland-Bukit Panjang (5) | Hong Kah | Hong Lim | Jalan Besar | Jalan Kayu | Jurong | Kaki Bukit | Kallang | Kampong Chai Chee | Kampong Glam | Kampong Glam (4) | Kampong Kapor | Kampong Kembangan | Kampong Ubi | Katong | Kebun Baru | Khe Bong | Kim Keat | Kim Seng | Kolam Ayer | Kreta Ayer | Kreta Ayer-Tanglin (4) | Kuo Chuan | Leng Kee | Marine Parade | Moulmien | Mountbatten | Nee Soon | Nee Soon South | Pasir Panjang | Pasir Panjang (3) | Pasir Ris (4) | Paya Lebar | Punggol | Punggol-Tampines | Queenstown | Radin Mas | River Valley | Rochore | Seletar | Sembawang | Sepoy Lines | Serangoon Gardens | Siglap | Stamford | Southern Islands | Tampines | Tanah Merah | Tanglin | Tanjong Pagar | Teck Ghee | Telok Ayer | Telok Blangah | Thomson | Thomson (4) | Tiong Bahru (3) | Toa Payoh | Toa Payoh (3) | Ulu Bedok | Ulu Pandan | Upper Serangoon | West Coast | Whampoa | Yuhua
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