Goh Meng Seng

Goh Meng Seng

Goh Meng Seng during his rally speech at Tampines Stadium as a candidate of the National Solidarity Party
Native name 吴明盛
Born 1970
 Singapore
Nationality Singapore
Education National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) in Economics
Occupation Director Social Welfare Organizations, Politician
Political party
 National Solidarity Party

Goh Meng Seng (Chinese: 吴明盛) is a Singaporean politician who was the Secretary General for the 2011 election[1] of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in Singapore. He was educated at River Valley High School and Hwa Chong Junior College.

Political career

Goh contested in the 2006 general election with the Workers' Party of Singapore (Workers' Party) in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC) as one of 5 team members.[2] The team garnered 43.9% of the district votes, finished as one of the top three non-ruling party district performers and was eligible for a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) position which was taken up by team-leader Sylvia Lim.

Goh left Workers' Party in 2006 after the election due to "some Internet postings which had tarnished the WP's reputation"[3] despite being a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and a member of the "A team" of the Workers' Party. He joined the National Solidarity Party and became its Secretary General. Goh contested in the 2011 general election in the five-man Tampines Group Representation Constituency as team leader against the incumbent Mah Bow Tan (the Minister for National Development), receiving 42.78% of the votes.[4] Though his team lost, they improved significantly by 11.29% relative to the Singapore Democratic Alliance team that contested in the same district and finished with 31.49% of the votes against Mah in the 2006 general election.[5]

Goh stepped down from his post as Secretary-General of NSP after the 2011 election in June 2011 "for a breather and to take stock of his future"[6] He also gave up his seat in the Central Executive Committee of NSP and went into partisan political sabbatical to help Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian in his bid for presidency. Goh Meng Seng left National Solidarity Party after the 2011 election.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.nsp.sg/CECmembers NSP : CEC Members
  2. ↑ http://www.singapore-elections.com/candidates-g.html singapore-elections.com: Singapore Election Candidates
  3. ↑ http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=57246 SINGAPORE: Senior WP member quits over Net fracas AsiaMedia Archives: Singapore: Senior WP member quits over Net Fracas
  4. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_results2011.html 'Singapore Elections Department : 2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS'
  5. ↑ http://www.singapore-elections.com/parl-2006-ge/tampines-grc.html singapore-elections.com : Parliamentary General Election 2006 - TAMPINES GRC
  6. ↑ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137257/1/.html "Channel News Asia - Goh Meng Seng steps down as NSP chief"