Eunos Group Representation Constituency
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Eunos Group Representation Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 友诺士集选区;Traditional Chinese: 友諾士集選區) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. This GRC existed for the 1988 and 1991 general election before being absorbed into Aljunied GRC and the brand new East Coast GRC for the 1997 general election.
History
Bedok GRC was established in 1998 following the establishment of Group representation constituency (GRC) and Single Member Consituency (SMC).[1]
During the 1988 general election, Minister of State for Education Tay Eng Soon led a PAP team to contest the GRC against a Workers' Party (WP) team led by Francis Seow. The PAP team won the contest with a narrow 1.78 percent margin, the lowest margin for a PAP win in the election. The WP team was the best losing candidates for a constituency and were offered two Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats (Only two were offered as Chiam See Tong won an opposition seat and the maximum to be offered was three minus any opposition seats won.). Both Seow and Lee Siew Choh accepted the offers and were declared elected as NCMPs on 16 September 1988.[2] However, on 9 January 1989 the Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon announced that Seow had lost his seat with effect from 17 December 1988 under Article 45 of the Constitution after he was convicted and fined for tax evasion.[3]
After the 1991 election, Eunos GRC was redrawn into several different constituencies, owing to further developments in both Pasir Ris and Tampines which were both ready in the process. Therefore, it necessitated the redrawing. Kaki Bukit became one of the founding constituencies for the brand new East Coast GRC while Tampines North and Pasir Ris became the founding constituencies for the brand new Pasir Ris GRC due to further developments within Pasir Ris New Town and Neighbourhood 4 of Tampines. Most parts of Tampines New Town were given to Tampines GRC, with the constituency now known as Tampines Central. Eunos on the other hand, shifted to Aljunied GRC, making it five seats.
In 1993, Tay Eng Soon died of a heart failure in 1993.[4] No by-election was called to fill in the vacant seat.[5]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Division | Members of Parliament | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | ||||
| 1988 | PAP | |||
| 1991 | PAP | |||
| Constituency abolished (1997) | ||||
Electoral results
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Elections in 1980s
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Elections in 1990s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Lee Siew Choh Jufrie Mahmood Wee Han Kim Maurice Neo Choon Aik |
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| Majority | 4,160 | 4.76 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 89,395 | 96.41 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
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