- Not to be confused with the defunct and smaller Marine Parade Single Member Constituency (Marine Parade SMC) that existed from 1976 to 1984.
Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Template:Zh; Template:Lang-ms; Template:Lang-ta) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylang, Kaki Bukit, Kallang, Kembangan, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Ubi, Serangoon and Hougang.
Marine Parade GRC is both led by then-prime minister and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and the Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin.
History[]
Before the creation of Marine Parade GRC, Goh had been the Member of Parliament for the Marine Parade single member constituency since being first elected in 1976. In 1991, the constituency was expanded to four seats when it include MacPherson SMC, before it expands to six seats after coving the areas of Kembangan, Mountbatten, and Serangoon (both Braddell Heights and Serangoon Gardens).
The Serangoon ward was part of the constituency until 2006, when it was redrawn into the Aljunied GRC. In 2011, the ward was downsized to five members where Mountbatten was carved as a SMC, Kaki Bukit was carved to Aljunied GRC, and MacPherson SMC was absorbed. In 2015, the MacPherson ward was carved out again as an SMC, while Joo Chiat SMC was returned to this GRC after over 18 years.
The GRC saw its by-election in 1992 due to the resignation of all four MPs (including Goh), as Goh wanted to secure another fresh, stronger mandate after the opposition made unprecedented gains in the 1991 elections (winning three more seats on top of the then-opposition Potong Pasir ward), and Lim Chee Oon announced his retirement while being succeeded by Teo Chee Hean (who would later become the MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, the current Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security). Its contest was a four-cornered fight involving the National Solidarity Party, the Singapore Democratic Party (led by now-Secretary General Chee Soon Juan, who made his political debut), and Singapore Justice Party (now part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance).
Since the by-election victory, Marine Parade GRC were uncontested for the next three elections until 2011, where the ward faced a fierce contest against the National Solidarity Party (which led by Nicole Seah and former MP Cheo Chai Chen). Another fierce contest were faced in the 2015 elections, this time with the largest opposition party, the Workers' Party (which led by then-NCMP Yee Jenn Jong).
Due to the release of the EBRC report for the 2020 General Election, the Joo Seng and Woodleigh portions of the Geylang Serai ward have been carved out and moved to the neighbouring Potong Pasir SMC to allow further development at the entire Bidadari estate.
Members of Parliament[]
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| 1991 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1997 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2006 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2015 |
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Areas of Responsibility[]
- Marine Parade: The entire Marine Parade Estate and portions of Joo Chiat
- Kembangan-Chai Chee: Kembangan, Chai Chee, Kampong Ubi and Geylang Serai Market
- Geylang Serai: Haig Road, Hougang Avenue 3, Kim Chuan, Lorong Ah Soo (southern portion), Tai Seng, Geylang Serai and Eunos Crescent
- Braddell Heights: Sommerville, Lorong Lew Lian, Serangoon Avenues 1-3, Nex Mall, Bartley Estate and Lorong Chuan
- Joo Chiat: Frankel Avenue, Telok Kurau, Opera Estate and Siglap
Candidates and results[]
Elections in 2010s[]
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See also[]
- Marine Parade SMC
- Goh Chok Tong