Queenstown Constituency

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Queenstown Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988.

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History

Queenstown Constituency was established prior to the 1955 general election in colonial Singapore. Lee Choon Eng from the Labour Front (LF) defeated candidates from the Democratic Party (DP) and Progressive Party (PP) with 67.28% of the vote. [1]

During the 1959 general election, Lee Siew Choh, candidate for the now-dominant People's Action Party (PAP), won the constituency with 53.81% of the vote, consistent with the PAP's initial rise to power where it won 43 out of 51 seats in the Legislative Assembly. [2] [3] However, he would leave the PAP in 1961, after it expelled its left-wing faction, to become a member of Barisan Sosialis (BS), a new party started by members of the faction. [4]

In the 1963 general election, Lee Siew Choh did not run for Queenstown; Jek Yeun Thong reclaimed it for the PAP, defeating Lee Ek Chong from BS and two other candidates with 52.81% of the vote. [5] He would retain the constituency until the 1988 general election, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] after Singapore had become independent and the Legislative Assembly had been replaced with the Parliament of Singapore. [11]

In 1988, the constituency was merged into Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (GRC) following the establishment of GRCs. All constituencies represented by a single MP were renamed single-member constituencies (SMCs). [12]

Members of Parliament

Election MemberParty
Formation
1955 Lee Choon Eng LF
1959 Lee Siew Choh PAP
BS
1963 Jek Yeun Thong PAP
Parliament of Singapore
1968 Jek Yeun Thong PAP
1972
1976
1980
1984
Constituency abolished (1988)

Electoral results

Note: Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1955 [1] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
LF Lee Choon Eng 2,792 67.28
DP Murray Brash73617.73
PP Elizabeth Choy 62214.99
Majority2,05649.55
Total valid votes4,15098.79
Rejected ballots511.21
Turnout 4,20159.89
Registered electors 7,015
LF win (new seat)

Historical maps

References

  1. 1 2 "ELD | 1955 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg.
  2. ↑ "ELD | 1959 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "2.45 am-PAP romps home with landslide victory". The Straits Times . 31 May 1959. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  4. ↑ "PAP dissidents name new party 'Barisan Socialis' [sic]". The Straits Times. 30 July 1961. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  5. ↑ "ELD | 1963 Legislative Assembly General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "ELD | 1968 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "ELD | 1972 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965, ss. 13(2)(f).
  12. ↑ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. Retrieved 13 March 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  13. ↑ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Queenstown". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 16 October 2025.


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