Brickworks Group Representation Constituency
# Brickworks Group Representation Constituency

Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 磚廠集選區; Simplified Chinese: 砖厂集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency in Bukit Merah, Queenstown and Clementi, Singapore from 1988 to 1997.

## Etymology

In the early days of Singapore, there was a brick factory in the Bukit Merah (Alexandra) areas and hence the name. One of the notable place in that area includes the ABC Brickworks Hawker Centre where it has different delicacies to offer, located in Jalan Bukit Merah.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Alexandra | Brickworks | Queenstown | Clementi | West Coast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | Alexandra SMC | Brickworks SMC | Queenstown SMC | Clementi SMC | West Coast SMC |
| Formation ||||||
| 1988 | Tan Soo Khoon | Ahmad bin Mohammad Mattar | Chay Wai Chuen | Pasir Panjang GRC | Pasir Panjang GRC |
| 1991 | Absorbed into Queenstown and Brickworks | Ahmad bin Mohammad Mattar | Chay Wai Chuen | Bernard Chen | Wan Soon Bee |
| Dissolution ||||||
| 1997 | Absorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC Queenstown | Absorbed into Tanjong Pagar GRC's Queenstown ward and West Coast GRC's Pasir Panjang ward | Tanjong Pagar GRC | West Coast GRC | West Coast GRC |

## Candidates and results

### Elections in 1990s

General Election 1991: Brickworks GRC :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Chen Tien Lap Bernard Wan Soon Bee | Walkover |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 101,440 |
| | PAP hold | PAP hold | Swing |

### Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Brickworks GRC :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PAP | Ahmad Mattar Chay Wai Chuen Tan Soo Khoon | 26,870 | 67.43 | +0.86 |
| | WP | Ismail Yacob Goh Teng Hoon J C Corera | 12,977 | 32.57 | -0.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,557 | 94.1 | |
| | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) | PAP win (new seat) |
