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Chua Soon Bui (; born 1 February 1955) was the Member of the

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for the

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constituency in

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from 2008 to 2013. She sat in Parliament as a member of the

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(SAPP), which commenced the 2008–13 Parliament in the

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coalition but joined the crossbenches in 2008. Recontesting her seat in the 2013 election, she finished in third place with 633 votes.

Election results

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