The Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency in
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio () is a planning area and residential town situated in the Central Region of Singapore. Located approximately north of the Downtown Core district, Ang Mo Kio is the 4th most populated planning area in the North-East region and ra ...
, Singapore. It is managed by Ang Mo Kio Town Council. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is
Henry Kwek from the
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ...
(PAP).
History
Kebun Baru Constituency was carved from the now-defunct
Ang Mo Kio Single Member Constituency (then known as Ang Mo Kio Constituency) in 1980. It was helmed by
Lim Boon Heng
Lim Boon Heng (; born 18 November 1947) is a Singaporean trade unionist and former politician. Since retiring from politics, Lim has been the chairman of Temasek Holdings since 2013.
A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) ...
throughout its first 11 years of existence.
In 1988, it was renamed as Kebun Baru Single Member Constituency with the creation of
Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).
It was absorbed into the new
Ang Mo Kio GRC
The Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. It has 5 wards: Teck Ghee, Buangkok–Fernvale South, Seletar–Ser ...
prior to the
1991 general election.
Kebun Baru SMC was reformed following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020. The constituency was carved out of
Nee Soon GRC
The Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC was established in 2011. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the private residential areas alon ...
, which it had belonged to since 2015. Henry Kwek, representing the PAP, proceeded to defeat Kumaran Pillai from the
Progress Singapore Party
The Progress Singapore Party (abbreviation: PSP) is a political party in Singapore. It was one of the three political parties represented in 14th Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the other opposition Workers' ...
(PSP) with 62.97% of the vote.
In the
2025 general election, Kwek won re-election against
Tony Tan
Tony Tan Keng Yam (; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017.
Prior to entering politics, Tan was a general manager at OCBC Bank. He made his polit ...
from the PSP with an improved 68.5% of the vote.
Member of Parliament
Electoral results
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 2020s
References
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Constituencies established in 1980
Constituencies disestablished in 1991
Constituencies established in 2020