Cairnhill Single Member Constituency

Cairnhill Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1991, and was replaced by the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency. Lim Kim San is a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and was replaced by Wong Kwei Cheong which ran all the way until the Kampong Glam GRC merger in 1991.

Assemblymen and Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament	Party		Dates	Notes
David Marshall		LF	1955-1959
Lim Yew Hock		SPA	1959-1963
Lim Kim San		PAP	1963-1980
Wong Kwei Cheong		PAP	1980-1991
Constituency abolished Merge into Kampong Glam GRC

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Cairnhill SMC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SPA	Lim Yew Hock	5,275	48.22%	N/A
	WP	David Marshall	2,920	26.69%	N/A
	PAP	Md. Oh Su Chen	2,262	20.68%	N/A
	LSP	Tan Keng Siong	483	4.41%	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	SPA hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1955: Cairnhill SMC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LF	David Marshall	3,305	47.58%	N/A
	PP	C.C. Tan	2,530	36.42%	N/A
	DP	Tan Khiang Khoo	1,111	16.00%	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	LF hold		Swing	N/A