Not to be confused with another ward with similar name that existed since pre-indepence era until prior to 1988 general elections

Singaporean general election, 1988

General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the 81 seats...

 called Nee Soon constituency.

Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese

Traditional Chinese character

Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. It most commonly refers to characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong, or in the Kangxi...

: 义顺集選區; Simplified Chinese

Simplified Chinese character

Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao for use in Mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, it is one of many standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...

: 义顺集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency

Group Representation Constituency

A Group Representation Constituency is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore, the Members of Parliament of which are voted into Parliament as a group...

 (GRC) in the north

North Region, Singapore

The North Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. Comprising 13,500 hectares of land area, it includes eight urban planning areas and has a population of at least 400,000...

 region of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

.The GRC includes Yishun Housing Estate,private residential areas along Sembawang Road and Canberra Housing Estate.

The GRC is formed during 2011 election, which absorb former Nee Soon Central SMC, Nee Soon East SMC and 2 divisions from Sembawang GRC and a division from Ang Mo Kio GRC.

Nee Soon GRC is currently led by Law Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam

K. Shanmugam

Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam better known as "K Shanmugam", is a Tamil Indian politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law...

.

Members of Parliament

Election	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...	Chong Pang Chong Pang Chong Pang is a precinct located at Yishun, Singapore. It has precincts of Neighbourhood 1 and Neighbourhood 7.-Politics:Chong Pang is part of Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency . It is anchored by K Shanmugam....	Nee Soon Central	Nee Soon East	Nee Soon South
2006	Sembawang GRC Sembawang Group Representation Constituency Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists of Sembawang, Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty, Canberra and Chong Pang...		SMC	SMC	Ang Mo Kio GRC Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a six-member Group Representation Constituency in the north eastern region of Singapore...
Formation
2011	Lim Wee Kiak	K Shanmugam	Faishal Ibrahim	Patrick Tay	Lee Bee Wah

• Lee Bee Wah - Nee Soon South (2011-)
• Lim Wee Kiak - Canberra (2011-)
• K Shanmugam - Chong Pang (2011-)
• Patrick Tay - Nee Soon East (2011-)
• Faishal Ibrahim - Nee Soon Central (2011-)

Candidates and Results

Reference

• 2011 General Election's result