James Gomez

Who is James Gomez?

Dr. James Gomez is a politician and academic from Singapore. He is currently a member of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party and was previously a member of the Workers' Party.

Gomez came to national attention in Singapore during the 2006 general election campaign following an incident in which he accused the Elections Department of losing his minority-race candidate's application form, but was later forced to apologise when closed-circuit television evidence showed that he had placed the form in his briefcase. He stood as a member of the Workers' Party's team in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency at the election, ultimately losing to the team of the governing People's Action Party in the constituency by 44% of the votes to 56%.

Gomez was the Executive Director of Singaporeans for Democracy and currently manages an online consultancy called the Gomez Centre.