James Gomez

James Gomez

Dr. James Gomez (born 10 January 1965) is a politician and academic from Singapore. He is currently a member of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) 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 (PAP) in the constituency by 44% of the votes to 56%.

Gomez was the Executive Director of Singaporeans for Democracy (a former non-governmental organisation) and currently manages an online consultancy called the Gomez Centre. He has previously been the Deputy Associate Dean (International) at the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences at Monash University in Australia, a Programme Officer at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden, and a Research and Project Manager for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.