| Chan Tzun Hei | |
| Office3: | Sabah Deputy Youth Chief of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia and National Youth Central Committee |
| Term Start3: | 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Party: | Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (2009-present) Sabah Progressive Party (2003-2008) |
| Spouse: | Janice Tzun Chan Tzun Hei |
| Children: | 2 |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Community Development Leader |
| Alma Mater: | University of Technology, Malaysia Open University Malaysia |
Chan Tzun Hei (born 28 November 1983) is the current Sabah Deputy Youth Chief of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. He is also the National Youth Central Committee and State of Sabah Liaison Committee Secretary of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). He is also the Community Development Leader for the constituency of Elopura, a district in Sandakan, Sabah. He is also the current Youth Chief for Sandakan Branch and Division of for Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Chan is able to converse in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese dialects such as Hakka and Cantonese.
Chan was born on 28 November 1983 at the Duchess of Kent Hospital at Sandakan, Sabah. He is currently married and has one daughter and a son,
Chan studied in Tai Tong Kindergarten from year 1988–1989. He had his primary school at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Tai Tong from year 1990–1995. He continued his secondary education at Sung Siew Secondary School in Sandakan from year 1996 until 2003. Having completed his SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia), he went on to continue doing STPM at his secondary school, Sung Siew Secondary School.
Chan pursued a diploma in Engineering Business Management majoring in Business Leadership & Strategic Management from University of Technology, Malaysia in year 2008 and completed it in year 2009. He continued to pursue a Master of Commerce (General Management) from Open University Malaysia from year 2015 and completed in year 2017.
Chan was a part-time teacher at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Lok Yuk primary school, Sandakan for the year 2004 prior to working as the political secretary for Datuk Au Kam Wah, the state assemblymen for N.45 Elopure since year 2004. He was the youngest to be appointed as Elopura Community Development Leader at the age of 24 by the Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman.[1] He was tasked to deal with the social, economic and political problem that occurred in the state of Elopura. As a Community Development Leader for N.45 Elopura, he head the department staffed with 12 personnel. He assisted in coordinating special development fund for the district of Elopura based on priority and needs. Furthermore, he has to attend to various municipal council management, development and policy making meeting.
Chan was a member of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) since year 2004. In year 2008, as Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) decided to pull out from Barisan Nasional Sabah, he quit (SAPP) and followed Datuk Au Kam Wah to join Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, a political party of the Barisan Nasional.[2]
Chan is very active in the Sandakan community. He was the club president for Rotary Club District 3310, for year 2013–2014. He was appointed as District 3310 Assistant Governor for the year of 2016 to 2017 and District 3310 Alumni Association, Sabah Regional Chairman for year 2016–2017.
Chan held various portfolio with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society. Among are officer in charge of Youth for Sandakan Chapter from 2003 to 2007. He was officer in charge of Training of Sandakan Chapter from 2007 to 2009. He was the Blood Donation Chairman from 2009 to 2011. Lastly, he was the Vice Chairman II from year 2011 to 2013.
Chan was involved as community leader in assisting the victim of the fire incident that occurred at Sri Taman, Mile 3.5 where eight houses was destroyed from the fire incident.[4] Chan also assisted a robbery victim who was attacked at Bandar Utama.[5] Chan raised the concern of the existence of militants in Sandakan.[6] Chan raised the issue of insufficient haemodialysis machines at the Duchess of Kent Hospital of Sandakan.[7] He also assisted a Sandakan local who obtained expired medicine by sending a formal letter to the District Health Officer.[8]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N45 Elopura | (Gerakan) | 5,572 | 31.32% | (DAP) | 12,219 | 68.68% | 18,047 | 6,647 | 71.37% | ||||