Edward Lee Poh Lin | |
Constituency Am: | Bukit Gasing |
Assembly: | Selangor State Legislative |
Term Start: | 8 March 2008 |
Term End: | 20 December 2011 |
Predecessor: | Lim Thuang Seng (BN–Gerakan) |
Successor: | Rajiv Rishyakaran (PR–DAP) |
Majority: | 8,812 (2008) |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) |
Website: | http://edwardleepj.blogspot.com/ |
Edward Lee Poh Lin (1949/50 – 20 December 2011) was a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Gasing from March 2008 to his death in December 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of then the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. He was also a member of the State Transparency Committee (SELCAT).
In the Malaysian 2008 General Elections, he won the seat of Bukit Gasing, Selangor, on a party ticket of the DAP and received 15,735 votes with a majority of 8,812 votes.[1]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
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2008 | N34 Bukit Gasing | Edward Lee Poh Lin (DAP) | 15,735 | 69.45% | Lim Thuang Seng (Gerakan) | 6,923 | 30.55% | 22,875 | 8,812 | 68.94% |
On 20 December 2011, Edward Lee Poh Lin died of cancer at the age of 61.[2] [3]