Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Office: | Member of the Selangor State Executive Council |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Khalid Ibrahim Azmin Ali |
Term Start: | 25 March 2008 |
Term End: | 13 May 2018 |
Predecessor: | Lim Thuang Seng Ch'ng Toh Eng |
Successor: | Abdul Rashid Asari Hee Loy Sian |
Constituency: | Bukit Lanjan |
Constituency Am2: | Bukit Lanjan |
Assembly2: | Selangor State Legislative |
Term Start2: | 8 March 2008 |
Termend2: | 12 August 2023 |
Predecessor2: | Yong Dai Ying (BN–GERAKAN) |
Successor2: | Pua Pei Ling (PH–PKR) |
Majority2: | 5,155 (2008) 17,200 (2013) 40,233 (2018) |
Birth Name: | Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1970 |
Birth Place: | Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Occupation: | Politician, activist |
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Wong Keat Ping (born 9 March 1970), known professionally as Elizabeth Wong, is a Malaysian politician and activist who served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Khalid Ibrahim and Azmin Ali from March 2008 to May 2018 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Lanjan from March 2008 to August 2023. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly coalition.
Wong is also a human rights activist and was involved in activist environmental campaigns.
Wong entered the electoral arena as a PKR candidate during the 12th general election. On 8 March 2008, Wong defeated the incumbent and was elected as the new Selangor State Assemblywoman for Bukit Lanjan with a majority of over 5000 votes.
After serving 15 years, Wong did not defend her seat in the 2023 Selangor state election and was replaced by party colleague Phua Pei Ling.[1]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2008 | N37 Bukit Lanjan | (PKR) | 12,125 | 62.44% | Yong Dai Ying (Gerakan) | 6,970 | 35.89% | 19,420 | 5,155 | 76.01% | |||
2013 | (PKR) | 25,808 | 74.99% | Chong Tuck Chiew (Gerakan) | 6,608 | 25.01% | 34,416 | 17,200 | 86.90% | ||||
2018 | Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping (PKR) | 47,748 | 86.40% | Syed Abd Razak Syed Long Alsagoff (Gerakan) | 7,515 | 13.60% | 55,732 | 40,223 | 86.78% |