Gooi Hsiao Leung Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Gooi Hsiao Leung
Native Name Lang:zh-my
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Birth Name:Gooi Hsiao Leung
Birth Date:28 December 1972
Birth Place:Penang, Malaysia
Constituency Am1:Bukit Tengah
Assembly1:Penang State Legislative
Term Start1:9 May 2018
Predecessor1:Ong Chin Wen
(PRPKR)
Majority1:8,558 (2018)
8,697 (2023)
Constituency Mp2:Alor Setar
Parliament2:Malaysian
Term Start2:5 May 2013
Term End2:9 May 2018
Predecessor2:Chor Chee Heung
(BNMCA)
Successor2:Chan Ming Kai
(PH–PKR)
Majority2:1,873 (2013)
Office3:Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
Subterm3:2018–
Suboffice3:Pakatan Harapan
Office4:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm4:2013–2018
Suboffice4:People's Justice Party
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:People's Justice Party (PKR)
Otherparty:Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Parents:Gooi Hock Seng
Module:
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Hide:no
T:魏曉隆
Poj:Gūi Hiáu-liông
Tl:Guī Hiáu-liông
J:Ngai6 Hiu2 Lung4
P:Wèi Xiǎolóng

Gooi Hsiao Leung (; born 28 December 1972) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Tengah since May 2018. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Setar from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

Gooi's passion for Malaysian politics has been life-long. From a young age he followed his father, Gooi Hock Seng, former DAP Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman, through multiple election campaigns in the 80s and 90s. This instilled in Gooi his strong desire for change, equality, good governance and a true democracy in Malaysia through a robust Opposition.

Before his political career, Gooi pursued his passion for human rights defending clients both locally and overseas, where he worked for the United Nations at the Special Panels and Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor.

A lawyer by profession, Gooi contested the Alor Setar parliamentary seat at the 2008 general election, but lost to the seat's long-serving incumbent, Chor Chee Heung of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), by 184 votes.[1] He recontested the seat in the 2013 general election. Amid a nationwide swing away from Barisan Nasional coalition parties, such as the MCA, in urban areas, Gooi unseated Chor by 1,873 votes.[2]

In the 2018 general election, Gooi contested the Bukit Tengah state seat of the Penang State Legislative Assembly instead and won it in a five-corner fight.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N17 Bukit Tengah (PKR)12,53566.20%Thor Teong Gee (Gerakan)3,97721.00%19,1928,55886.20%
Norazman Ishak (PAS)2,35512.40%
bgcolor= Tan Hiang Lye (PRM)530.30%
bgcolor= Edward Joseph (PFP)270.10%
2023 (PKR)16,05068.58%bgcolor= Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh (Gerakan)7,35331.42%23,4038,69773.98%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2008P009 Alor Star (PKR)20,55747.58% (MCA)20,74148.00%43,206 18473.28%
2013 (PKR)27,36447.25%Chor Chee Heung (MCA)25,49143.86%57,9121,87383.92%
bgcolor= Abdul Fisol Mohd Isa (BERJASA)3,5306.23%
bgcolor= Jawahar Raja Abdul Wahid (BERSAMA)2570.45%

Notes and References

  1. News: GE13: PKR to field Lawyer Gooi, again, for Alor Setar parliamentary seat. 31 March 2013. The Star. 3 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Maklumat Terperinci Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum . Election Commission of Malaysia . Malay . 3 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630190844/http://www2.pmo.gov.my/election/maklumat.asp?strTahun=2013&strDR=P009&strDUN=0000 . 30 June 2015 . dmy-all . The table does not list candidates who finished in third place or lower.