| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri |
| Kerk Choo Ting | |
| Office: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry II |
| Term Start: | 27 March 2004 |
| Term End: | 14 February 2006 |
| Predecessor: | New position |
| Successor: | Mah Siew Keong |
| Minister: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Alongside: | Mohd Shariff Omar |
| Primeminister: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Constituency: | Simpang Renggam |
| Constituency Mp2: | Simpang Renggam, Johor |
| Parliament2: | Malaysian |
| Majority2: | 14,155 (2004) |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End2: | 8 March 2008 |
| Predecessor2: | New constituency |
| Successor2: | Liang Teck Meng (BN–Gerakan) |
| Constituency Mp3: | Taiping, Perak |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Majority3: | 2,585 (1990) 16,767 (1995) 3,969 (1999) |
| Term Start3: | 20 October 1990 |
| Term End3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor3: | Paul Leong Khee Seong (BN–Gerakan) |
| Successor3: | M. Kayveas (BN–PPP) |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1941 |
| Nationality: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) (–2018) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) |
Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (14 October 1941–22 May 2018) was a former Taiping Member of Parliament and deputy president of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan). He was also the former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and a Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based on Malaysia and Agriculture Agro-Based Industry II before being replaced by Mah Siew Keong.[1] [2] [3] His ministry was led by Muhyiddin Yassin at the time.
In the 1970s, Kerk served as legal counsel of a Chinese independent high school association.[4] In the 1982 Malaysian state election, Kerk stood as Gerakan candidate on a Chinese educationalist platform.[5] In 1999, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
On May 22, 2018, Kerk Choo Ting died.[6]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | P084 Kepong, Kuala Lumpur | Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 28,163 | 48.44% | (DAP) | 29,368 | 50.51% | 59,465 | 1,205 | 76.94% | |||||
| Ishak Ibrahim (IND) | 613 | 1.05% | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | P054 Taiping, Perak | (Gerakan) | 22,162 | 50.87% | Kong Cheok Seng (DAP) | 19,577 | 44.94% | 44,642 | 2,585 | 71.14% | |||||
| Said Abu Hassan (IND) | 1,827 | 4.19% | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | P057 Taiping, Perak | Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 30,459 | 68.99% | Haradeyan Singh @ Hardayal Singh (DAP) | 13,692 | 31.01% | 47,930 | 16,767 | 70.13% | |||||
| 1999 | Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 24,531 | 53.65% | Lim Kean Ghee (DAP) | 20,562 | 44.96% | 50,809 | 3,969 | 68.99% | ||||||
| Ng Hoe Hun (MDP) | 637 | 1.39% | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | P151 Simpang Renggam, Johor | Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 18,997 | 79.69% | Atan Gombang (PAS) | 4,842 | 20.31% | 24,888 | 14,155 | 72.69% | |||||