Lee Kee Hiong | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Education: | Pay Fong Chinese National Type School 1 Tun Tuah National Secondary School Melaka High National Secondary School |
Alma Mater: | University of Malaya (Bachelor's degree in Resource Economics & Master's degree in Librarian and Information Science) |
Birth Name: | Lee Kee Hiong |
Spouse: | Lee Jenn Huei |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1966 |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Death Place: | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
Resting Place: | Nirvana Crematorium, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia |
Constituency Am: | Kuala Kubu Baharu |
Assembly: | Selangor State Legislative |
Term Start: | 5 May 2013 |
Term End: | 21 March 2024 |
Predecessor: | Wong Koon Mun (BN–MCA) |
Successor: | Pang Sock Tao (PH–DAP) |
Majority: | 1,702 (2013) 7,134 (2018) 4,119 (2023) |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1993–1996) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2024) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Lee Kee Hiong[1] (16 March 1966 – 21 March 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuala Kubu Baharu from May 2013 to her death in March 2024. She was a member and State Women Chief of Selangor of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalitions. She was Member of the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) from 2008 to 2013, Political Secretary and Special Assistant to DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and Member of the Board of Directors of the Women Empowerment Centre (PWB).
Lee died due to ovarian cancer in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on 21 March 2024. She was 58. A by-election was held after her death in office on 11 May 2024. Pang Sock Tao of PH was elected as her successor as the Kuala Kubu Baharu MLA by a majority of 3,869 votes in the election.[2] [3]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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1995 | N19 Duyong | (DAP) | 3,439 | 36.01% | Gan Boon Leong (MCA) | 5,119 | 53.60% | 9,738 | 1,680 | 77.94% | |||
Mohd Ali Mohd Sharif (PAS) | 993 | 10.40% | |||||||||||
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2013 | N06 Kuala Kubu Baharu | (DAP) | 9,469 | 53.46% | Ooi Hui Wen (MCA) | 7,767 | 43.85% | 18,165 | 1,702 | 85.74% | |||
Yoong Tham Fook (IND) | 250 | 1.41% | |||||||||||
Pritpal Singh Mender Singh (IND) | 117 | 0.66% | |||||||||||
Nadarajah Supramaniam (IND) | 108 | 0.61% | |||||||||||
2018 | Lee Kee Hiong (DAP) | 14,101 | 57.85% | Wong Koon Mun (MCA) | 6,967 | 28.59% | 24,746 | 7,134 | 84.94% | ||||
Naharudin Abdul Rashid (PAS) | 3,306 | 13.56% | |||||||||||
2023 | Lee Kee Hiong (DAP) | 14,862 | 54.40% | bgcolor= | Henry Teoh Kien Hong (Gerakan) | 10,743 | 39.33% | 27,662 | 4,119 | 69.13% | |||
bgcolor= | Sivaprakash Ramasamy (MUDA) | 1,186 | 4.34% | ||||||||||
bgcolor= | Chng Boon Lai (PRM) | 527 | 1.90% |