Tan Lian Hoe Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Tan Lian Hoe
Office:Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism
Primeminister:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
Term Start:10 April 2008
Term End:15 May 2013
Alongside:Rohani Abdul Karim (2010–2013)
Minister:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Successor:Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Constituency:Gerik
Office2:Deputy Minister of Information
Monarch2:Mizan Zainal Abidin
Primeminister2:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister2:Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Term Start2:19 March 2008
Term End2:8 April 2009
Predecessor2:Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Chia Kwang Chye
Constituency2:Gerik
Constituency Mp3:Gerik
Parliament3:Malaysian
Term Start3:8 March 2008
Term End3:5 May 2013
Majority3:5,573 (2008)
Predecessor3:Wan Hashim Wan Teh
(BNUMNO)
Successor3:Hasbullah Osman
(BNUMNO)
Constituency Mp4:Bukit Gantang
Parliament4:Malaysian
Term Start4:21 March 2004
Term End4:8 March 2008
Majority4:8,888 (2004)
Predecessor4:Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan
(BNUMNO)
Successor4:Roslan Shaharum (PAS)
Birth Date:14 November 1958
Birth Place:Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Residence:Sungai Siput
Party:Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician

Dato' Tan Lian Hoe (; born 14 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician. She was a Member of Parliament of Malaysia from 2004 to 2013. She was a member of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan), a former component party in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition (nowadays it is a component party of the Perikatan Nasional coalition since 2020).

Political career

Tan was elected to the Gerik seat in the 2008 election, having served from 2004 as the Member of Parliament for Bukit Gantang earlier.[1]

In the 2013 election, she contested the seat of Taiping,[2] but was defeated by Nga Kor Ming of the Democratic Action Party (DAP).[3]

Tan contested the Perak state seat of Jalong instead in the 2018 general elections but lost.

Controversy

In October 2008, Tan was rebuked by the then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi[4] for having criticized the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the Barisan Nasional government, for what she saw as race-based politics.[5]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2004P059 Bukit Gantang, Perak (Gerakan)23,29461.79%Lo' Lo' Mohamad Ghazali (PAS)14,40638.21%38,6428,88871.72%
2008P054 Gerik, Perak (Gerakan)12,52664.31%Mohd Noor Abdul Rahman (PAS)6,95335.69%20,4935,57378.13%
2013P060 Taiping, PerakTan Lian Hoe (Gerakan)25,53039.94% (DAP)37,27558.32%63,91311,74581.80%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N22 JalongTan Lian Hoe (Gerakan)6,53622.10% (DAP)16,13854.50%23,137 9,60278.10%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malaysia Decides 2008 . . 20 December 2009.
  2. News: Gerakan to focus on four seats in 13th general elections — party chief. 1 October 2012. Borneo Post. 20 September 2014.
  3. Web site: 2013 Malaysia General Election NEGERI PERAK P60 Taiping . . 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  4. News: Tan Lian Hoe Must Clarify Her Statement, Says PM . . 15 October 2008 . 1 January 2009.
  5. News: Lian Hoe: Don't Act Like Heroes . mysinchew.com . 8 October 2008 . 1 January 2009.
  6. Web site: The Star. Give true picture of Islam. 20 April 2006. 25 September 2018.