| Tan Wei Shu | |||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my | ||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Tan Wei Shu | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Sungai Petani, Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship: | Malaysian | ||||||||||||
| Office1: | Member of the Kedah State Executive Council | ||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Monarch1: | Abdul Halim | ||||||||||||
| 1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar | ||||||||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Azizan Abdul Razak | ||||||||||||
| Constituency Am2: | Bakar Arang | ||||||||||||
| Assembly2: | Kedah State Legislative | ||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 8 March 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 5 May 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Seng Kooh Huat (BN–MCA) | ||||||||||||
| Successor2: | Simon Ooi Tze Min (PR–PKR) | ||||||||||||
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician | ||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Boo Yu Ai | ||||||||||||
| Children: | Jynn Tan Paik Ching Tan Chun Weoi | ||||||||||||
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Tan Wei Shu (; born 8 February 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the State Assembly of Kedah for the seat of Bakar Arang from 2008 to 2013.[1]
Tan was elected to the State Assembly in the 2008 election as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR).[2] He was subsequently appointed to the Executive Council of the incoming government as its only Chinese member.[3] However, he was dropped from the Executive Council in March 2010 by Chief Minister Azizan Abdul Razak.[4] He subsequently resigned from PKR alleging that he had been undermined by party leaders.[5] He did not recontest his seat in the 2013 election.
Before entering politics, he practised traditional Chinese medicine.[6]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballot cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N28 Bakar Arang | (PKR) | 10,489 | 52.62% | Seng Kooh Huat (MCA) | 9,159 | 45.94% | 20,496 | 1,330 | 74.33% | |||
| Lim Pok Long (IND) | 287 | 1.44% | |||||||||||