| Wang Hao-yu | |||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw | ||||||
| Smallimage: | WANG HAO YU.jpg | ||||||
| Office1: | Councillor for District 7 (Zhongli) | ||||||
| Term Start1: | 25 December 2014 | ||||||
| Term End1: | 16 January 2021 | ||||||
| Constituency1: | Taoyuan 7 | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 1988 10, df=yes | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Hsinchu, Taiwan | ||||||
| Nationality: | Taiwanese | ||||||
| Party: | Democratic Progressive Party Green Party (2010-2020) | ||||||
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Wang Hao-yu (; born 29 October 1988) is a Taiwanese politician.
In the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, he ran for a seat on the Taoyuan City Council in District 7, which includes Zhongli District, as a candidate for the Green Party. Out of 22 candidates, he was one of 10 elected, garnering 9.06% of the votes, the 2nd most amongst all candidates.[1] [2] In 2018 he ran in the same district as a candidate, still under the Green Party, and was one of 11 elected out of 21, coming in 3rd with 8.68% of the vote.[3]
He left the Green Party on January 11, 2020 and joined the Democratic Progressive Party on February 6, 2020.[4] [5]
Wang was the subject of controversy over a Facebook post in the wake of the suicide of Hsu Kun-yuan, the Kaohsiung City Council speaker and ally of Han Kuo-yu, following Han's successful recall. About 200 Han supporters protested outside Wang's district office to call for his recall.[6]
Wang was successfully recalled on January 16, 2021 with 92.23% in favor, 7.7% against, and a 28% turnout. Thus, the number of votes in favor of his recall was 25.82% of eligible voters, exceeding the required 25%.[7] The successful recall was the first for a city councillor in a special municipality.[8] According to ROC law, Wang would be banned from running for the same post over the next four years.[9]