Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
William Leong Jee Keen | |
Office: | Chairman of the Major Public Appointments Select Committee |
Term Start: | 4 December 2018 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Constituency Mp1: | Selayang |
Parliament1: | Malaysian |
Term Start1: | 8 March 2008 |
Majority1: | 3,567 (2008) 17,846 (2013) 40,657 (2018) 23,619 (2022) |
Predecessor1: | Chan Kong Choy (BN–MCA) |
Term Start2: | 20 July 2022 |
Birth Name: | William Leong Jee Keen |
Birth Date: | 27 January 1957 |
Residence: | Klang Valley, Malaysia |
Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Children: | 3 |
Signature: | William Leong signature.png |
William Leong Jee Keen (; born 27 January 1957) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selayang since March 2008 and Chairman of the Major Public Appointments Select Committee since December 2018.[1] He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the Treasurer-General of PKR since July 2022.
Leong is also a lawyer,[2] and has three children.[3]
Leong was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election, winning the seat of Selayang from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[4]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2008 | P097 Selayang | (PKR) | 30,701 | 51.67% | Lee Li Yew (MCA) | 27,134 | 45.67% | 60,920 | 3,567 | 76.57% | |||
bgcolor= | Koh Swe Yong (PRM) | 1,332 | 2.24% | ||||||||||
2013 | (PKR) | 52,287 | 57.40% | Donald Lim Siang Chai (MCA) | 34,441 | 37.81% | 92,528 | 17,846 | 87.38% | ||||
Mohd Hazizi Abdul Rahman (BERJASA) | 4,152 | 4.56% | |||||||||||
2018 | (PKR) | 60,158 | 61.38% | Kang Meng Fuat (MCA) | 19,501 | 19.90% | 99,450 | 40,657 | 85.60% | ||||
Hashim Abd Karim (PAS) | 18,343 | 18.72% | |||||||||||
2022 | (PKR) | 72,773 | 50.23% | bgcolor= | Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU) | 49,154 | 33.93% | 144,841 | 23,619 | 79.81% | |||
Chan Wun Hoong (MCA) | 19,425 | 13.41% | |||||||||||
bgcolor= | Salleh Amiruddin (PEJUANG) | 2,584 | 1.78% | ||||||||||
Muhammad Zaki Omar (IND) | 945 | 0.65% |