Tan Lian Hoe

Malaysian politician

陈莲花Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and ConsumerismIn office
10 April 2008 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Rohani Abdul Karim (2010–2013)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul HalimPrime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib RazakMinisterIsmail Sabri YaakobPreceded byJelaing Mersat (Domestic Trade, Consumerism)
Saifuddin Abdullah (Co-operatives)Succeeded byAhmad Bashah Md HanipahConstituencyGerikDeputy Minister of InformationIn office
19 March 2008 – 8 April 2009MonarchMizan Zainal AbidinPrime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad BadawiMinisterAhmad Shabery CheekPreceded byAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Chia Kwang ChyeSucceeded byHeng Seai Kie as Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture I
Joseph Salang Gandum as Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture IIConstituencyGerikMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for GerikIn office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013Preceded byWan Hashim Wan Teh
(BN–UMNO)Succeeded byHasbullah Osman
(BN–UMNO)Majority5,573 (2008)Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bukit GantangIn office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008Preceded byAbdullah Fadzil Che Wan
(BN–UMNO)Succeeded byRoslan Shaharum (PAS)Majority8,888 (2004) Personal detailsBorn (1958-11-14) 14 November 1958 (age 65)
Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)Political partyParti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)ResidenceSungai SiputOccupationPolitician

Dato' Tan Lian Hoe (simplified Chinese: 陈莲花; traditional Chinese: 陳蓮花; pinyin: Chén Liánhuā; 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

Parliament of Malaysia[6][7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 P059 Bukit Gantang, Perak Tan Lian Hoe (Gerakan) 23,294 61.79% Lo' Lo' Mohamad Ghazali (PAS) 14,406 38.21% 38,642 8,888 71.72%
2008 P054 Gerik, Perak Tan Lian Hoe (Gerakan) 12,526 64.31% Mohd Noor Abdul Rahman (PAS) 6,953 35.69% 20,493 5,573 78.13%
2013 P060 Taiping, Perak Tan Lian Hoe (Gerakan) 25,530 39.94% Nga Kor Ming (DAP) 37,275 58.32% 63,913 11,745 81.80%
Perak State Legislative Assembly[6][9][10]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N22 Jalong Tan Lian Hoe (Gerakan) 6,536 22.10% Loh Sze Yee (DAP) 16,138 54.50% 23,137 9,602 78.10%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Gerakan to focus on four seats in 13th general elections — party chief". Borneo Post. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. ^ "2013 Malaysia General Election NEGERI PERAK P60 Taiping". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  4. ^ "Tan Lian Hoe Must Clarify Her Statement, Says PM". Bernama. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Lian Hoe: Don't Act Like Heroes". mysinchew.com. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 14 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  9. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  10. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. ^ "Give true picture of Islam". The Star. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2018.