Jelaing Mersat

Jelaing Mersat
JBS ABS
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
4 June 2010 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Abdul Rahim Bakri
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterKong Cho Ha
Preceded byRobert Lau Hoi Chew
Succeeded byAbdul Aziz Kaprawi
ConstituencySaratok
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
10 April 2009 – 4 June 2010
Serving with Abu Seman Yusop
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byChor Chee Heung
Succeeded byLee Chee Leong
ConstituencySaratok
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterShahrir Abdul Samad
Preceded byS. Veerasingam
Succeeded byTan Lian Hoe as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism
ConstituencySaratok
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Saratok, Sarawak
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byPeter Tinggom Kamarau
(BN–SPDP)
Succeeded byWilliam Mawan Ikom
(BN–SPDP)
Majority7,545 (2004)
8,706 (2008)
Personal details
Born(1948-12-31)31 December 1948
Crown Colony of Sarawak
Died1 September 2023(2023-09-01) (aged 74)
Political partySarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician

Jelaing Mersat (31 December 1948 – 1 September 2023) was a Malaysian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Saratok constituency in Sarawak from 2004 until 2013, representing the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP). During his time in Parliament he served as Deputy Home Minister in the Barisan Nasional coalition government,[1] and later as Deputy Minister for Transport.[2]

Jelaing was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election, replacing Peter Tinggom as the SPDP's Barisan Nasional candidate for the Saratok seat. He had been a staffer to Tinggom while the latter was a Deputy Minister.[3][4] Jelaing was dropped as the Barisan Nasional's candidate for the 2013 election, in favour of SPDP president William Mawan Ikom. Jelaing and a group of his supporters within the SPDP protested against his replacement and refused to support Mawan's candidacy.[5]

Death

Jelaing Mersat died on 1 September 2023, at the age of 74.[6]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[7]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opposnent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 P205 Saratok, Sarawak Jelaing Mersat (SPDP) 11,995 72.94% Edmund Stanley Jugol (SNAP) 4,450 27.06% 16,684 7,545 67.80%
2008 Jelaing Mersat (SPDP) 12,470 76.81% Mohd Yahya Abdullah (PKR) 3,764 23.19% 16,467 8,706 68.66%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Jelaing Anak Mersat, Y.B. Tuan" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ Kong is new Transport Minister; Chor made full Minister The Star
  3. ^ "SPDP names Jelaing for Saratok seat". The Star. 10 February 2003. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ Ling, Sharon (24 March 2004). "Join SPDP and end the feud, Mawan tells SNAP members". The Star. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Jelaing threatens to go against Mawan". Borneo Post. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ^ Former Saratok MP Jelaing Mersat passes away at age 75
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. ^ "Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negri's birthday honours list 2003". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. ^ Tunku Mahkota Johor dahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Sarawak Archived 22 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine Mstar