Lai Chew Hock

Lai Chew Hock
DJN
赖秋福
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Tambun
In office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded bynew constituency
Succeeded byLaw Choo Kiang (PR–PKR)
Majority5,129 (2004)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Sungai Bakap
In office
8 November 1997 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byOoi Theng Bok (BN–Gerakan)
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Abdullah (BN–UMNO)
Majority1,440 (1997)
2,751 (1999)
Personal details
Born (1965-06-04) 4 June 1965 (age 59)[1]
Penang, Malaysia
Political party Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2021–present)

Lai Chew Hock is a Malaysian politician. He served as member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Tambun from March 2004 to March 2008 as well as MLA for Sungai Bakap from November 1997 to March 2004. He is a member of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.[2]

He also served as Division Chief of Gerakan of the Batu Kawan.[3]

Incident

His wife Thor Joo Lee was stabbed four times to death in 2008 after the general election.[4][5]

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8][9][10]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1997 N16 Sungai Bakap Lai Chew Hock (Gerakan) 5,010 48.34% Goh Kheng Huat (DAP) 3,570 34.45% 10,594 1,440 63.87%
Abu Harith Ahmad (IND) 1,758 16.96%
K. Ganesh (IND) 26 0.25%
1999 Lai Chew Hock (Gerakan) 8,315 59.91% Maktar Shapee (keADILan) 5,564 40.09% 14,222 2,751 78.64%
2004 N18 Bukit Tambun Lai Chew Hock (Gerakan) 6,030 49.76% Goh Kheng Huat (PKR) 4,992 41.19% 12,393 5,129 78.58%
Ng Yeow Chong (DAP) 1,097 9.05%
2013 Lai Chew Hock (Gerakan) 4,197 21.30% Law Choo Kiang (PKR) 15,217 77.50% 19,950 11,020 88.60%
A'ziss Zainal Abiddin (IND) 142 0.70%
Loganathan Ayyayu (IND) 91 0.50%

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "SENARAI PENERIMA DARJAH-DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT-PINGAT KEHORMATAN NEGERI PULAU PINANG 2003" (PDF) (in Malay). Warta Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
  2. ^ "Calon PRU Lai Chew Hock". pru.sinarharian.com.my.
  3. ^ "槟民政13区部顺利改选 老将退役9新面孔接棒" [13 Penang Gerakan Division was successfully re-elected and the 9 new people will take over the job from old]. www.kwongwah.com.my (in Simplified Chinese). 2018-08-18.
  4. ^ "Former rep watches as wife is stabbed to death". www.thestar.com.my. 24 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Ex-legislator's wife murdered". www.malaysiakini.com. 23 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  7. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  8. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.