Chua Soon Bui

Summary

Datuk Chua Soon Bui (simplified Chinese: 蔡顺梅; traditional Chinese: 蔡順梅; pinyin: Cài Shùnméi; born 1 February 1955) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tawau constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013.[1] She sat in Parliament as a member of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), which commenced the 2008–13 Parliament in the Barisan Nasional coalition but joined the crossbenches in 2008.[2] Recontesting her seat in the 2013 election, she finished in third place with 633 votes.

Chua Soon Bui
蔡顺梅
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tawau, Sabah
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byShim Paw Fatt
Succeeded byMary Yap Kain Ching
Personal details
Born (1955-02-01) 1 February 1955 (age 69)
North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political partySabah Progressive Party
OccupationPolitician

Election results edit

Parliament of Malaysia[3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P190 Tawau, Sabah Chua Soon Bui (SAPP) 13,943 53.02% Chan Foong Hin (DAP) 9,076 34.51% 27,071 4,867 63.61%
Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan (PKR) 3,278 12.47%
2013 Chua Soon Bui (SAPP) 633 1.63% Yap Kain Ching (PBS) 21,331 54.88% 39,787 4,979 77.20%
Kong Hong Min (PKR) 16,352 42.07%
Ahmad Awang @ Madon (IND) 553 1.42%

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Chua Soon Bui, Y.B. Datuk" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Independents emerge as third force". The Star. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  4. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2004" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.