Ling Tian Soon

Ling Tian Soon
林添顺
Member of the
Johor State Executive Council
(Health & Unity :
26 March 2022–13 February 2024 &
Health & Environment :
since 13 February 2024)
Assumed office
13 February 2024
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded byHimself
(Health)
Raven Kumar Krishnasamy
(Environment)
ConstituencyYong Peng
In office
26 March 2022 – 13 February 2024
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded byVidyananthan Ramanadhan
(Health)
Chong Fat Full
(Unity)
Succeeded byHimself
(Health)
Raven Kumar Krishnasamy
(Unity)
ConstituencyYong Peng
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Yong Peng
Assumed office
12 March 2022
Preceded byChew Peck Choo
(PHDAP)
Majority2,741 (2022)
Youth Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association
Assumed office
23 September 2023
PresidentWee Ka Siong
DeputyMike Chong Yew Chuan
Preceded byNicole Wong Siaw Ting
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
2022–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ling Tian Soon

Johor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician

Ling Tian Soon (Chinese: 林添順; pinyin: Lín Tiānshùn; Jyutping: Lam4 Tim1 Seon6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Thiam-sūn), or commonly known as Ah Soon, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Yong Peng since March 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition.[1] He has also served as the Youth Chief of MCA since September 2023. He is also the Organising Secretary of MCA, Youth Chief of MCA of Johor, Division Chief of Ayer Hitam of MCA. He is one of the only two Johor EXCO members of Chinese ethnicity and of MCA alongside Lee Ting Han.

Election results

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Johor State Legislative Assembly[2][3][4]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N19 Yong Peng Ling Tian Soon (MCA) 7.218 34.76% Chew Peck Choo (DAP) 12,307 59.26% 20,768 5,089 83.40%
Muhammad Abdullah (PAS) 1,243 5.99%
2022 Ling Tian Soon (MCA) 9,870 52.84% Alan Tee Boon Tsong (DAP) 7,129 38.16% 18,680 2,741 56.52%
Susan Yong Hui Ling (GERAKAN) 1,681 9.00%

References

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  1. ^ "LING TIAN SOON". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  3. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. ^ "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 13 March 2022.