Gooi Hsiao Leung | |
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魏晓隆 | |
| Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Bukit Tengah | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ong Chin Wen (PR–PKR) |
| Majority | 8,558 (2018) 8,697 (2023) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Alor Setar | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Chor Chee Heung (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Chan Ming Kai (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 1,873 (2013) |
| Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2013–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gooi Hsiao Leung 28 December 1972 Penang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Parent | Gooi Hock Seng |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
| Website | gooihsiaoleung |
Gooi Hsiao Leung | |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 魏曉隆 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wèi Xiǎolóng |
| Jyutping | Ngai6 Hiu2 Lung4 |
| Hokkien POJ | Gūi Hiáu-liông |
| Tâi-lô | Guī Hiáu-liông |
Gooi Hsiao Leung (simplified Chinese: 魏晓隆; traditional Chinese: 魏曉隆; pinyin: Wèi Xiǎolóng; Jyutping: Ngai6 Hiu2 Lung4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gūi Hiáu-liông; born 28 December 1972) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Tengah since May 2018. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Setar from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.
Gooi's passion for Malaysian politics has been life-long. From a young age he followed his father, Gooi Hock Seng, former DAP Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman, through multiple election campaigns in the 80s and 90s. This instilled in Gooi his strong desire for change, equality, good governance and a true democracy in Malaysia through a robust Opposition.
Before his political career, Gooi pursued his passion for human rights defending clients both locally and overseas, where he worked for the United Nations at the Special Panels and Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor.
A lawyer by profession, Gooi contested the Alor Setar parliamentary seat at the 2008 general election, but lost to the seat's long-serving incumbent, Chor Chee Heung of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), by 184 votes.[1] He recontested the seat in the 2013 general election. Amid a nationwide swing away from Barisan Nasional coalition parties, such as the MCA, in urban areas, Gooi unseated Chor by 1,873 votes.[2]
In the 2018 general election, Gooi contested the Bukit Tengah state seat of the Penang State Legislative Assembly instead and won it in a five-corner fight.