Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping

Wong Keat Ping[lower-alpha 1] (born 9 March 1970), known professionally as Elizabeth Wong, is a Malaysian politician and activist who served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Khalid Ibrahim and Azmin Ali from March 2008 to May 2018 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Lanjan from March 2008 to August 2023. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly coalition.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong(黃).
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping
黄洁冰
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment :
25 March 2008–26 September 2014,
Tourism, Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs :
27 September 2014–13 May 2018)
In office
25 March 2008 – 13 May 2018
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarKhalid Ibrahim
(2008–2014)
Azmin Ali
(2014–2018)
Preceded byLim Thuang Seng
(Tourism and Consumer Affairs)
Ch'ng Toh Eng
(Environment)
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Asari
(Tourism)
Hee Loy Sian
(Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs)
ConstituencyBukit Lanjan
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Lanjan
In office
8 March 2008 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byYong Dai Ying
(BN–GERAKAN)
Succeeded byPua Pei Ling
(PH–PKR)
Majority5,155 (2008)
17,200 (2013)
40,233 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping

(1970-03-09) 9 March 1970
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
OccupationPolitician, activist
Websiteelizabethwong.wordpress.com
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping on Facebook
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃潔冰
Simplified Chinese黄洁冰
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Jié Bīng
Pha̍k-fa-sṳVòng Ke̍t-pên
JyutpingWong4 Git3 Bing1
Hokkien POJN̂g Kiat-peng
Tâi-lôN̂g Kiat-ping

Wong is also a human rights activist and was involved in activist environmental campaigns.

Wong entered the electoral arena as a PKR candidate during the 12th general election. On 8 March 2008, Wong defeated the incumbent and was elected as the new Selangor State Assemblywoman for Bukit Lanjan with a majority of over 5000 votes. Wong will not be defending her seat in the 2023 Selangor state election and will be replaced by Phua Pei Lei.[1]

Election results
Selangor State Legislative Assembly[2][3][4][5]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 N37 Bukit Lanjan Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping (PKR) 12,125 62.44% Yong Dai Ying (GERAKAN) 6,970 35.89% 19,420 5,155 76.01%
2013 Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping (PKR) 25,808 74.99% Chong Tuck Chiew (GERAKAN) 6,608 25.01% 34,416 17,200 86.90%
2018 Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping (PKR) 47,748 86.40% Syed Abd Razak Syed Long Alsagoff (GERAKAN) 7,515 13.60% 55,732 40,223 86.78%

Notes
  1. Simplified Chinese: 黄洁冰; traditional Chinese: 黃潔冰; pinyin: Huáng Jié Bīng; Jyutping: Wong4 Git3 Bing1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kiat-peng; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Ke̍t-pên

References
  1. Tan, Tarrence; Vethasalam, Ragananthini (22 July 2023). "State polls: PKR to contest 20 seats in S'gor, rapper Altimet gets nod in Lembah Jaya". The Star. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  3. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.


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