Chang Sho-wen (; born 7 May 1971) is a Taiwanese politician. He first won election to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

in 2004 and was reelected in 2008. Partway through his second term, Chang was removed from office on charges of electoral fraud. He left the

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in 2015 and joined the People First Party.

Political career

Chang was first elected to the

in 2004. During his 2004 campaign, he was questioned by Yunlin County prosecutors as part of a large investigation of vote buying. Chang was allowed to take his seat on the legislature. During part of his first term, he was the secretary-general of the

caucus. Chang has also been known to participate in fights on the legislative floor. In 2007, he threw a lunchbox at fellow legislator over a disagreement on amendments to the Farmers' and Fishers' Association Law. The next legislative elections were scheduled for 2007, but it was eventually decided to hold both the presidential and legislative elections closer together in 2008, a move Chang supported. Chang was reelected, but the election result was challenged by

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opponent

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on 20 November 2008. Annulment of the election was granted on 30 June 2009 by the Taiwan High Court, which upheld the ruling of the Yunlin District Court, despite Chang's appeal to the

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. Chang became the second lawmaker after

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to lose his seat in the seventh session of the Legislative Yuan. Chang's father Chang Hui-yuan tried to join the Kuomintang to run for his son's vacated seat, submitting the application on 17 July. The KMT chose not to accept it, and Chang Hui-yuan ended his bid to join the political party, choosing instead to run as an independent. The by-election, beset by another round of electoral fraud accusations, was won by Democratic Progressive Party candidate

in a three-way contest. Chang Sho-wen led

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's Taipei mayoral campaign in 2014. However, Chang grew increasingly critical of the Kuomintang and chairman

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, and the party officially expelled him on 15 July 2015, though he had renounced his membership to join the People First Party in June. Chang was tabbed to run in New Taipei's 3rd district under the PFP banner, and lost. He later served as director general of the People First Party and led its organization department. In November 2019, the People First Party ranked Chang the sixth at-large legislative candidate on its party list for the 2020 election.

Electoral results

2016 legislative election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Sho-wen 1971 births Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Expelled members of the Kuomintang People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Yunlin County Members of the Legislative Yuan