Richard Soon Huat Lim (born 23 December 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was the

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

member for Greatorex in the

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from 1994 until his resignation in 2007. Lim was born in

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, but moved to Australia to study

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

. He worked as a medical general practitioner before his election to the Legislative Assembly. He served a period as the CLP's deputy leader, but resigned his seat in 2007, prompting a

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which was won by Matt Conlan.

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1946 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Malaysian emigrants to Australia Australian anaesthetists 20th-century Australian medical doctors 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub