Seah Leong Peng (1966 – 1 May 2014) was a Malaysian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Teluk Intan Teluk Intan is a town in Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the district capital, the largest town in the district and fourth largest town in the state of Perak with an estimated population of around 172,505, more than half of Hilir P ...

from May 2013 to his death in May 2014 and Member of the

Perak State Legislative Assembly The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

for Pasir Bedamar from November 1999 to May 2013. He was a member of the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (DAP; ) is a social democracy, social democratic and Secularism, secular political party in Malaysia, sitting on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. As one of four component parties of ...

(DAP), a component party of formerly the

Barisan Alternatif The Alternative Front ( Malay: ''Barisan Alternatif''; abbrev: BA) was a coalition of Malaysian opposition parties, formed as a counterweight to the ruling Barisan Nasional. Disbanded after the 2004 general elections, all 4 former component ...

(BA) and

Pakatan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat (PR; ) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Par ...

(PR) coalitions.

Political career

In the

2013 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state ...

, Seah was nominated to contest for the Teluk Intan federal seat and he defeated President of the

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Pen ...

(GERAKAN) Mah Siew Keong of

Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...

(BN).

Election results

Death

He died on 1 May 2014 due to bladder cancer in

University Malaya Medical Centre The Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) (, abbr: ''PPUM''), formerly known as University Hospital, is a government-funded teaching hospital and medical instructions located in Pantai Dalam, southwest corner of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was e ...

. After his death, a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held on 31 May 2014 to choose a new Member of Parliament.

References

1966 births 2014 deaths Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Alumni of the University of Glasgow Malaysian MPs 2013–2018 {{Malaysia-MP-stub

Political career

Election results

Death

See also

References