Gooi Hsiao Leung (; born 28 December 1972) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Tengah since May 2018. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Star 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.
From a young age, Gooi accompanied his father, Gooi Hock Seng, former DAP Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman, during election campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s. He has stated an interest in political reform, including issues such as equality, governance and democratic processes in Malaysia.
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. 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. The table does not list candidates who finished in third place or lower.
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.
Election results + Parliament of Malaysia Percentage figures based on total turnout. Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2008P009 Alor StarGooi Hsiao Leung (PKR)20,55747.58% (MCA)20,74148.00%43,20618473.28% 2013 (PKR)27,36447.25%Chor Chee Heung (MCA)25,49143.86%57,9121,87383.92%Abdul Fisol Mohd Isa (BERJASA)3,5306.23% Jawahar Raja Abdul Wahid (BERSAMA) 257 0.45%
+ Penang State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N17 Bukit Tengah (PKR)12,53566.20%Thor Teong Gee (Gerakan)3,97721.00%19,1928,55886.20%Norazman Ishak (PAS)2,35512.40%Tan Hiang Lye (PRM)530.30%Edward Joseph (PFP)270.10%2023 (PKR)16,05068.58%Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh (Gerakan)7,35331.42%23,4038,69773.98%
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