Party Democratic Action Party Role Member of Parliament | Name John Fernandez Occupation Politician Succeeded by Loke Siew Fook | |
Preceded by Hon Choon Kim (MCA— BN) Born 9 December 1941 (age 82)
Selangor, British Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1941-12-09 ) | ||
Political party DAP— Pakatan Rakyat | ||
John fernandez dap got more indian mps than mic we are a truly multiracial party
John Fernandez (born 9 December 1941) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Seremban constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.
He was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Seremban from the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Ahead of the 2013 election, he quit the DAP, protesting the lack of Indians being fielded as party election candidates, and recontested Seremban as an independent candidate. He lost to a member of his former party, Loke Siew Fook, after obtaining only 221 votes out of the 87,632 total votes cast, losing his deposit.
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