Preceded by Robert Lau Hoi Chew Role Member of Parliament Name Tiong King | Occupation Politician Siblings Tiong Hiew King | |
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Preceded by Jason Wong Sing Nang (DAP) Succeeded by Alice Lau Kiong Yieng (DAP-PR) Majority 2408 (1995)
6790 (1999)
4721 (2004)
4864 (2008) Born 4 July 1945 (age 78) ( 1945-07-04 ) | ||
Political party SUPP—Barisan Nasional | ||
Wong Soon Koh, Tiong Thai King vote at SK St Rita
Datuk Tiong Thai King (simplified Chinese: 张泰卿; traditional Chinese: 張泰卿; pinyin: Zhāng Tàiqīng; born 4 July 1945) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Lanang constituency in Sarawak from 1995 to 2013, representing the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Tiong was elected to Parliament in the 1995 election. In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council. He is also a former Senator. In the 2011 Sarawak election, he was nominated as the candidate for the Dudong constituency, but was defeated by Yap Hoi Liong of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) by 317 votes. He failed to defend his federal parliamentary seat at the 2013 election, losing to Alice Lau Kiong Yieng of the DAP by 8,630 votes.
However, in the 2016 State election, he contested in the Dudong constituency for the second time as Direct BN candidate, and he won the seat, with the majority of 2,146 votes, beating the incumbent Yap Hoi Liong of DAP, Mary Ting Yiik Hong of STAR, and 2 independent candidates, Casper Kayong Umping and Dato Sri Dr. Benny Lee.