Gooi Hsiao Leung

{{Short description|Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Gooi Hsiao Leung

| native_name = {{nobold|魏晓隆}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MLA (Penang)}}

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| birth_name = Gooi Hsiao Leung

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Penang, Malaysia

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| death_place =

| constituency_AM1 = Bukit Tengah

| assembly1 = Penang State Legislative

| term_start1 = 9 May 2018

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Ong Chin Wen
(PR–PKR)

| successor1 =

| majority1 = 8,558 (2018)
8,697 (2023)

| constituency_MP2 = Alor Setar

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 5 May 2013

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Chor Chee Heung
(BN–MCA)

| successor2 = Chan Ming Kai
(PH–PKR)

| majority2 = 1,873 (2013)

| office3 = Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly

| subterm3 = 2018–

| suboffice3 = Pakatan Harapan

| office4 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm4 = 2013–2018

| suboffice4 = People's Justice Party

| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| party = People's Justice Party (PKR)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

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| occupation = Politician

| profession = Lawyer

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| parents = Gooi Hock Seng

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| website = {{URL|http://gooihsiaoleung.com/}}

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{{Infobox person

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| t = 魏曉隆

| poj = Gūi Hiáu-liông

| tl = Guī Hiáu-liông

| j = Ngai6 Hiu2 Lung4

| p = Wèi Xiǎolóng}}

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Gooi Hsiao Leung ({{lang-zh|t=魏曉隆|s=魏晓隆|poj=Gūi Hiáu-liông|j=Ngai6 Hiu2 Lung4|p=Wèi Xiǎolóng}}; 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 Setar 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.

Gooi's passion for Malaysian politics has been life-long. From a young age he followed his father, Gooi Hock Seng, former DAP Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman, through multiple election campaigns in the 80s and 90s. This instilled in Gooi his strong desire for change, equality, good governance and a true democracy in Malaysia through a robust Opposition.

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/03/31/GE13-PKR-to-field-Lawyer-Gooi-again-for-Alor-Setar-parliamentary-seat/|title=GE13: PKR to field Lawyer Gooi, again, for Alor Setar parliamentary seat|date=31 March 2013|work=The Star|accessdate=3 December 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www2.pmo.gov.my/election/maklumat.asp?strTahun=2013&strDR=P009&strDUN=0000 |title=Maklumat Terperinci Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=Malay |accessdate=3 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630190844/http://www2.pmo.gov.my/election/maklumat.asp?strTahun=2013&strDR=P009&strDUN=0000 |archivedate=30 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }} 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.