Loke Yuen Yow

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Loke (陆)|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name = Loke Yuen Yow

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DPMP (Perak)|AMP (Perak)|JP}}

| native_name = {{nobold|陆垠佑}}

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| office1 = Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports

| term_start1 = 8 May 1995

| term_end1 = 14 December 1999

| monarch1 = Ja'afar
Salahuddin

| primeminister1 = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister1 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| predecessor1 = Teng Gaik Kwan

| successor1 = Ong Tee Keat

| constituency1 = Tanjong Malim

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Finance II

| term_start2 = 14 August 1989

| term_end2 = 3 May 1995

| alongside2 = Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad {{small|(1987–1990)}}
Abdul Ghani Othman {{small|(1990–1993)}}
Mustapa Mohamed {{small|(1993–1995)}}
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Finance I)}}

| monarch2 = Azlan Shah
Ja'afar

| primeminister2 = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister2 = Daim Zainuddin {{small|(1986–1991)}}
Anwar Ibrahim {{small|(1991–1995)}}

| predecessor2 = Ng Cheng Kiat

| successor2 = Wong See Wah

| constituency2 = Tanjong Malim

| constituency_MP3 = Tanjong Malim

| parliament3 = Malaysian

| term_start3 = 3 August 1986

| term_end3 = 8 March 2008

| predecessor3 = Mak Hon Kam (BN–MCA)

| successor3 = Ong Ka Chuan (BN–MCA)

| majority3 = 10,698 (1986)
15,246 (1990)
20,664 (1995)
11,222 (1999)
14,693 (2004)

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| nationality = Malaysian

| party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Malaysian Chinese Association.svg}} Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

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Loke Yuen Yow ({{lang-zh|s=陆垠佑|t=陆垠佑|p=Lù Yín Yòu}}; born 10 September 1952) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Malim from August 1986 to March 2008 and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports during 1995–1999 in Mahathir Mohamad cabinet. His biggest achievement in Ministry of Youth and Sports is the organization of 1998 Commonwealth Games led by the minister Muhyiddin Yassin.{{Cite web |title=Citizen Nades - Soccer reform at home? |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/313915-NSARCH313915 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.thesundaily.my |language=en-MY}}

Politics

= Proposal to appoint President of MCA as second Deputy Prime Minister =

He proposed to the then Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak to establish a Deputy Prime Minister II post and appoint a Malaysian Chinese for the post as a sign of power sharing in 2009.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-23 |title=DPM II proposal was my personal view, says MCA's Loke |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/370270 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Malaysiakini}}

Election results

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|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrMTAAAAIBAJ&dq=1978+Bukit+Serampang&pg=PA3&article_id=6786,4865973|title=1982 general election results|publisher=New Straits Times|date=24 April 1982|pages=16}}

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!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

1982

|N20 Gopeng

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|{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{Cite web |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE-12 |url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=semak.spr.gov.my}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!Votes

!Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballot cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="2" |1986

| rowspan=3 |P071 Tanjong Malim

| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

| rowspan="2" align=right|18,693

| rowspan="2" |62.65%

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|Liew Fatt Yuen (DAP)

|align=right|7,995

|26.80%

| rowspan="2" |29,836

| rowspan="2" |10,698

| rowspan="2" |69.45%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Ho Shing Chong @ Ghazali Ho (PAS)

|align=right|2,464

|align=right|8.26%

1990

|{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

|align=right|23,953

|70.54%

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|Abdul Rahim Mat Taib (DAP)

|align=right|8,707

|25.64%

|33,956

|15,246

|69.82%

1995

|rowspan=2|P074 Tanjong Malim

|{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

|align=right|25,752

|80.70%

|{{Party shading/S46}} |

|Wan Mokhtar Wan Endut (S46)

|align=right|5,088

|15.94%

|31,910

|20,664

|60.90%

1999

|{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

|align=right|22,150

|64.11%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Ng Lum Yong (keADILan)

|align=right|10,928

|31.63%

|34,549

|11,222

|63.17%

2004

|P077 Tanjong Malim

|{{nowrap|Loke Yuen Yow}} (MCA)

|align=right|24,283

|68.84%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Shamsuddin Abdul Rahman (PKR)

|align=right|9,590

|27.19%

|35,273

|14,693

|66.88%

Honours

|url=http://pingat.perak.gov.my/carian-thn.php?m=1&tahun=1989&kod_pingat=DPMP|title=DPMP 1989|website=pingat.perak.gov.my}}

  • 50px Member of the Order of the Perak State Crown (AMP) (1986){{cite web|url=http://pingat.perak.gov.my/carian-thn.php?m=4&tahun=1986&kod_pingat=AMP|title=AMP 1986|website=pingat.perak.gov.my}}
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2002){{cite web|url=http://pingat.perak.gov.my/carian-thn.php?m=1&tahun=2002&kod_pingat=JP|title=JP 2002|website=pingat.perak.gov.my}}

References