Ong Kok Fooi

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Ong (王)|lang=Chinese}}

{{infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name = Ong Kok Fooi

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DSPN}}

| native_name = {{nobold|王国慧}}

| office = Member of the
Penang State Executive Council
{{small|(Youth and Sports, Women, Family and Community Development)}}

| term_start = 13 March 2008

| term_end = 8 May 2013

| governor = Abdul Rahman Abbas

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Lim Guan Eng

| predecessor =

| successor = Chong Eng

| constituency = Berapit

| constituency_AM2 = Berapit

| assembly2 = Penang State Legislative

| term_start2 = 8 March 2008

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Lau Chiek Tuan
(BNMCA)

| successor2 = Heng Lee Lee
(PHDAP)

| majority2 = 4,692 (2008)
14,765 (2013)

| birth_name = Ong Kok Fooi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|04|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = {{flagicon image|Democratic Action Party Flag.svg}} Democratic Action Party (DAP)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR) {{small|(2008–2015)}}
{{flagicon image|Pakatan-harapan-logo.svg}} Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| spouse =

| children =

| occupation = Politician

| profession =

| alma_mater =

}}

Ong Kok Fooi ({{lang-zh|s=王国慧}}; born 19 April 1965) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from March 2008 to May 2013 as well as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Berapit from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly PR coalitions.{{cite web|url=https://pru.sinarharian.com.my/calon/3749/Ong-Kok-Fooi|title=Calon PRU Ong Kok Fooi|website=pru.sinarharian.com.my}}

In 2015, she announced that she would not contest in upcoming state election.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/04/22/lydia-ong-wants-to-quit-politics/|title=Lydia Ong: Conscience preventing me from playing the political game|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=22 April 2015}} In line with her announcement in 2015, she did not contest in the Penang state election and retired from politics in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/02/berapit-dap-rep-to-stay-out-of-race-ong-calls-it-quits-after-10-years-in-politics|title=Berapit DAP rep to stay out of race|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=2 March 2018}}

Election results

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|+ Penang State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms |access-date=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia General Election

| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data

| publisher = Malaysiakini

| url = http://undi.info/#

| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=Utusan Malaysia|access-date=26 October 2014}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!Votes

!Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2008

| rowspan=2|N13 Berapit

|{{party shading/DAP}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Kok Fooi}} (DAP)

| align=right|10,006

|65.30%

|{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Lau Chiek Tuan (MCA)

| align=right|5,314

|34.70%

|15,530

|4,692

|78.10%

2013

|{{party shading/DAP}} |

|Ong Kok Fooi (DAP)

| align=right|16,995

|88.40%

|{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Lau Chiek Tuan (MCA)

| align=right|2,230

|11.60%

|19,390

|14,765

|86.60%

Honours

  • {{flag|Penang}} :
  • 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of State (DSPN) – Dato' (2020){{cite web|url=https://govdocs.sinarproject.org/documents/state-governments/penang/government-of-penang-gazette/pggn25-1-y2020-1.pdf|title=SENARAI PENERIMA DARJAH-DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT-PINGAT KEHORMATAN NEGERI PULAU PINANG 2020|publisher=Warta Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang|language=ms}}

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