Daniel Gooi Zi Sen Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Daniel Gooi Zi Sen
Native Name Lang:zh-my
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office:Member of the
Penang State Executive Council
Term Start:16 August 2023
Governor:Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Chow Kon Yeow
Predecessor:Soon Lip Chee

Norlela Ariffin
Constituency:Padang Lalang
Constituency Am1:Padang Lalang
Assembly1:Penang State Legislative
Term Start1:12 August 2023
Predecessor1:Chong Eng
(PHDAP)
Majority1:19,448 (2023)
Constituency Am2:Pengkalan Kota
Assembly2:Penang State Legislative
Term Start2:9 May 2018
Term End2:12 August 2023
Predecessor2:Lau Keng Ee
(PR–DAP)
Successor2:Wong Yuee Harng
(PH–DAP)
Majority2:13,390 (2018)
Birth Name:Daniel Gooi Zi Sen
Birth Date:11 June 1987
Birth Place:Bukit Mertajam, Penang
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Politician
Parents:Gooi Seong Sin
Hong Lai Chan
Relations:Gooi Seong Kin (uncle)
Alma Mater:Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Daniel Gooi Zi Sen (; born on 11 June 1987) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Lalang since August 2023. He served as the MLA for Pengkalan Kota from May 2018 to August 2023. He is a member and Branch Chief of Chemor Lane of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was also the youngest candidate in the 2018 Penang state election.[1] [2]

Background

Gooi was born on 11 June 1987 in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. His father is Gooi Seong Sin and mother is Hong Lai Chan. His uncle, Gooi Seong Kin, currently special coordinator for the Chief Minister of Penang,[3] represented DAP to contest in the 1995 Malaysian general election for the Berapit state seat.[4] He studied in SJK (C) Kim Sen and Jit Sin High School. He has also studied Tourism Management in Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Political career

Gooi's uncle, Gooi Seong Kin had used their house as his campaign center in the 1995 Malaysian general election and Gooi admires Lim Kit Siang since he was young. After he graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2009, he joined DAP in 2010 and served as by-then Penang State Executive Councilor for Tourism, Law Heng Kiang's office. He was the project planner for DAP Penang from 2012 to 2013. After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was the special officer for the Penang State Executive Councilor for Housing, Jagdeep Singh Deo.

In 2018 Malaysian general election, he was filled to contest the Pengkalan Kota seat as DAP's youngest candidate in the general election under the flag of PKR. He successfully defeated the other candidates and became the Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pengkalan Kota.

Election results

Candidate!Votes!Pct! colspan=2
Opponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N27 Pengkalan Kota (DAP)15,03787.87%Lim Swee Bok (MCA)1,6479.62%17,11213,39085.27%
Ragindran Sivasamy (IND)870.51%
bgcolor= Koay Teng Lye (MUP)830.49%
bgcolor= Chew Seng Tung (PRM)680.40%
2023N15 Padang LalangDaniel Gooi Zi Sen (DAP)22,31587.85%Suresh Deravaj Naidu (BERSATU)2,86711.29%25,40019,44870.55%
Patrick Ooi Khar Giap (PFP)2180.86%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mok . Opalyn . Youngest DAP candidate in GE14 says drawn to politics since childhood Malay Mail . 2022-04-10 . www.malaymail.com . 27 April 2018 . en.
  2. News: 2018-05-10 . 第十四届全国大选成绩 . zh . . 2022-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180513184957/http://election2018.orientaldaily.com.my/results.php . 2018-05-13.
  3. News: 魏祥敬:服务中心-预料下周装修完毕 . 中国报 .
  4. Web site: 2008-02-14 . 輸3屆雖痛‧主政夢未圓‧魏祥敬療傷再出發 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010252/http://www.guangming.com.my/node/383398 . 2019-01-06 . 光明日报 . 2022-04-10 .