Chor Chee Heung
Introduction '''Chor Chee Heung''' (; born 15 March 1955) is a Malaysian politician and was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Alor Setar constituency in Kedah, Malaysia from 21 October 1990 to 5 May 2013.He was a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in the then-governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and was the Minister for Housing and Local Government.Chor was elected to the Alor Setar constituency in 1990.He retained the seat in the 2008 election by 184 votes, before being defeated in the 2013 election. In June 2010, he was promoted to Minister of Housing and Local Government. He had previously been a Deputy Minister, and had served in various Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Minister positions since 1995.Chor was a MCA Vice President.
Personal life Chor was born in Alor Setar. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer. He is married with 3 children.
Election results + '''Parliament of Malaysia'''YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1990P007 Alor Setar, Kedah ('''MCA''')'''22,714''''''54.48%'''Tengku Mohammad Farris (S46)17,57942.16%41,6955,13570.501995P009 Alor Setar, Kedah ('''MCA''')'''28,943''''''69.07%'''Tunku Sofia Md Jewa (S46)11,27826.91%41,90417,66567.93%1999 ('''MCA''')'''27,847''''''63.96%'''George John K. M. George (DAP)13,25830.45%43,53814,58968.37%2004 ('''MCA''')'''28,379''''''65.61%'''Siti Nor Abdul Hamid (PKR)13,86432.05%43,25714,51575.48%2008 ('''MCA''')'''20,741''''''48.00%'''Gooi Hsiao-Leung (PKR)20,55747.58%43,206	18473.28%2013 Chor Chee Heung (MCA)25,40143.86% ('''PKR''')'''27,364''''''47.25%'''57,9121,87383.92% (BERJASA)3,5306.23% Jawahar Raja Abdul Wahid (BERSAMA) 2570.45%
Honours ===Honours of Malaysia===*  :** 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (2014)*  :** Justice of the Peace of Kedah (JP) (1992)** 50px Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – '''Dato'''' (1998)** 50px Knight Commander of the Glorious Order of the Crown of Kedah (DGMK) – '''Dato' Wira''' (2008)** 50px Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2012)*  :** 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – '''Dato'''' (2003)** 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan (SPSK) – '''Dato'''' (2009)*  :** 50px Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – '''Datuk''' (2002)** 50px Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – '''Datuk Seri''' (2011)*  :** 50px Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – '''Dato' Sri''' (2011)*  :** 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (DPMP) – '''Dato'''' (2004)
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