Chen Hsueh-sheng (Chinese: 陳雪生; pinyin: Chén Xuěshēng; Wade–Giles: Chʻên2 Hsüeh3-shêng1; Foochow Romanized: Dìng Siók-sĕng; born 1 January 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Lienchiang County from 2001 to 2009, and has represented Lienchiang County in the Legislative Yuan since 2012.
Chen Hsueh-sheng | |
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| 陳雪生 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Tsao Erh-chung |
| Constituency | Lienchiang County |
| Magistrate of Lienchiang County | |
| In office 20 December 2001 – 20 December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Liu Li-chun |
| Succeeded by | Yang Sui-sheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1952 Juguang, Lienchiang, Fujian, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang (2008-2011, 2015-) People First Party (2000-2008) |
Education edit
Chen studied at National Feng Yuan Commercial High School.[1][2]
Political career edit
Chen won the 2001 Lienchiang County magistracy election on 1 December 2001 as a People First Party candidate and took office on 20 December 2001.[3] He was reelected in 2005 and began his second term on 20 December 2005. He contested the 2012 legislative elections as an independent and became a representative of Lienchiang County.[4]
| 2012 Republic of China legislative election[5][6] | |||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Chen Hsueh-sheng | .svg){kind=icon} Independent |
2,528 | 49.99% | 
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| 2 | Tsao Erh-chung |  Kuomintang |
2,361 | 46.69% | |
| 3 | Chen Tsai-neng | Independent |
168 | 3.32% | |
| Eligible voters | 7,772 | ||||
| Total votes | 5,156 | ||||
| Valid votes | 5,057 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 99 | ||||
| Voter turnout | 66.34% | ||||
He was to rejoin the PFP in 2016 if the Kuomintang lost that year's presidential election,[7] but instead sought Kuomintang membership outright in 2015.[8]
| 2016 Republic of China legislative election[9][10] | |||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Chen Hsueh-sheng | Kuomintang |
2,927 | 68.07% |
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| 2 | Lin Jin-kuan | Independent |
760 | 17.67% | |
| 3 | Su Po-hao |  Trees Party |
506 | 11.77% | |
| 4 | Chang Chun-pao | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | 107 | 2.49% | |
| Eligible voters | 9,921 | ||||
| Total votes | 4,438 | ||||
| Valid votes | 4,300 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 138 | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.73% | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Chen Hsueh-sheng (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Chen Hsueh-sheng (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Tsai, Ting-I (2 December 2001). "KMT's Hu fills vacuum left by bickering". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Kaohsiung City Municipal Mayor Election". Central Election Commission. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "ANALYSIS: DPP Eats Election Bitterness as Han Kuo-yu Leads KMT Revival". TheNewsLens. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Chen, Yan-ting (22 June 2015). "PFP eyes legislative election glory". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (9 July 2015). "KMT's Chu touts party's policy platform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Kaohsiung City Municipal Mayor Election". Central Election Commission. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "ANALYSIS: DPP Eats Election Bitterness as Han Kuo-yu Leads KMT Revival". TheNewsLens. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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