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'''Lina Loh Woon Lee''' (罗文丽) is a Singaporean politician from the Singapore People's Party (SPP). She is a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore. She is the wife of Singaporean opposition politician Chiam See Tong.<br>
| name            = Lina Loh Woon Lee
| constituency_MP = [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament|Non-Constituency]]
| term_start      = 12 May 2011
| birth_place    = [[Singapore]]
| nationality    = [[Singapore]]an
| party          = [[Singapore People's Party]]
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'''Lina Loh Woon Lee''' ({{zh|s=罗文丽|t=羅文麗|p=Lúo Wénlì}}) is a Singaporean politician from the [[Singapore People's Party]] (SPP). She is a [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament]] (NCMP) of the [[12th Parliament of Singapore]].


==Political career==
==Political career==
Lina Loh, who is better known in Singapore as wife of [[Chiam See Tong]], first started her political career after her husband decided to forgo [[Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency]] (Potong Pasir SMC) which he had been representing for 27 years to contest in the [[Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency]] (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) in the [[Singaporean general election, 2011]]. Lina filled in the SPP slot<ref>http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1126022/1/.html ''Channel News Asia - GE: Chiam See Tong "sorry" he can't take care of Potong Pasir''</ref> and contested with [[Sitoh Yih Pin]] for the Potong Pasir [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) position. It was the closest fight of the 2011 election with Lina losing only by mere 114 votes getting 49.64% of the votes.<ref>http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_results2011.html ''Singapore Election Department : 2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS''</ref>  However by virtue of being the best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party MPs were elected, she qualified to make it to the [[12th Parliament of Singapore]] as an [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament|NCMP]]. Lina took up the [[Non-constituency Member of Parliament|NCMP]] appointment on 12 May 2011.<ref>http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_667861.html ''SPP's Lina Chiam takes up NCMP seat''</ref>
Lina Loh, who is better known in Singapore as wife of Chiam See Tong, first started her political career after her husband decided to forgo Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Potong Pasir SMC) which he had been representing for 27 years to contest in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) in the Singaporean general election, 2011. Lina filled in the SPP slot and contested with Sitoh Yih Pin for the Potong Pasir Member of Parliament (MP) position. It was the closest fight of the 2011 election with Lina losing only by mere 114 votes getting 49.64% of the votes. However by virtue of being the best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party MPs were elected, she qualified to make it to the 12th Parliament of Singapore as an NCMP. Lina took up the NCMP appointment on 12 May 2011.<br>
 
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 19 September 2012

Lina Loh Woon Lee (罗文丽) is a Singaporean politician from the Singapore People's Party (SPP). She is a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore. She is the wife of Singaporean opposition politician Chiam See Tong.

Political career[edit]

Lina Loh, who is better known in Singapore as wife of Chiam See Tong, first started her political career after her husband decided to forgo Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Potong Pasir SMC) which he had been representing for 27 years to contest in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) in the Singaporean general election, 2011. Lina filled in the SPP slot and contested with Sitoh Yih Pin for the Potong Pasir Member of Parliament (MP) position. It was the closest fight of the 2011 election with Lina losing only by mere 114 votes getting 49.64% of the votes. However by virtue of being the best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party MPs were elected, she qualified to make it to the 12th Parliament of Singapore as an NCMP. Lina took up the NCMP appointment on 12 May 2011.

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