Chen Hsueh-sheng

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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
This article is about the legislator of Lienchiang County. For the former legislator of Taoyuan City Constituency III, see Apollo Chen.
Chen Hsueh-sheng

MLY
陳雪生
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded byTsao Erh-chung
ConstituencyLienchiang County
Magistrate of Lienchiang County
In office
20 December 2001 – 20 December 2009
Preceded byLiu Li-chun
Succeeded byYang Sui-sheng
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) 1 January 1952
Juguang, Lienchiang, Fujian, Republic of China
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang (2008-2011, 2015-)
People First Party (2000-2008)

Education

Chen studied at National Feng Yuan Commercial High School.[1][2]

Political career

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]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Hsueh-sheng Independent2,528 49.99%
2Tsao Erh-chung Kuomintang2,361 46.69%
3Chen Tsai-neng Independent168 3.32%
Eligible voters7,772
Total votes5,156
Valid votes5,057
Invalid votes99
Voter turnout66.34%

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]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Hsueh-sheng Kuomintang2,927 68.07%
2Lin Jin-kuan Independent760 17.67%
3Su Po-hao Trees Party506 11.77%
4Chang Chun-paoChinese Unification Promotion Party107 2.49%
Eligible voters9,921
Total votes4,438
Valid votes4,300
Invalid votes138
Voter turnout44.73%

References
  1. "Chen Hsueh-sheng (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. "Chen Hsueh-sheng (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. Tsai, Ting-I (2 December 2001). "KMT's Hu fills vacuum left by bickering". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. "Kaohsiung City Municipal Mayor Election". Central Election Commission. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. "ANALYSIS: DPP Eats Election Bitterness as Han Kuo-yu Leads KMT Revival". TheNewsLens. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. Chen, Yan-ting (22 June 2015). "PFP eyes legislative election glory". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (9 July 2015). "KMT's Chu touts party's policy platform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. "Kaohsiung City Municipal Mayor Election". Central Election Commission. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  10. "ANALYSIS: DPP Eats Election Bitterness as Han Kuo-yu Leads KMT Revival". TheNewsLens. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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