# Vivian Wong Shir Yee

Vivian Wong Shir Yee (simplified Chinese: 黄诗怡; traditional Chinese: 黃詩怡; pinyin: Huáng Shīyí; born 27 March 1989) is a Malaysian politician, financial advisor, teacher, activist and volunteer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sandakan since May 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. She is also the daughter of former State Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing of Sabah, former Sandakan MP and former State Chairman of DAP of Sabah Stephen Wong Tien Fatt.

## Personal life

Wong was born and raised in Sandakan, Sabah. She is the youngest child and daughter of Stephen Wong Tien Fatt, the Sandakan MP from 2013 and State Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing of Sabah from 2018 to his death in 2019.

## Education

Wong graduated from the INTI College, Subang Jaya with a Diploma of Communication and Media from Subang Jaya in 2010. She also graduated from the Murdoch University, Western Australia with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations in 2013. In addition, she graduated from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur with a Diploma Degree of Early Childhood Education in 2018.

## Political career
### Democratic Action Party and Special Assistant to the State Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing of Sabah

Wong has been an active member of DAP alongside her father since 2012 and previously worked as a special assistant to her father as the State Minister of Sabah.

### Member of Parliament (since 2019)
#### 2019 Sandakan by-election

In the 2019 Sandakan by-election held after the death in office of her father who was the Sandakan MP due to heart attack, Wong was nominated by PH to contest for the Sandakan federal seat. She won the seat and was elected to the Parliament as the Sandakan MP for the first term after defeating Linda Tsen Thau Lin of the United Sabah Party (PBS) and independent candidates Hamzah Abdullah, Chia Sew Yung and Sulaiman Abdul Samat by a majority of 11,521 votes.

#### 2022 general election

In the 2022 general election, Wong was renominated by PH to defend the Sandakan seat. She defended the seat and was reelected as the Sandakan MP for the second term after defeating Alex Thien Ching Qiang of the Heritage Party (WARISAN), Lau Chee Kiong of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and independent candidates Peter Hu Chang Lik, Sheikh Lokeman and Lita Tan Abdullah by a majority of 11,031 votes.

## Other careers

She is a financial adviser in Kuala Lumpur, a teacher at the International Korean School of Malaysia in Cyberjaya, an activist and a volunteer for welfare programmes in Indonesia, Cambodia and other nations.

## Election results

Parliament of Malaysia :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2019 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,012 | 74.15% | Linda Tsen Thau Lin (PBS) | 4,491 | 20.80% | 21,595 | 11,521 | 54.44% |
| 2019 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,012 | 74.15% | Hamzah Abdullah (IND) | 788 | 3.65% | 21,595 | 11,521 | 54.44% |
| 2019 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,012 | 74.15% | Chia Siew Yung (IND) | 178 | 0.82% | 21,595 | 11,521 | 54.44% |
| 2019 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,012 | 74.15% | Sulaiman Abdul Samat (IND) | 126 | 0.58% | 21,595 | 11,521 | 54.44% |
| 2022 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,673 | 53.92% | Alex Thien Ching Qiang (WARISAN) | 5,642 | 18.25% | 31,533 | 11,031 | 55.67% |
| 2022 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,673 | 53.92% | Lau Chee Keong @ Thomas Lau (SAPP) | 5,054 | 16.35% | 31,533 | 11,031 | 55.67% |
| 2022 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,673 | 53.92% | Peter Hu Chang Lik @ Hii Chang Lik (IND) | 2,342 | 7.57% | 31,533 | 11,031 | 55.67% |
| 2022 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,673 | 53.92% | Sheikh Lokeman (IND) | 962 | 3.11% | 31,533 | 11,031 | 55.67% |
| 2022 | P186 Sandakan | Vivian Wong Shir Yee (DAP) | 16,673 | 53.92% | Lita Tan Abdullah (IND) | 246 | 0.80% | 31,533 | 11,031 | 55.67% |

## Honours

* Malaysia :
** Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal