Wang Hao-yu
Wang Hao-yu | |||||||
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王浩宇 | |||||||
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| Councillor for District 7 (Zhongli) | |||||||
| In office 25 December 2014 – 16 January 2021 | |||||||
| Constituency | Taoyuan 7 | ||||||
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| Born | 29 October 1988 Hsinchu, Taiwan | ||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party Green Party (2010-2020) | ||||||
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| Chinese | 王浩宇 | ||||||
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Wang Hao-yu (Chinese: 王浩宇; born 29 October 1988) is a Taiwanese politician.
In the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, he ran for a seat on the Taoyuan City Council in District 7, which includes Zhongli District, as a candidate for the Green Party. Out of 22 candidates, he was one of 10 elected, garnering 9.06% of the votes, the 2nd most amongst all candidates.[1][2] In 2018 he ran in the same district as a candidate, still under the Green Party, and was one of 11 elected out of 21, coming in 3rd with 8.68% of the vote.[3]
He left the Green Party on January 11, 2020 and joined the Democratic Progressive Party on February 6, 2020.[4][5]
Wang was the subject of controversy over a Facebook post in the wake of the suicide of Hsu Kun-yuan, the Kaohsiung City Council speaker and ally of Han Kuo-yu, following Han's successful recall. About 200 Han supporters protested outside Wang's district office to call for his recall.[6]
Wang was successfully recalled on January 16, 2021 with 92.23% in favor, 7.7% against, and a 28% turnout. Thus, the number of votes in favor of his recall was 25.82% of eligible voters, exceeding the required 25%.[7] The successful recall was the first for a city councillor in a special municipality.[8] According to ROC law, Wang would be banned from running for the same post over the next four years.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "103年直轄市市議員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數". Central Election Commission (Taiwan). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "2014 Elections: Smaller parties clinch big victories". Taipei Times. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "107年直轄市市議員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數". Central Election Commission (Taiwan). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ 顏得智. "王浩宇宣布將成民進黨籍市議員 稱「這條路不會輕鬆」". Newtalk. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Does the Recall of DPP City Councilor Wang Hao-yu Reflect a Larger Trend?". New Bloom. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Lee, Jung-ping; Hetherington, William (9 June 2020). "KMT supporters protest over officials' Facebook posts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Explainer: June 6 vote to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu". Central News Agency. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Yu, Hsiang; Kuan, Jui-ping; Lee, Hsin-yin. "Taoyuan councilor recalled, first time ever in a special municipality". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Recalled Taoyuan councilor dismissed from office". Focus Taiwan. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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