Lim Kean Siew
Lim Kean Siew | |
|---|---|
| 林建寿 | |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Dato' Kramat | |
| In office 19 August 1959 – 1 March 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | V. David (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia) |
| Majority | 5,426 (1959) 1,866 (1964) |
| Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Air Itam | |
| Preceded by | Chor Sin Kheng |
| Succeeded by | Tan Phock Kin (GERAKAN) |
| Majority | 153 (1965) |
| Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pengkalan Kota | |
| Preceded by | Chooi Yew Choy |
| Succeeded by | Teoh Teik Huat (DAP) |
| Majority | 554 (1980) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1959-1969 | Labour Party of Malaya |
| 1959-1969 | Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lim Kean Siew 5 June 1922 Penang, Malaysia |
| Died | 30 September 2007 Penang, Malaysia |
| Political party | Labour Party of Malaya (LPM) (1959-1972) Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) (1975–1984) |
| Other political affiliations | Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front (SF) (1959–1966) Barisan Nasional (BN) (1975–1984) |
| Spouse | Pamela Ong |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Cambridge (LL.M) |
| Alma mater | Penang Free School Raffles College |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Lim Kean Siew (June 5, 1922 - September 30, 2007) was a former politician and lawyer who served as secretary–general and the chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya and a leader of the Malaysian opposition Socialist Front coalition in the 1960s.
He was an elected MP for the Dato Kramat constituency in 1959 and 1964 under the Socialist Front banner. He later joined the MCA in 1975 as a presidential adviser, and was Pengkalan Kota assemblyman from 1980 to 1982.
Kean Siew came from a family of lawyers who were also left-wing politicians. His brother was constitutional expert Lim Kean Chye who founded the Malayan Democratic Union, while his sister Datuk P.G. Lim was a Labour Party candidate who later served as ambassador. Their father, Cheng Ean, was also a noted barrister and a legislative councillor in the 1930s.