Vincent Cheng (DAB politician)

The Honourable
Vincent Cheng Wing-shun
MH
鄭泳舜
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
12 March 2018
Preceded by Yau Wai-ching
Constituency Kowloon West
Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2008
Preceded by Leung Hon-wah
Constituency Nam Cheong North
Personal details
Born (1979-07-18) 18 July 1979
Political party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Spouse(s) Carrie Wu Ho-yee
Parents Eric Cheng Kam-chung
Alma mater University of Auckland
Occupation Politician
Website vincentcheng.org
Vincent Cheng
Traditional Chinese 鄭泳舜

Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, MH (Chinese: 鄭泳舜; born 18 July 1979) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the current member of the Legislative Council member for Kowloon West and member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Nam Cheong North. A the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) member, he made a upset in the 2018 Legislative Council by-election in Kowloon West, being the first pro-Beijing candidate to defeat a pro-democracy opponent in an open by-election since 1992.

Career

Cheng was a son of the former Po Leung Kuk chairman Eric Cheng Kam-chung who is also a clothing retailing and computer accessories retailing businessman. He was raised in Nam Shan Estate before his father became rich. He and his family emigrated to New Zealand where he studied Statistics at the University of Auckland and returned to Hong Kong in 2003 after graduation.[1]

He started involving in community services in 2005 and joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest Beijing-loyalist party in 2006. He became a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council when he contested in the 2007 District Council elections, winning a seat in Nam Cheong North against two pro-democracy candidates.[1] In 2008, he stood in the Kowloon West in the Legislative Council election on the DAB ticket, being placed on the fourth position.[2]

He went on being re-elected to the Sham Shui Po District Council in 2011 and 2015. He also ran in the 2012 Legislative Council election, standing as the third candidate on the DAB ticket in Kowloon West, which helped Ann Chiang to be elected with more than 47,000 votes.

In the March 2018 Legislative Council Kowloon West by-election triggered by the disqualification of Youngspiration's Yau Wai-ching over the oath-taking controversy, Cheng defeated another DAB member Chris Ip Ngo-tung in an intra-party selection to represent the party in the election.[3] He made an upset in Kowloon West by narrowly defeating independent democrat Yiu Chung-yim, making it the first time the pro-Beijing camp received greater vote share than the pro-democrats in a geographical constituency since 2000 and the first time a pro-Beijing candidate won in a geographical constituency by-election since 1992.

Personal life

He married to Dr. Carrie Wu Ho-yee, an older sister of Hong Kong actress Myolie Wu.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "【專訪】鄭泳舜勢戰九西補選　冀洗富二代標籤　變深水埗「字典」". HK01. 2017-08-04.
  2. ↑ "鄭泳舜不認富貴 「我做的事好草根」". 星島日報. 2011-07-10.
  3. ↑ "【九西補選】鄭泳舜K.O.葉傲冬 勝出民建聯內部遴選". 蘋果日報. 2017-06-14.
Political offices
Preceded by
Leung Hon-wah		 Member of Sham Shui Po District Council
Representative for Nam Cheong North
2008–present		 Incumbent
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Yau Wai-ching		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Kowloon West
2018–present		 Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Au Nok-hin
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council		 Succeeded by
Tony Tse
Member of the Legislative Council
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