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| name = Ewon Benedick
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| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Kinabalu#Commander|PGDK]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
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| birth_name = Ewon Benedick
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|08|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kampung Penampang Proper, [[Donggongon]], [[Penampang District|Penampang]], [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]
| birth_place = Kampung Penampang Proper, [[Donggongon]], [[Penampang District|Penampang]], [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]
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| office = [[Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development]]
| office = [[Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development]]
| monarch = [[Abdullah of Pahang|Abdullah]]
| monarch = [[Abdullah of Pahang|Abdullah]] <br> {{small|(2022–2024)}} <br> [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim Iskandar]] <br> {{small|(since 2024)}}
| primeminister = [[Anwar Ibrahim]]
| primeminister = [[Anwar Ibrahim]]
| term_start = 3 December 2022
| term_start = 3 December 2022
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| 1namedata1 = [[Shafie Apdal]]
| 2blankname1 = Assistant
| 2blankname1 = Assistant
| 2namedata1 = [[Rasinin Kautis]] <br> [[Dumi Pg. Masdal]]
| 2namedata1 = [[Rasinin Kautis]] <br> [[Dumi Pg Masdal]]
| governor1 = [[Juhar Mahiruddin]]
| governor1 = [[Juhar Mahiruddin]]
| constituency1 = [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]]
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'''Ewon Benedick''' (born 1 August 1983) is a Malaysian politician who has served as [[Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development]] in the [[Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet]] since December 2022, the [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Penampang (federal constituency)|Penampang]] since November 2022 and Member of the [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]] since May 2018. He served as [[Cabinet of Sabah|State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah]] in the [[Sabah Heritage Party]] (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister [[Shafie Apdal]] from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020. He is a member of the [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] (UPKO), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the 3rd President of UPKO since January 2023. He was also Vice President of UPKO before his promotion to the party presidency in January 2023. He is one of the two UPKO MPs and sole UPKO MLA. He was set to officially take over [[Wilfred Madius Tangau]] as the 3rd UPKO president after the UPKO party election in the party triennial delegates convention on 16 October 2022. However on 10 October 2022, the [[14th Parliament of Malaysia|14th Parliament]] was dissolved and the [[2022 Malaysian general election|2022 general election]] was to be held on 19 November 2022, the convention was delayed to 15 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/11/24/ewon-to-take-over-as-upko-chief-during-party-congress-next-year/|title=Ewon to take over as Upko chief during party congress next year|website=The Borneo Post|date=24 November 2022|accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="musical chairs ended">{{cite web|url=http://says.com/my/news/sabah-musical-chairs-to-end-with-shafie-swearing-in-as-15th-chief-minister-tonight|title=Sabah Musical Chairs To End With Shafie Swearing In As Chief Minister Tonight|author=Sadho Ram|publisher=Says.com|date=12 May 2018|accessdate=12 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="switched allegiance">{{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/424352|title=Six switch sides, Warisan has majority with 35 seats|author=Alyaa Azhar |publisher=Malaysiakini|date=11 May 2018|accessdate=12 May 2018}}</ref>
'''Ewon Benedick''' (born 1 August 1983) is a Malaysian politician who has served as [[Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development]] in the [[Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet]] since December 2022, the [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Penampang (federal constituency)|Penampang]] since November 2022 and Member of the [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]] since May 2018. He served as [[Cabinet of Sabah|State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah]] in the [[Sabah Heritage Party]] (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister [[Shafie Apdal]] from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020. He is a member of the [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] (UPKO), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the 3rd President of UPKO since January 2023. He was also Vice President of UPKO before his promotion to the party presidency in January 2023. He is one of the two UPKO MPs and sole UPKO MLA. He was set to officially take over [[Wilfred Madius Tangau]] as the 3rd UPKO president after the UPKO party election in the party triennial delegates convention on 16 October 2022. However on 10 October 2022, the [[14th Parliament of Malaysia|14th Parliament]] was dissolved and the [[2022 Malaysian general election|2022 general election]] was to be held on 19 November 2022, the convention was delayed to 15 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/11/24/ewon-to-take-over-as-upko-chief-during-party-congress-next-year/|title=Ewon to take over as Upko chief during party congress next year|website=The Borneo Post|date=24 November 2022|accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="musical chairs ended">{{cite web|url=http://says.com/my/news/sabah-musical-chairs-to-end-with-shafie-swearing-in-as-15th-chief-minister-tonight|title=Sabah Musical Chairs To End With Shafie Swearing In As Chief Minister Tonight|author=Sadho Ram|publisher=Says.com|date=12 May 2018|accessdate=12 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="switched allegiance">{{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/424352|title=Six switch sides, Warisan has majority with 35 seats|author=Alyaa Azhar |publisher=Malaysiakini|date=11 May 2018|accessdate=12 May 2018}}</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
Ewon Benedick made his electoral debut in the [[2018 Sabah state election]] and contested in the state constituency of [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]] and managed to regain the seat which was won by [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat]] in the [[2013 Malaysian general election]]. As a result of [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] decision to quit [[Barisan Nasional]] in the aftermath of [[2018 Malaysian general election]]. Ewon was appointed as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah. Following the collapse of the [[Parti Warisan Sabah]] government in Sabah in 2020, a snap election was held, where he defended his seat despite [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]]'s poor showing in the state election with him being the only state assemblyman from [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]].
Ewon Benedick made his electoral debut in the [[2018 Sabah state election]] and contested in the state constituency of [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]] and managed to regain the seat which was won by [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat]] in the [[2013 Malaysian general election]]. As a result of [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] decision to quit [[Barisan Nasional]] in the aftermath of [[2018 Malaysian general election]]. Ewon was appointed as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah. Following the collapse of the [[Parti Warisan Sabah]] government in Sabah in 2020, a snap election was held, where he defended his seat despite [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]]'s poor showing in the state election with him being the only state assemblyman from [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]].


In the [[2022 Malaysian general election]], Ewon went up against 2-term incumbent [[Darell Leiking]]. who was also a former federal minister in the parliamentary seat of [[Penampang]] and managed to win the seat with a 14,000 plus majority. On 12 December 2023, Ewon Benedick was appointed as the new [[Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development]] in the new cabinet reshuffle. He is presently the youngest member of [[Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet]].
In the [[2022 Malaysian general election]], Ewon went up against 2-term incumbent [[Darell Leiking]]. who was also a former federal minister in the parliamentary seat of [[Penampang]] and managed to win the seat with a 14,000 plus majority. On 12 December 2023, Ewon Benedick was appointed as the new [[Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (Malaysia)|Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development]] in the new cabinet. He is presently the youngest member of [[Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet]].


On January 14 2023, Ewon took over the presidency of [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]].
On 14 January 2023, Ewon took over the presidency of [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]].


In September 2023 after launching the a state native customary laws literacy seminar, Ewon said that he along with his party comrades in [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] and [[Pakatan Harapan]] will continue the fight to elevate Sabah’s native court to be on equal footing with the civil and syariah courts, He said the state has all these three court systems but the native court, which presides over matters involving customary rights and practices of the state’s Kadazandusun Murut Rungus (KDMR) community, was considered as the lesser compared to the other two.
In September 2023 after launching the a state native customary laws literacy seminar, Ewon said that he along with his party comrades in [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] and [[Pakatan Harapan]] will continue the fight to elevate Sabah’s native court to be on equal footing with the civil and syariah courts, He said the state has all these three court systems but the native court, which presides over matters involving customary rights and practices of the state’s Kadazandusun Murut Rungus (KDMR) community, was considered as the lesser compared to the other two.


In January 2024, Ewon stated that [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] will submit a suggested mechanism for the 40 per cent federal revenue payback to Sabah. He said that the suggestion was the result of discussions by Upko leaders with several experts, including lawyers, former magistrates, accountants, as well as taxation experts and auditors.
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== Election results ==


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== Election results ==
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|-
|-
|rowspan=4|2018
| rowspan=4|[[2018 Sabah state election|2018]]
|rowspan=4|'''N07 [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]]'''
| rowspan=4|'''N07 [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]]'''
|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|rowspan=4| '''Ewon Benedick''' ([[United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation|'''UPKO''']])
| rowspan=4|{{nowrap|'''Ewon Benedick'''}} ([[United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation|'''UPKO''']])
|rowspan=4 align="right" |'''6,861'''
| rowspan=4 align="right" |'''6,861'''
|rowspan=4| '''47.80%'''
| rowspan=4| '''47.80%'''
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|Lukia Indan ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|PKR]])
|Lukia Indan ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|PKR]])
|align="right" |3,567
| align="right" |3,567
|24.86%
|24.86%
|rowspan=4|14,712
| rowspan=4|14,712
|rowspan=4|3,294
| rowspan=4|3,294
|rowspan=4|72.10%
| rowspan=4|72.10%
|-
|-
|{{Party shading/Homeland Solidarity Party}} |
|{{Party shading/Homeland Solidarity Party}} |
|Rubbin Guribah ([[Homeland Solidarity Party|STAR]])
|Rubbin Guribah ([[Homeland Solidarity Party|STAR]])
|align="right" | 3,034
| align="right" | 3,034
|21.14%
|21.14%
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Love Sabah Party/meta/shading}}" |
|bgcolor="{{Love Sabah Party/meta/shading}}" |
|Mail Balinu ([[Parti Cinta Sabah|PCS]])
|Mail Balinu ([[Parti Cinta Sabah|PCS]])
|align="right" | 764
| align="right" | 764
|5.32%
| align="right" |5.32%
|-
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Satail Majungkat ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|Satail Majungkat ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |129
| align="right" |129
|0.88%
| align="right" |0.88%
|-
|-
|rowspan=5|2020
| rowspan=5|[[2020 Sabah state election|2020]]
|rowspan=5|'''N11 [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]]'''
| rowspan=5|'''N11 [[Kadamaian (state constituency)|Kadamaian]]'''
|rowspan=5 bgcolor="{{party color|United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation}}" |
| rowspan=5 bgcolor="{{party color|United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation}}" |
|rowspan=5| {{nowrap|'''Ewon Benedick'''}} ([[United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation|'''UPKO''']])
| rowspan=5|'''Ewon Benedick''' ([[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation|'''UPKO''']])
|rowspan=5 align="right" |'''6,823'''
| rowspan=5 align="right" |'''6,823'''
|rowspan=5| '''51.07%'''
| rowspan=5| '''51.07%'''
|{{Party shading/United Sabah Party}} |
|{{Party shading/United Sabah Party}} |
|Demis Rumanti ([[United Sabah Party|PBS]])
|Demis Rumanti ([[United Sabah Party|PBS]])
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|Joshua Betting Giling ([[Parti Cinta Sabah|PCS]])
|Joshua Betting Giling ([[Parti Cinta Sabah|PCS]])
|align="right" |799
|align="right" |799
|5.98%
|align="right" |5.98%
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)}}" |
|bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)}}" |
|Ernest Leduning Lengik ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)|LDP]])
|Ernest Leduning Lengik ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)|LDP]])
|align="right" |223
|align="right" |223
|1.67%
|align="right" |1.67%
|-
|-
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|Mohd Farhan Raiting ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|Mohd Farhan Raiting ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|align="right" |101
|align="right" |101
|0.76%
|align="right" |0.76%
|}
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|-
| rowspan=3|[[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]]
| rowspan=3|[[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]]
| rowspan=3|'''P174 [[Penampang (federal constituency)|Penampang]], Sabah'''
| rowspan=3|'''P174 [[Penampang (federal constituency)|Penampang]]'''
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PH}} |
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PH}} |
| rowspan=3 |'''Ewon Benedick''' ('''[[UPKO]]''')
| rowspan=3 |'''Ewon Benedick''' ([[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation|'''UPKO''']])
| rowspan=3 align="right" | '''29,066'''
| rowspan=3 align="right" | '''29,066'''
| rowspan=3 | '''57.30%'''
| rowspan=3 | '''57.30%'''
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|Richard Jimmy ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|Richard Jimmy ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|align="right" | 289
|align="right" | 289
| 0.57%
|align="right" | 0.57%
|}
|}


== Honours ==
== Honours ==
* {{Flag|Sabah}} :
* {{Flag|Sabah}} :
** [[File:MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - PGDK.svg|50px]] Commander of the [[Order of Kinabalu]] (PGDK) - '''Datuk''' (2018)<ref>{{cite web|date=6 October 2018|accessdate=6 October 2018|publisher=[[Borneo Post]]|title=Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/10/06/chief-judge-of-sabah-and-sarawak-head-list-of-1158-sabah-award-recipients/|work=[[Bernama]]}}</ref>
** [[File:MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - PGDK.svg|50px]] Commander of the [[Order of Kinabalu]] (PGDK) – '''Datuk''' (2018)<ref>{{cite web|date=6 October 2018|accessdate=6 October 2018|publisher=[[Borneo Post]]|title=Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/10/06/chief-judge-of-sabah-and-sarawak-head-list-of-1158-sabah-award-recipients/|work=[[Bernama]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat]]

Latest revision as of 14:14, 4 July 2024

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Ewon Benedick
PGDK MP MLA
Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development
Assumed office
3 December 2022
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputySaraswathy Kandasami
(2022–2023)
Ramanan Ramakrishnan
(since 2023)
Preceded byNoh Omar
ConstituencyPenampang
State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah
In office
16 May 2018 – 29 September 2020
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterShafie Apdal
AssistantRasinin Kautis
Dumi Pg Masdal
Preceded byEllron Alfred Angin
Succeeded byJahid Jahim
ConstituencyKadamaian
3rd President of the
United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation
Assumed office
15 January 2023
DeputyDonald Peter Mojuntin
Preceded byWilfred Madius Tangau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Penampang
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byDarell Leiking (WARISAN)
Majority14,410 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Kadamaian
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byUkoh Malajad (Independent)
Majority3,459 (2020)
3,294 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Ewon Benedick

(1983-08-01) 1 August 1983 (age 40)
Kampung Penampang Proper, Donggongon, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(−2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2021)
SpouseConnie Parantis
EducationSM St. Michael, Penampang
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
OccupationPolitician

Ewon Benedick (born 1 August 1983) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development in the Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet since December 2022, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penampang since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kadamaian since May 2018. He served as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020. He is a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the 3rd President of UPKO since January 2023. He was also Vice President of UPKO before his promotion to the party presidency in January 2023. He is one of the two UPKO MPs and sole UPKO MLA. He was set to officially take over Wilfred Madius Tangau as the 3rd UPKO president after the UPKO party election in the party triennial delegates convention on 16 October 2022. However on 10 October 2022, the 14th Parliament was dissolved and the 2022 general election was to be held on 19 November 2022, the convention was delayed to 15 January 2023.[1][2][3]

Political career

[edit]

Ewon Benedick made his electoral debut in the 2018 Sabah state election and contested in the state constituency of Kadamaian and managed to regain the seat which was won by Parti Keadilan Rakyat in the 2013 Malaysian general election. As a result of United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation decision to quit Barisan Nasional in the aftermath of 2018 Malaysian general election. Ewon was appointed as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah. Following the collapse of the Parti Warisan Sabah government in Sabah in 2020, a snap election was held, where he defended his seat despite United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation's poor showing in the state election with him being the only state assemblyman from United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation.

In the 2022 Malaysian general election, Ewon went up against 2-term incumbent Darell Leiking. who was also a former federal minister in the parliamentary seat of Penampang and managed to win the seat with a 14,000 plus majority. On 12 December 2023, Ewon Benedick was appointed as the new Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development in the new cabinet. He is presently the youngest member of Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet.

On 14 January 2023, Ewon took over the presidency of United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation.

In September 2023 after launching the a state native customary laws literacy seminar, Ewon said that he along with his party comrades in United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation and Pakatan Harapan will continue the fight to elevate Sabah’s native court to be on equal footing with the civil and syariah courts, He said the state has all these three court systems but the native court, which presides over matters involving customary rights and practices of the state’s Kadazandusun Murut Rungus (KDMR) community, was considered as the lesser compared to the other two.

In January 2024, Ewon stated that United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation will submit a suggested mechanism for the 40 per cent federal revenue payback to Sabah. He said that the suggestion was the result of discussions by Upko leaders with several experts, including lawyers, former magistrates, accountants, as well as taxation experts and auditors.

Election results

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Sabah State Legislative Assembly[4][5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N07 Kadamaian Ewon Benedick (UPKO) 6,861 47.80% Lukia Indan (PKR) 3,567 24.86% 14,712 3,294 72.10%
Rubbin Guribah (STAR) 3,034 21.14%
Mail Balinu (PCS) 764 5.32%
Satail Majungkat (PAS) 129 0.88%
2020 N11 Kadamaian Ewon Benedick (UPKO) 6,823 51.07% Demis Rumanti (PBS) 3,364 25.18% 13,360 3,459 74.35%
Duanis Mogirong (PBRS) 2,050 15.34%
Joshua Betting Giling (PCS) 799 5.98%
Ernest Leduning Lengik (LDP) 223 1.67%
Mohd Farhan Raiting (IND) 101 0.76%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P174 Penampang Ewon Benedick (UPKO) 29,066 57.30% Darell Leiking (WARISAN) 14,656 28.89% 50,730 14,410 65.70%
Kenny Chua Teck Ho (STAR) 6,719 13.24%
Richard Jimmy (IND) 289 0.57%

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Ewon to take over as Upko chief during party congress next year". The Borneo Post. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ Sadho Ram (12 May 2018). "Sabah Musical Chairs To End With Shafie Swearing In As Chief Minister Tonight". Says.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ Alyaa Azhar (11 May 2018). "Six switch sides, Warisan has majority with 35 seats". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  6. ^ "N02 Tanjong Kapor". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients". Bernama. Borneo Post. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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