Carlos Cheung | |
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| 張雋浩 | |
.png) Cheung in 2023 | |
| Member of theNew Zealand Parliament forMount Roskill | |
| Assumed office 14 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hong Kong |
| Political party | National |
| Profession | Medical researcher, property management |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Acquired copper imbalance in diabetes-induced cardiac disease: Molecular mechanisms and reversibility (2013) |
| Doctoral advisors |
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Chun Ho Carlos Cheung (Chinese:張雋浩;Cantonese Yale:Jēung Jeun-houh) is a New Zealand politician. He was elected as a Member of theNew Zealand House of Representatives forMount Roskill, representing theNational Party, in the2023 New Zealand general election. Cheung has worked as a medical researcher and owned two property management companies.
Cheung was born in Hong Kong and moved to New Zealand as a teenager. He attendedAuckland Grammar School and theUniversity of Auckland, where he studied science and eventually graduated with a PhD in biological science. His 2013 thesis was on diabetes-induced cardiac disease, and his doctoral advisors wereGarth Cooper and Shaoping Zhang.[1] He worked as a medical researcher but decided to leave research due to difficulty finding funding.[2] He set up Lifestyle Property Management in 2014 and later started a second company, Enfield Property Management.[3][2]
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–present | 54th | Mount Roskill | 48 | National | |
Cheung was announced as National's candidate forMount Roskill in March 2023[3] and was also a National Party list candidate, ranked 48th. On election night, Cheung won the electorate with an 1,564-vote lead over incumbentMichael Wood.[4][5] Mount Roskill had been regarded as a safe seat for Labour, with Wood holding a majority of 14,000 votes in the2020 election, leading to Cheung's win being called "one of the stand out upsets of the election".[6][7] Cheung is the second Chinese-born MP to hold an electorate seat in New Zealand, the first beingPansy Wong.[8]
Cheung stated that he plans to "reduce cost-of-living pressures and restore law and order in our community".[8] He also planned to reduce costs for landlords.[2]
He is married to Fiona Lai, who was elected as aCommunities and Residents candidate to thePuketāpapa Local Board in 2019 and 2022.[9][10] They live in Mount Roskill.[7]
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Mount Roskill 2023–present | Incumbent |
