Wang Ting-son (; born 30 June 1965) or Timothy Wang is a Taiwanese politician who served in the

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from 2010 to 2016.

Early life and education

Wang Ting-son's father

Wang Ching-feng Wang Tsing-fong (; born 1 January 1952 in Tainan City) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. Early life Wang graduated from the Taipei First Girls' High School and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chengchi Uni ...

served as the magistrate of Hualien County between 1993 and 2001. The younger Wang studied mathematics at Soochow University before attending

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in the United States, where he earned a master's and doctoral degree in international business. Wang returned to Taiwan, joining the

National Dong Hwa University National Dong Hwa University (NDHU; ; shortened as "") is a national research university located in Hualien, Taiwan. Established in 1994, NDHU is widely considered as the most potential research university and the most prestigious university ...

faculty.

Political career

Wang held several posts within the

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before he was nominated to contest a by-election scheduled for 27 February 2010, to replace outgoing legislator

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made several appearances at Wang's campaign events, as did

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. Wang faced Democratic Progressive Party candidate

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and independent Shih Sheng-liang. Five days before the election, Wang led Hsiao by thirteen percentage points, and eventually defeated her by approximately six thousand votes, a margin that the ''

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'' considered "narrow" due to Fu Kun-chi's strong influence in Hualien. The Kuomintang renominated Wang for the 2012 legislative elections, and he retained the Hualien County district seat contested by DPP candidate Lie Kuen-cheng. Wang sought reelection to the legislature in 2016, but lost to Hsiao Bi-khim, his political opponent in 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Ting-son 1965 births Living people Hualien County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Academic staff of the National Dong Hwa University Soochow University (Taiwan) alumni George Washington University School of Business alumni