Gan Peck Cheng


Gan Peck Cheng is a Malaysian politician of Chinese descent. She is also the Johor state assemblywomen for Penggaram, Batu Pahat, Johor. She is a member of Democratic Action Party, a component of Pakatan Harapan coalition.

Personal life

She was born in Kampung Minyak Beku, Batu Pahat, Johor. She got her secondary education in Chinese High School Batu Pahat.

Earlier career

Before she served as a state assemblywomen, she have been working as a kindergarten teacher.

Politics

Gan had contested for the Pontian parliamentary seat in 1990 general election and for the Penggaram of the Johor State Legislative Assembly seat in the 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2008 general elections but faced the failure until the 2013 general election where she had won the same state seat by defeating new face Dr King Ban Siang from Malaysian Chinese Association of Barisan Nasional with 10,051 majority votes.
In 2014, Gan come out tops in the Johor DAP state committee polls, receiving 271 votes. Gan, a former DAP state secretary, was elected as the Opposition Chief of the Johor State Legislative Assembly on 27 October 2015 to replace Dr. Boo Cheng Hau who had resigned.
In the 2018 general election, she retained her Penggaram state seat for her second term with higher majority votes and was then selected to be the first female Deputy Speaker of the Johor State Legislative Assembly after Pakatan Harapan successfully formed the Johor state government.

Election results