Hong Lim

Hong Lim
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Clarinda
In office
29 November 2014 – 24 November 2018
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byMeng Heang Tak
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Clayton
In office
30 March 1996 – 29 November 2014
Preceded byGerard Vaughan
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1950-11-11) 11 November 1950 (age 74)
Cambodia, French Indochina
Political partyLabor Party
EducationUniversity of Tasmania
Monash University

Hong Lim (simplified Chinese: 林美丰; traditional Chinese: 林美豐; pinyin: Lín Měifēng; born 11 November 1950) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2018, representing the seat of Clayton until 2014 and Clarinda from 2014 to his retirement in 2018. He represented the Labor Party.

Lim was born in Cambodia, and is of Chinese Cambodian origins. He was educated at schools in Phnom Penh before coming to Australia in 1970, and then at the University of Tasmania and Monash University, Melbourne, where he graduated in arts. He was Chairman of the Victorian Indo-Chinese Communities Council 1984–92 and president of the Cambodian Association of Victoria 1992–96. He was a commissioner of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission 1985–92, and a member of the Monash University Council 1996–98.[1]

Lim was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1996, and was an appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Victorian Communities, John Thwaites, in 2002.[1]

Lim retired in 2018 after 22 years in parliament.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lim, Hong". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ "MP Hong Lim retires after 22 years in Victorian parliamentary". SBS. 10 October 2018.
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Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Clayton
1996–2014
Abolished
New seat Member for Clarinda
2014–2018
Succeeded by