Ewon Benedick

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Yang Berhormat Datuk
Ewon Benedick
PGDK MLA
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Ministerial roles (Sabah)
2018–2020Minister of Rural Development
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–2019United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
2019–2021United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation
2021–Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Ewon Benedick

1982 (age 38–39)
Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (−2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (allied : 2018−2021, since 2021)
OccupationPolitician

Ewon Benedick is a Malaysian politician who 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 has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kadamaian since May 2018. He is a member and Vice President of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He is also the sole UPKO MLA. [1][2]

Election results[]

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[3][4][5]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N07 Kadamaian, P169 Kota Belud 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 Manjungkat (PAS) 129 0.88%
2020 N11 Kadamaian, P169 Kota Belud 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%

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sadho Ram (12 May 2018). "Sabah Musical Chairs To End With Shafie Swearing In As Chief Minister Tonight". Says.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ^ Alyaa Azhar (11 May 2018). "Six switch sides, Warisan has majority with 35 seats". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  5. ^ "N02 Tanjong Kapor". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "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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