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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tory Shepherd

Conservative son of a ‘leftist firebrand’ takes on a former dolphin trainer in Labor’s most marginal WA seat

Two way composite of Howard Ong (left) and Sam Lim (right).
Tangney’s Liberal candidate Howard Ong and Labor MP Sam Lim are vying for the marginal seat in the 2025 federal election. Composite: Facebook/ALP

The Liberal candidate Howard Ong will challenge a former dolphin trainer, Sam Lim, in Saturday’s election for the knife-edge Western Australian seat of Tangney, on the same day his little brother – Singapore’s health minister – goes to the polls.

Ong, an IT consultant born in Singapore, will face off against the Labor incumbent, Malaysian-born Lim, while his brother, Ong Ye Kung, stands for the governing conservative party, the People’s Action party.

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