| Native name | 林郁方 |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Predecessor | multi-member constituency |
| Successor | Freddy Lim |
| Term start | 1 February 2008 |
| Term end | 31 January 2016 |
| Constituency | Taipei 5 |
| Predecessor 1 | multi-member constituency |
| Successor 1 | multi-member constituency |
| Term start 1 | 1 February 2002 |
| Term end 1 | 31 January 2008 |
| Constituency 1 | Taipei 2 |
| Term start 2 | 1 February 1996 |
| Term end 2 | 31 January 1999 |
| Constituency 2 | Republic of China (New Party party-list) |
| Birth date | 15 March 1951 (age 75) |
| Birth place | Shanlin, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
| Party | Kuomintang (since 2006) New Party (1993–2000) People First Party (2000–2006) |
| Education | Tamkang University (BA, MA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
Lin Yu-fang (; born 15 March 1951) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.[1][2]
Education
Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature and American studies, respectively, from Tamkang University and earned a Ph.D. in international politics from the University of Virginia in the United States.[3]
Political career
Lin was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1995, via the Chinese New Party's party list.[4] He represented Taipei 2, for two terms from 2002 to 2008, first for the People First Party, before switching to the Kuomintang.[5][6] Lin then won two elections from the single-member Taipei 5 constituency, serving through 2016.[7][3]
2008 legislative election
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Ratio | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Mei (葉玫) | Home Party | 324 | 0.22% | |
| 2 | Wu Jian Yi (吳建毅) | Taiwan Farmers' Party | 251 | 0.17% | |
| 3 | Wei Jhih Jhong (魏志中) | Independent | 284 | 0.19% | |
| 4 | Lin Yu-fang | Kuomintang | 87,448 | 58.23% | |
| 5 | Huang Ci Bin (黃啟彬) | Taiwan Constitution Association | 360 | 0.24% | |
| 6 | Tuan Yi-kang | Democratic Progressive Party | 61,480 | 40.95% |
2016 legislative election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy Lim | 林昶佐 | New Power Party | 82,650 | 49.52% | ||
| Lin Yu-fang | 林郁方 | Kuomintang | 76,079 | 45.58% | ||
| You Jui-min | 尤瑞敏 | Trees Party | 4,506 | 2.69% | ||
| Kung Wei-lun | 龔偉綸 | Independent | 1,710 | 1.02% | ||
| Li Chia-hsin | 李家幸 | Taiwan Independence Party | 885 | 0.53% | ||
| Huang Fu-liao | 黃福卿 | Independent | 587 | 0.35% | ||
| Hung Hsien-cheng | 洪顯政 | Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan | 478 | 0.28% | ||
| Source | Total | 166,895 | 100% | |||
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Chen's lawyer rebuffs 'Next' story". taipeitimes.com. 14 August 2008.
- ^ "Lin Yu-fang (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Lin Yu-fang (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Lin Yu-fang (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Lin Yu-fang (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Lin Yu-fang (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.