Carlos Cheung

Chun Ho Carlos Cheung (Chinese: 張雋浩; Cantonese Yale: Jēung Jeun-houh) is a New Zealand politician. He was elected as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for Mount Roskill, representing the National Party, in the 2023 New Zealand general election. Cheung has worked as a medical researcher and owned two property management companies.

Carlos Cheung MP
張雋浩
Cheung in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Roskill
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 October 2023
Preceded by	Michael Wood
Personal details
Born	Hong Kong
Political party	National
Profession	Medical researcher, property management
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Scientific career
Thesis	Acquired copper imbalance in diabetes-induced cardiac disease: Molecular mechanisms and reversibility (2013)
Doctoral advisors	Garth Cooper Shaoping Zhang

Career

Cheung was born in Hong Kong and moved to New Zealand as a teenager. He attended Auckland Grammar School and the University of Auckland, where he studied science and eventually graduated with a PhD in biological science. His 2013 thesis was on diabetes-induced cardiac disease, and his doctoral advisors were Garth Cooper and Shaoping Zhang.^[1] He worked as a medical researcher but decided to leave research due to difficulty finding funding.^[2] He set up Lifestyle Property Management in 2014 and later started a second company, Enfield Property Management.^[3][2]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
2023–present	54th	Mount Roskill	48		National

Cheung was announced as National's candidate for Mount Roskill in March 2023^[3] and was also a National Party list candidate, ranked 48th. On election night, Cheung won the electorate with an 1,564-vote lead over incumbent Michael Wood.^[4][5] Mount Roskill had been regarded as a safe seat for Labour, with Wood holding a majority of 14,000 votes in the 2020 election, leading to Cheung's win being called "one of the stand out upsets of the election".^[6][7] Cheung is the second Chinese-born MP to hold an electorate seat in New Zealand, the first being Pansy Wong.^[8]

Views and positions

Cheung stated that he plans to "reduce cost-of-living pressures and restore law and order in our community".^[8] He also planned to reduce costs for landlords.^[2]

Personal life

He is married to Fiona Lai, who was elected as a Communities and Residents candidate to the Puketāpapa Local Board in 2019 and 2022.^[9][10] They live in Mount Roskill.^[7]