Honours
Perak -
Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) –Dato' (1997) [7]
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Penang -
Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) –Dato' Seri (2002)
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Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting DGPN DPMP | |
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| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry II | |
| In office 27 March 2004 –14 February 2006 ServingwithMohd Shariff Omar | |
| Monarch | Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Mah Siew Keong |
| Constituency | Simpang Renggam |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Simpang Renggam,Johor | |
| In office 21 March 2004 –8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan—BN) |
| Majority | 14,155 (2004) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Taiping,Perak | |
| In office 20 October 1990 –21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Leong Khee Seong (Gerakan—BN) |
| Succeeded by | M. Kayveas (PPP—BN) |
| Majority | 2,585 (1990) 16,767 (1995) 3,969 (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1941 |
| Died | 22 May 2018 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Political party | BN-PGRM (-2018) |
Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (died 22 May 2018) was a former Taiping Member of Parliament and deputy president of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan). He was also the former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and a Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based on Malaysia and Agriculture Agro-Based Industry II before being replaced by Mah Siew Keong. [1] [2] [3] His ministry was led by Muhyiddin Yassin at the time.
In the 1970s,Kerk served as legal counsel of a Chinese independent high school association. [4] In the 1982 Malaysian state election,Kerk stood as Gerakan candidate on a Chinese educationalist platform. [5] In 1999,he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
On May 22,2018,Kerk Choo Ting died. [6]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1982 | P084 Kepong,Kuala Lumpur | Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 28,163 | 48.44% | Tan Seng Giaw (DAP) | 29,368 | 50.51% | 59,465 | 1,205 | 76.94% | ||
| Ishak Ibrahim (IND) | 613 | 1.05% | ||||||||||
| 1990 | P054 Taiping , Perak | Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 22,162 | 50.87% | Kong Cheok Seng (DAP) | 19,577 | 44.94% | 44,642 | 2,585 | 71.14% | ||
| Said Abu Hassan (IND) | 1,827 | 4.19% | ||||||||||
| 1995 | P057 Taiping , Perak | Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 30,459 | 68.99% | Haradeyan Singh @ Hardayal Singh (DAP) | 13,692 | 31.01% | 47,930 | 16,767 | 70.13% | ||
| 1999 | Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 24,531 | 53.65% | Lim Kean Ghee (DAP) | 20,562 | 44.96% | 50,809 | 3,969 | 68.99% | |||
| Ng Hoe Hun (MDP) | 637 | 1.39% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | P151 Simpang Renggam | Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (Gerakan) | 18,997 | 79.69% | Atan Gombang (PAS) | 4,842 | 20.31% | 24,888 | 14,155 | 72.69% | ||
Perak 
Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) –Dato' (1997) [7] 
Penang 
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