Wang was the lead Senate candidate for the
Palmer United Party (PUP), in Western Australia at the
2013 federal election. Wang was announced as having been elected to the Senate, but lost on a recount. The PUP disputed the result of the recount, citing the loss of over 1,300 ballot papers between the original count and the recount.
Senator for Western Australia (2014—2016) The
High Court ordered a fresh
2014 half-Senate election for WA, declaring open the six seats in question. At the new election, Wang won the fifth vacancy with a 12.3 percent vote, an increase of 7.3 percent. He joined the Senate on 1 July 2014. Wang courted controversy in 2015 when, shortly after the 26th anniversary of
1989 Tiananmen Square protests, he defended the protest's violent suppression by the government of the People's Republic of China. A few days later Wang spoke again to defend China over territorial claims in the
South China Sea. The PUP ceased to have any political representation in Australia after the 2016 federal election, and
Clive Palmer resigned his leadership of the party. Following his electoral defeat, Wang joined the
Liberal Party, and there was some speculation that he would seek pre-selection for that party. ==References==