1961 Hong Kong municipal election

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1961 Hong Kong municipal election
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
  1959 March 1961 1963  

4 (of the 8) elected seats to the Urban Council
 First partySecond party
  Woo Pak-foo.jpg
Leader Woo Pak-foo Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before44
Seats after44
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular voteUncontestedUncontested

The 1961 Hong Kong Urban Council election was supposed to be held in March 1961 for the four of the eight elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

In 1960 the two major political groups in the Council, the Civic Association and Reform Club formed a four-year coalition for a further constitutional reform in Hong Kong. The Coalition met with the Colonial Office in London however their demands were rejected.

The Civic-Reform Coalition joined the election and no contest was seen that year. The four candidates, Civic's Hilton Cheong-Leen, Li Yiu-bor and Woo Pak-foo of the Civic Association and Reform's Brook Bernacchi were all re-elected.

Elected members

Urban Council Election 1961
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Brook Bernacchi Uncontested
Civic Li Yiu-bor Uncontested
Civic Woo Pak-foo Uncontested
Civic Hilton Cheong-Leen Uncontested

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