1985 Hong Kong legislative election

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1985 Hong Kong legislative election
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26 September 1985 1988  

24 (of the 46) unofficial members to the Legislative Council

The 1985 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was an indirect election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) held on 26 September 1985. It was the first ever election of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong which marked the beginning of the Hong Kong representative democracy.

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After the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the Hong Kong government decided to start the process of democratisation in Hong Kong based on the consultative document Green Paper: the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong published on 18 July 1984. There were 12 members elected by the Electoral Colleges and 12 by the functional constituencies, four official members and the rest of the seats were appointed by the Governor.

Composition

Electoral colleges

12 unofficial members were elected by the electoral college comprised all members of the District Boards, the Urban Council and the new Regional Council. In order to achieve a more balanced and adequate representation the District Boards would be grouped into ten geographical constituencies each representing approximately 500,000 people. The remaining two seats would be provided by the two special constituencies formed respectively by members of the Urban Council and the Regional Council. The interests of the Heung Yee Kuk would be represented through the Regional Council. The 12 constituencies formed from the electoral college were: [1]

  1. East Island: Eastern District and Wan Chai District
  2. West Island: Central & Western District and Southern District
  3. Kwun Tong: Kwun Tong District
  4. Wong Tai Sin: Wong Tai Sin District
  5. Kowloon City: Kowloon City District
  6. Sham Shui Po: Sham Shui Po District
  7. South Kowloon: Mong Kok District and Yau Ma Tei District
  8. East New Territories: North District, Tai Po District and Shatin District
  9. West New Territories: Yuen Long District and Tuen Mun District
  10. South New Territories: Tsuen Wan District (including Tsing Yi), Islands District and Sai Kung District
  11. Urban Council
  12. Regional Council

Functional constituencies

Nine functional constituencies returned 12 unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The commercial, industrial, and labour constituencies would each return two unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The remaining six constituencies would each return one unofficial member. The nine functional constituencies and their representative organizations were: [1]

  1. Commercial (2 seats):
    1. First Commercial: Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
    2. Second Commercial: Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
  2. Industrial (2 seats):
    1. First Industrial: Federation of Hong Kong Industries
    2. Second Industrial: Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong
  3. Financial: Hong Kong Association of Banks
  4. Labour (2 seats): all registered employee trade unions
  5. Social Services: Hong Kong Council of Social Service
  6. Medical: Hong Kong Medical Association
  7. Teaching
  8. Legal
  9. Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning

Results

Electoral College Constituencies

The Electoral College constituencies adopted the exhaustive ballot voting method. Only the results of the final rounds are shown below.

ConstituencyCandidatesPartyVotes
Urban Council Hilton Cheong-Leen Civic 16
Elsie Tu 13
Provisional Regional Council Lau Wong-fat Uncontested
East Island Desmond Lee Yu-tai Civic/PHKS 24
Kwan Lim-ho Reform 16
Albert Cheung Chi-piu0
Lee Kam-kee0
Peggy Lam Pei 0
Chum Ting-pong0
West Island Liu Lit-for 18
Anthony Ng Sung-man HKAS 16
Keith Lam Hon-keung 8
Kwun Tong Poon Chi-fai 18
Cheng Kwan-suen Civic 11
Li Wah-ming Meeting Point 0
Wong Tai Sin Conrad Lam Kui-shing 16
Liu Koon-sing15
Kowloon City Daniel Tse Chi-wai 13
Pao Ping-wing PHKS 11
Peter Chan Chi-kwan Civic 0
Sham Shui Po Chung Pui-lam PHKS 19
Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum 8
South Kowloon Jackie Chan Chai-keung 12
Ena Yuen Yin-hung7
Jacob Chan Lai-sang6
Ip Kwok-chung FTU 0
East New Territories Andrew Wong Wang-fat 29
Pang Hang-yin25
Liu Ching-leung0
Wong Yuen-cheung0
Wai Hon-leung0
West New Territories Tai Chin-wah 22
Man For-tai18
Alfred Tso Shiu-wai 0
Kingsley Sit Ho-yin 0
Tang Siu-tong 0
South New Territories Richard Lai Sung-lung 34
Lam Wai-keung 28
John Ho Tung-ching0

Functional Constituencies

ConstituencyCandidatesPartyVotes
First Commercial Thomas Clydesdale 470
A. C. William Blaauw320
Second Commercial Ho Sai-chu Uncontested
First Industrial Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Uncontested
Second Industrial Ngai Shiu-kit 544
Ho Yuk-wing31
Financial David Li Kwok-po Uncontested
Labour
(2 seats)
Pang Chun-hoi TUC Uncontested
Tam Yiu-chung FTU Uncontested
Social Services Hui Yin-fat 76
Mak Hoi-wah 41
Chan Sau-han22
Medical Chiu Hin-kwong 1,168
Edward Leong Che-hung 1,049
Teaching Szeto Wah 12,706
Luk Yip Jing-ping2,655
Ko Gra-yee Civic 2,165
Chan Yat-tong577
Wu Siu-wai409
Legal Martin Lee Chu-ming 488
Henry Denis Litton 312
Edmund Chow Wai-hung Civic 43
Engineering, Architectural,
Surveying and Planning
Cheng Hon-kwan 1,129
Raymond Ho Chung-tai 1,074
To Leung-tak496

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References

  1. 1 2 The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.