Hennessy (constituency)

Hennessy
Former Elected constituency for the Wan Chai District Council
Boundary of Hennessy in Wan Chai District
District	Wan Chai
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	12,777 (2019) [1]
Electorate	5,023 (2019) [2]
Former constituency
Created	1994
Abolished	2023
Number of members	One

Hennessy was one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong.

It returned one member of the district council until it was abolished the 2023 electoral reforms.

Hennessy constituency was loosely based on the Hennessy Road in the Wan Chai area in Hong Kong Island with estimated population of 12,777. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	San Stephen Wong Hon-ching	Independent	63.49
	1999		CRA	N/A
	2003	Cheng Ki-kin	Civic Act-up	60.35
	2007		Independent	77.74
	2011			89.68
	2015			67.66
	2019	Sabina Koo Kwok-wai	Independent	42.23

Election results

2010s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Hennessy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sabina Koo Kwok-wa	1,373	42.23
	Independent	Wong Sau-tung	1,033	31.77
	Independent	Ha Hei-lok	845	25.99
Majority			340	10.46
Turnout			3,260	64.93
	Independent gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Hennessy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Cheng Ki-kin	1,590	67.7	–22.0
	Independent	Cheong Man-lei	760	32.3
Majority			830	45.4	–34.0
Turnout			2,375	48.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Hennessy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cheng Ki-kin	1,625	89.7	+12.0
	Nonpartisan	Catherine Wong Kit-ning	187	10.3	−6.3
Majority			1,438	79.4	+71.2
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Hennessy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Cheng Ki-kin	1,463	77.7	+17.4
	Liberal	Eddie Suen Wai-hon	264	14.0
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Wong Fai-hung	155	8.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Hennessy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic Act-up	Cheng Ki-kin	1,064	60.4
	DAB	Lee Yuen-kwong	699	39.6	–
	Civic Act-up gain from CRA		Swing

1990s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Hennessy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CRA	San Stephen Wong Hon-ching	uncontested
	CRA hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1994: Hennessy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	San Stephen Wong Hon-ching	1,071	63.1
	Democratic	Cheng Chin-cheung	616	36.3
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.