Kennedy Town & Mount Davis (constituency)

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Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Former Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
KennedyTown&MountDavisConstituency.svg
Boundary of Kennedy Town & Mount Davis in Central & Western District
District Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island West
Population15,734 (2019) [1]
Electorate7,608 (2019) [2]
Former constituency
Created 1982 (first time)
1994 (second time)
Abolished2023
Number of membersOne
Created from Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis was one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.

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

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency was loosely based on the Kennedy Town including Sai Wan Estate, Mount Davis and deserted islands Green Island and Little Green Island with estimated population of 15,734. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty%
1982 Chow Yin-sum Independent 64.64
1985 Constituency abolished
1994 Yeung Wai-foon DAB 51.36
1999 53.01
2003 50.14
2007 Chan Hok-fung DAB 49.05
2007 53.97
2007 49.32
2019 Cherry Wong Kin-ching→Vacant [a] Independent→Civic 59.45

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PfD Cherry Wong Kin-ching 3,312 59.45
DAB Chan Hok-fung 2,20639.60−9.70
Nonpartisan Mavis Lam Suet-ying530.95
Majority 1,1069.85
Turnout 5,59373.53
PfD gain from DAB Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,859 49.3 –4.7
Democratic Sin Cheuk-nam1,07228.4–7.6
Youngspiration Chow Sai-kit83822.2
Majority 78720.9+12.9
Turnout 3,78954.1
DAB hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,721 54.0 +5.0
Democratic Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan 1,46846.0N/A
Majority 2538.0+1.1
DAB hold Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,417 49.0 −1.1
Democratic Coalition Winfield Chong Wing-fai1,26943.9−6.0
Independent Kwan Kin-kei2037.3N/A
Majority 1486.9+6.7
DAB hold Swing +3.4
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,241 50.1 −2.9
Independent Winfield Chong Wing-fai1,23449.9+2.9
Majority 70.2−5.8
DAB hold Swing -2.9

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,217 53.0 +1.6
Democratic Chan Kwok-leung1,07947.0−1.6
Majority 1386.0+3.2
DAB hold Swing +1.6
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,113 50.8
Democratic Wong King-hong1,05448.1
Majority 592.7
DAB win (new seat)

1980s

Central & Western District Board Election, 1982: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Chow Yin-sum 3,431 64.6
Nonpartisan Yeung Yui-kwan1,87735.4
Majority 1,55429.0
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned on 3 June 2021 over new oath-taking law.

Citations

  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). Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

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