List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1946–1997

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This is the list of the unofficial members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) from 1946 the reestablishment of the civil government of the British Hong Kong until the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Information is generated from the Hong Kong government's annual reports.

Contents

Change in composition

YearNumber of
Official Members
exclusive of the Governor		Number of
Unofficial Members
194664
194766
196668
197869
1983611
1984610
198568
1986610
198759
1989510
199159
199279
199349

List of the Unofficial Members of the Executive Council

MembersAssumed officeLeft officeBackgroundRemarks
Arthur Morse 28 May 19461953 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Senior Unofficial Member (1946–53)
David Fortune Landale 28 May 19461951 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Chau Tsun-nin 28 May 194628 May 1959Barrister Senior Unofficial Member (1953–59)
Lo Man-kam 28 May 19467 March 1959BarristerDied in office
Duncan John Sloss 19471949
Chau Sik-nin 194728 May 1962Doctor Senior Unofficial Member (1959–62)
Leo d'Almada e Castro 194927 May 1959BarristerPortuguese representative
Philip Stanley Cassidy July 195130 April 1952 John D Hutchison & Co.
John Keswick 20 June 19521956Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Cedric Blaker 19541955 Gilman & Co.
Michael William Turner 30 May 19541962Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Charles Edward Michael Terry 195628 May 1961Businessman
Hugh David MacEwen Barton 10 July 195729 September 1957Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
20 May 19599 October 1959
30 January 196016 February 1960
17 March 196017 May 1960
14 March 196218 June 1963Replaced Michael William Turner
Kwok Chan 28 May 195924 July 1959Provisionally during the absence of Lo Man-wai
15 February 19607 March 1960Provisionally during the absence of Chau Sik-nin
1 July 196014 September 1960
Lo Man-wai 28 May 195928 May 1961BarristerReplaced Chau Tsun-nin
Ngan Shing-kwan 28 May 195928 May 1961BusinessmanReplaced Lo Man-kam died in office; retired on 21 June 1961 [1]
Alberto Maria Rodrigues 28 May 195930 April 1974Doctor Senior Unofficial Member (1962–74); Portuguese representative; replaced Leo d'Almada e Castro
George Osborne Wauchope Stewart 15 November 196021 January 1961Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
18 March 196114 April 1961
Richard Charles Lee 28 May 196128 May 1966BusinessmanReplaced Charles Edward Michael Terry
Kwan Cho-yiu 28 May 19617 December 1971Replaced Lo Man-wai; died in office
John Douglas Clague 28 May 196130 April 1974John D Hutchison & Co.Replaced Ngan Shing-kwan
William Charles Goddard Knowles 15 June 196215 September 1962 Butterfield & Swire Provisionally during the absence of Hugh David MacEwen Barton and John Douglas Clague
18 June 19631 July 1965Replaced Hugh David MacEwen Barton
Kenneth Fung Ping-fan 28 May 196230 June 1972BusinessmanReplaced Chau Sik-nin
Kan Yuet-keung 28 July 196328 August 1963BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Richard Charles Lee
30 August 196324 September 1963Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
10 October 196318 November 1963Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
13 May 196512 June 1965Provisionally during the absence of Richard Charles Lee
21 July 196515 August 1965Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
28 May 196631 March 1980Replaced Richard Charles Lee; Senior Unofficial Member (1974–80)
Sidney Samuel Gordon 3 October 19637 December 1963 Kadoorie Group Provisionally during the absence of William Charles Goddard Knowles
9 December 196321 January 1964Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
10 April 19649 May 1964
2 March 196417 March 1964
6 October 196425 October 1964Provisionally during the absence of William Charles Goddard Knowles
1 July 1965August 1980Replaced William Charles Goddard Knowles; Senior Unofficial Member (March–August 1980)
Dhun Jehangir Ruttonjee 22 May 19651 August 1965BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
George Ronald Ross 10 July 196522 September 1965 Deacon & Co. Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
10 May 196624 August 1966
3 September 19669 October 1966Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
14 July 19675 August 1967Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
20 May 196713 July 1967Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
19 September 196730 September 1967
27 April 196818 May 1968Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
13 June 196814 October 1968
15 October 196819 November 1968Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
2 December 196812 December 1968Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
23 June 196915 August 1969Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
15 September 196925 September 1969Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
2 November 196813 November 1968Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
17 November 196827 November 1968
8 August 197025 September 1970
17 October 197022 January 1971Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
10 May 197130 July 1971Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
1 August 197117 September 1971Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
12 November 197117 November 1971Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
1 July 197130 April 1974
John Anthony Holt Saunders 1 July 196530 July 1965Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationProvisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
28 May 196630 June 1972
Woo Pak-chuen 25 May 196619 July 1966BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
3 April 196711 April 1967Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
21 July 196726 September 1967
31 October 19671968Provisionally during the absence of Li Fook-shu
16 April 196826 April 1968Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
13 September 19684 October 1968Provisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
13 October 19685 November 1968Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
5 March 196922 March 1969Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
24 March 196916 April 1969Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
17 May 196912 June 1969Provisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
17 July 196928 August 1969Provisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
8 September 196915 October 1969Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
30 April 197027 June 1970Provisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
12 July 197018 August 1970Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
10 October 197024 October 1970Provisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
13 March 197130 March 1971
4 June 197124 July 1971Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
2 August 197116 September 1971Provisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
13 November 197117 November 1971
13 December 197130 June 1972Temporarily
1 July 197230 June 1976
Li Fook-shu 28 May 1966June 1968Businessman
Kenneth Albert Watson 11 April 19673 May 1967BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
30 June 196710 August 1967Provisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
25 July 196820 September 1968Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
Szeto Wai 17 September 196724 October 1967EngineerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
21 March 196826 June 1968Provisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
23 August 19697 October 1969Provisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
6 May 197016 June 1970Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
13 December 197130 June 1972Temporarily
1 July 197230 June 1976
Tang Ping-yuan 12 April 196713 May 1967BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Li Fook-shu
18 March 196811 April 1968Provisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
June 196817 June 1971Replaced Li Fook-shu; died in office
Herbert John Charles Browne 17 August 19688 September 1968 John Swire & Sons Provisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
20 June 196912 September 1969Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
30 May 197027 September 1970Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
7 June 197123 July 1971Provisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
1 September 19713 October 1971Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
Michael Alexander Robert Herries 30 September 196810 October 1968Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
23 June 19695 August 1969
Chung Sze-yuen 22 May 197030 June 1970Provisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
1 July 197231 August 1988 Senior Unofficial Member (1980–88)
Gerald Mordaunt Broome Salmon 31 May 197125 July 1971 Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
Ann Tse-kai 1 July 197431 August 1978 Winsor Industrial Corp
Guy Mowbray Sayer 1 July 197431 August 1977Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Oswald Victor Cheung 1 July 197431 August 1986Barrister
Lee Quo-wei 1 September 197631 August 1978 Hang Seng Bank
1 September 198331 December 1988
Catherine Joyce Symons 1 September 197631 August 1978Educator
John Henry Bremridge 1 September 19771980Butterfield & SwireAppointed as the first Financial Secretary with non-civil servant background in 1981
Rogerio Hyndman Lobo 1 September 197831 August 1985Businessman & Urban Councillor
Li Fook-wo 1 September 197831 August 1985Businessman
Harry Fang Sin-yang 1 September 197831 August 1983Surgeon
Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg 1 September 197831 August 1986Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Lo Tak-shing 1 April 198012 February 1985Solicitor [1] Resigned on 12 February 1985
Patrick Terence McGovern 1 September 198031 August 1982Clergy
David Kennedy Newbigging 19801984Jardine, Matheson & Co. [1]
Lydia Dunn 1 September 19821995 John Swire & Sons Senior Member (1988–95)
Chen Shou-lum 1 September 198331 August 1987
Maria Tam Wai-chu 1 September 198331 October 1991Barrister & Urban Councillor
Allen Lee Peng-fei 21 June 19857 October 1992 Jada Electronics Ltd. Replaced Li Fook-wo
Peter Wong Chak-cheong 1 September 198631 August 1988Solicitor
Chiu Hin-kwong 1 September 198631 October 1988Doctor
Daniel Tse Chi-wai 1 September 198631 October 1991
William Purves 1 September 19861993Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
John Joseph Swaine 1 September 198831 October 1991Barrister
Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming 1 September 198831 October 1991
7 October 199230 June 1997 Convenor of the Non-official Members (1995–97)
Cheng Hon-kwan 1 October 198831 October 1991
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai 1 January 19897 October 1992
Wang Gungwu 1 January 19907 October 1992
Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 1 November 19917 October 1992
Edward Ho Sing-tin 1 November 19917 October 1992
Hui Yin-fat 1 November 19917 October 1992
Andrew Wong Wang-fat 1 November 19917 October 1992
Denis Chang Khen-lee 7 October 199230 June 1997Barrister
Edward Chen 7 October 199230 June 1997Professor
Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung 7 October 199230 June 1997Businessman
Andrew Li Kwok-nang 7 October 199230 June 1997Judge
Felice Lieh Mak 7 October 199230 June 1997Professor
Tung Chee-hwa 7 October 19923 June 1996BusinessmanFirst Chief Executive of Hong Kong
John Malcolm Gray 199318 October 1995Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen 17 October 199530 June 1997Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
James David McGregor 17 October 199530 June 1997

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