West Island (1985 constituency)

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West Island
Former Electoral College Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
District Central and Western District
Southern District
Region Hong Kong Island
Former constituency
Created 1985
Abolished 1991
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Hong Kong Island West

West Island was a constituency elected by electoral college for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1988, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the multiple-round elimination system and preferential elimination system respectively. The constituency covers Central and Western District and Southern District on Hong Kong Island. [1]

Contents

The constituency is indirectly elected, with members of the District Boards and Urban Council from the two Districts as the electorates. It was renamed as Hong Kong Island West constituency in 1991 with expanded electorates.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows: [2]

ElectionMemberParty
1985 Liu Lit-for Independent
1980s PHKS
1988 So Chau Yim-ping Civic

Election results

Only the final results of the run-off are shown.

1988 Legislative Council election: West Island
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic So Chau Yim-ping 18 40.00
PHKS Liu Lit-for 1635.56-12.92
Civic Joseph Chan Yuek-sut 1124.44
Civic gain from PHKS Swing
1985 Legislative Council election: West Island
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liu Lit-for 16 48.48
HKAS Anthony Ng Sung-man927.27
Independent Keith Lam Hon-keung 824.24
Independent win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
  2. ↑ 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊. 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (19).
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