Victoria Park (constituency)

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Victoria Park
Elected Constituency
for the Wan Chai District Council
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Boundary of Victoria Park in Wan Chai District
District Eastern
(1994–2015)
Wan Chai
(2015–present)
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island East
Population13,412 (2019) [1]
Electorate6,784 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

Victoria Park, formerly called Causeway Bay North, is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council of Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the residential area east of the Victoria Park with estimated population of 13,412. [3] Prior to the District Council election in 2015, it was a constituency of the Eastern District Council.

Contents

Councillors represented

1982 to 1988

ElectionMemberParty
1982 Wong Tin-cho Nonpartisan
1985 Lai Siu-lam Reform Club

1988 to 1991

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1988 Man Sai-cheong HKAS Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Nonpartisan

1991 to present

ElectionMemberParty%
1991 Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Independent→Liberal 70.92
1994 Liberal→Independent 78.13
1999 Independent 69.60
2003 72.51
2007 N/A
2011 Independent→DAB N/A
2015 DAB N/A
2019 Li Wing-choi→Vacant [lower-alpha 1] VSA→Independent 54.07

Election results

2010s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Victoria Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PfD (VSA) Li Wing-choi 2,50254.07
DAB Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 2,12545.93
Majority3778.14
Turnout 4,63968.39
PfD gain from DAB Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Victoria Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
DAB hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Victoria Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Victoria Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Victoria Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,78872.5+3.5
DAB Wong Chi-chung67827.5
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Victoria Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,38369.0-7.5
Nonpartisan Kwan Kwok-kit60430.2
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Victoria Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,42976.5+5.6
DAB Yuen Chun-chuen40021.4
Liberal win (new seat)
Eastern District Board Election, 1991: Causeway Way North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 88370.9
Independent Lai Siu-lam36221.4
Independent hold Swing

1980s

Eastern District Board Election, 1988: Causeway Way North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
HKAS Man Sai-cheong 2,06151.6
Independent Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 92723.2
Reform Lai Siu-lam67116.8−30.1
Independent Ho Yu-chi3348.4
HKAS gain from Reform Swing
Independent win (new seat)
Eastern District Board Election, 1985: Causeway Way North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Lai Siu-lam1,25646.9+16.2
Independent Wong Tin-cho1,17043.7+2.7
Independent Poon Kam-tim2539.4−5.3
Reform gain from Independent Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1982: Causeway Way North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wong Tin-cho81041.0
Reform Lai Siu-lam60730.7
Independent Poon Kam-tim29014.7
Independent So Siu-sun27013.7
Independent win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned on 8 July 2021.

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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.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 李彭廣 (2004). "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 3 April 2013.
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