1959 Hong Kong municipal election

1959 Hong Kong municipal election
← 1957 3 March 1959 1961 →
4 (of the 8) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered23,584 Increase22.17%
Turnout7,236 (30.68%) Decrease5.14pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Brook Bernacchi Woo Pak-foo
Party Reform Civic
Seats before 5 3
Seats after 4 4
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 12,030 6,010
Percentage 47.67% 23.82%

The 1959 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1959 for the four of the eight elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. The turnout rate dropped to 30.7 per cent but there were still 7,236 of the 23,584 eligible voters cast their votes, 5,354 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,882 from Kowloon.[1] Ernest Charles Wong, chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals won a seat for the Hong Kong Civic Association of which Philip Au of the Reform Club of Hong Kong retired from, while the other three Club incumbents were re-elected.

Results

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Urban Council Election 1959
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Chan Shu-woon 5,021 19.90 +5.88
Reform Alison Mary Spencer Bell 3,624 14.36 +0.62
Reform Raymond Harry Shoon Lee 3,385 13.41 −0.90
Civic Ernest Charles Wong 3,076 12.19 New
Independent Gerald Arthur de Basto 2,964 11.75
Civic Cheung Wing-in 2,940 11.65
Independent Fogg Yatt-chao 2,550 10.11
Independent Lee Sheung-pui 1,234 4.89
Independent Lam Yung-hon 441 1.75
Turnout 7,236 30.68 −5.14
Registered electors 23,584 +22.17

Citations

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  1. ^ "市政局議員競選". The Kung Sheung Daily News. 4 March 1959.

References

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  • Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.
  • Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.
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