1963 Hong Kong municipal election
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4 (of the 8) elected seats to the Urban Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 25,932  9.55% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 5,320 (20.52%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 7 March 1963 for the four of the eight elected seats of the
Overview
The polling stations increased to four in this year.
The
Chan Shu-woon, a former Reform Club member quit the Club in 1963 ran as an Independent in the election. Brook Bernacchi, leader of the Reform Club later on sued Chan for alleged corruption during the election campaign.[2][3] Chan subsequently resigned from the office in 1964 and departed Hong Kong for the United States.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent
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Chan Shu-woon | 4,006 | 30.51 | +10.61 | |
| Reform | Raymond Harry Shoon Lee | 2,831 | 21.56 | +8.15 | |
| Civic | Cheung Wing-in | 2,565 | 19.54 | +7.89 | |
| Reform | Elsie Elliott
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2,287 | 17.42 | New | |
Independent
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Lee Sheung-pui | 1,382 | 13.74 | +8.85 | |
| Reform | Napoleon C.Y. Ng | 59 | 0.45 | ||
| Turnout | 5,320 | 20.59 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,837 | +9.55 | |||
By-election
There was a by-election took place in 1964 for the vacant seat of Chan Shu-woon.
Napoleon Ng representing Civic–Reform Union ran against Independent Solomon Rafeek and got defeated. The Reform Club accused some members of the Civic Association had used their influential to back up Rafeek who was already a member of that Association. The Club found this unacceptable within the terms of the Coalition, and became one of the reasons for the Union being dissolved.[4] Rafeek formally joined the Civic Association in April.
Citations
- ^ "市政局議員選舉 今晨二時揭曉". 香港工商日報. 1963-03-08. p. 5.
- ^ "撤銷控陳樹桓案 法官要解釋理由". Tak Kung Pao. 8 July 1963. p. 4.
- ^ "控陳樹桓競選議員違例案 原訴人請求撤回控訴". Kung Sheung Daily News. 8 July 1963. p. 6.
- ^ Reform Club of Hong Kong (1949). Memorandum and articles of Association of the Reform Club of Hong Kong : incorporated the 20th day of January, 1949. Ts'o & Hodgson.
References
- 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.