The Frontier (Hong Kong)
The Frontier 前綫 | |
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Pan-democracy camp | |
Colours | Yellow |
The Frontier was a
Beliefs
Among the
The group had a left wing position on economic matters, with both membership and legislators except Emily Lau heavily involved in labour and worker activities.[3]
History
The Frontier was officially launched on 26 August 1996 by one of Hong Kong's most popular pro-democracy figures,
In the
Although Emily Lau, Cyd Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan were re-elected in the 2000 LegCo elections, Lee Cheuk-yan began to run under the banner of the CTU. which made the Frontier's seat in the legislature reduce to two.
In April 2002, a number of radical "Young Turks" faction of the Democratic Party including Andrew To who had earlier formed a group called the Social Democratic Forum (SDF), split from the Democrats to join the Frontier.
In the 2004 LegCo elections, the Frontier won only one seat in the LegCo, occupied by Emily Lau, after Cyd Ho lost in the Hong Kong Island. This was believed to be caused by a tactical mistake by the Democratic Party to absorb too many votes from Cyd Ho which led to the defeat of Ho to DAB's Choy So-yuk.
On 23 November 2008 after the LegCo elections, the Frontier declared to merge with the Democratic Party, but the motion to have it disbanded failed to meet the required support level of 80%.[1] A new party bearing the same name was established on 9 September 2010 by former members who opposed the previous Frontier joining the Democratic Party. Yang Sun-kong, the former Secretary General of the Frontier became the Convenor of the new group which is now part of the radical pro-democracy People Power. Emily Lau became the Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic Party and was subsequently elected as the party's Chairwoman in 2012 leadership election.
Electoral performance
Legislative Council elections
Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
GC seats |
FC seats |
EC seats |
Total seats | +/− | Position |
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1998 | 148,507 | 10.03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 / 60
|
— | 5th |
2000 | 89,529 | 6.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 / 60
|
2 | 5th |
2004 | 121,900 | 6.89 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
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1 | 6th | |
2008 | 33,205 | 2.19 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
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0 | 10th |
District Council elections
Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
Total elected seats |
+/− |
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1999 | 9,388 | 1.16 | 4 / 390
|
1 |
2003 | 25,349 | 2.41 | 6 / 400
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1 |
2007 | 18,203 | 1.60 | 3 / 405
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2 |
References
- ^ a b "Frontier members vote for Democrats merger". South China Morning Post.
- ^ a b c Horlemann, Ralf (2013). Hong Kong's Transition to Chinese Rule: The Limits of Autonomy. Routledge. p. 52.
- ^ a b Beatty, Bob (2003). Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong: Evaluating Political Elite Beliefs. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 29.
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