Hong Kong municipal election, 1963

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Hong Kong municipal election, 1963
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← 1961 7 March 1963 1965 →
4 (of 8) elected seats to the Urban Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Woo Pak-foo Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 4 3
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,565 5,177
Percentage 19.53% 39.43%
Swing Decrease4.92pp Decrease8.24pp

The 1963 Urban Council Election was held on 7 March 1963 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Overview

The polling stations increased to four in this year. City Hall in Central, headquarter of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in Happy Valley, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and North Kowloon Magistracy in North Kowloon. 5,320 of the 25,837 eligible electorates came out and voted which was about 20.6%.

The Civic–Reform Coalition continued and the seats were divided by these two groups. Elsie Elliott, prominent social activist at the time, was elected to the Council for the first time representing the Reform Club. The other Club candidate Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee was reelected and the last seat went to Cheung Wing-in from the Association.

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.[1][2] Chan subsequently resigned from the office in 1964 and departed Hong Kong for the United States.

Outcome of election

Urban Council Election 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 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 2,287 17.42
Independent Lee Sheung-pui 1,382 13.74 +8.85
Reform Napoleon C.Y. Ng 59 0.45

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.[3] Rafeek formally joined the Civic Association in April.

Citations

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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.
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