Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

7 June 1967
5 (of 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
First party Second party   Leader Woo Pak-foo Brook Bernacchi Party Civic Reform Seats before 5 4 Seats after 4 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 14,816 9,789 Percentage 37.69% 24.90%

The 1967 Urban Council Election was held on 7 June 1967 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Overview

The record of 38.7% turnout as 10,130 of the 26,202 eligible voters came out and cast their ballots, in the middle of the Leftist Riot.

Elsie Elliott left the Reform Club and ran as an Independent.

The incumbent Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee, also the Club’s vice-chairman who had earlier announced his intention retired, left Hong Kong for permanent residence abroad and Woo Po-shing assumed his seat.

Outcome of election

Urban Council Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elsie Elliott	6,924	17.33	–0.09
	Independent	Denny Huang Mong-hwa	5,197	13.01
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	4,555	11.40
	Reform	Woo Po-shing	4,254	10.65
	Civic	Solomon Rafeek	3,459	8.66
	Civic	Cheung Wing-in	3,195	7.80	–13.17
	Civic	Peter Chi-kwan Chan	2,145	5.37
	Reform	Napoleon Chung-yiu Ng	1,770	4.43
	Reform	Patrick Pak-toh Wong	1,611	4.03
	Civic	Pun Chung-chik	1,462	3.66
	Labour	George S. Kennedy Skipton	1,262	3.16
	Independent	Maureen Clark	753	1.88
	Reform	Billy K.S. Leong	646	1.62
	Independent	Y.B. Low	569	1.42

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.