Kennedy Town & Mount Davis (constituency)
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Kennedy Town & Mount Davis is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.
| Kennedy Town & Mount Davis | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Central & Western District Council | |
 Boundary of Kennedy Town & Mount Davisin Central & Western District | |
| District | Central & Western |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island West |
| Population | 15,734 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 7,608 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1982 (first time) 1994 (second time) |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Vacant |
| Created from | Kennedy Town & Mount Davis |
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was held by Chan Hok-fung of the DAB, until in 2019 he was defeated by Cherry Wong Kin-ching.
Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency is loosely based on the Kennedy Town including Sai Wan Estate, Mount Davis and deserted islands Green Island and Little Green Island with estimated population of 15,734.[3]
Councillors represented edit
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Chow Yin-sum | Independent | 64.64 | |
| 1985 | Constituency abolished | |||
| 1994 | Yeung Wai-foon | DAB | 51.36 | |
| 1999 | 53.01 | |||
| 2003 | 50.14 | |||
| 2007 | Chan Hok-fung | DAB | 49.05 | |
| 2007 | 53.97 | |||
| 2007 | 49.32 | |||
| 2019 | Cherry Wong Kin-ching→Vacant[a] | Independent→Civic | 59.45 | |
Election results edit
2010s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PfD | Cherry Wong Kin-ching | 3,312 | 59.45 | ||
| DAB | Chan Hok-fung | 2,206 | 39.60 | −9.70 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mavis Lam Suet-ying | 53 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 1,106 | 9.85 | |||
| Turnout | 5,593 | 73.53 | |||
| PfD gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chan Hok-fung | 1,859 | 49.3 | –4.7 | |
| Democratic | Sin Cheuk-nam | 1,072 | 28.4 | –7.6 | |
| Youngspiration | Chow Sai-kit | 838 | 22.2 | ||
| Majority | 787 | 20.9 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,789 | 54.1 | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chan Hok-fung | 1,721 | 54.0 | +5.0 | |
| Democratic | Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan | 1,468 | 46.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 253 | 8.0 | +1.1 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
2000s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chan Hok-fung | 1,417 | 49.0 | -1.1 | |
| Democratic Coalition | Winfield Chong Wing-fai | 1,269 | 43.9 | -6.0 | |
| Independent | Kwan Kin-kei | 203 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 148 | 6.9 | +6.7 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Yeung Wai-foon | 1,241 | 50.1 | -2.9 | |
| Independent | Winfield Chong Wing-fai | 1,234 | 49.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 7 | 0.2 | -5.8 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
1990s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Yeung Wai-foon | 1,217 | 53.0 | +1.6 | |
| Democratic | Chan Kwok-leung | 1,079 | 47.0 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 138 | 6.0 | +3.2 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Yeung Wai-foon | 1,113 | 50.8 | ||
| Democratic | Wong King-hong | 1,054 | 48.1 | ||
| Majority | 59 | 2.7 | |||
| DAB win (new seat) | |||||
1980s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Chow Yin-sum | 3,431 | 64.6 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yeung Yui-kwan | 1,877 | 35.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,554 | 29.0 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
Notes edit
- ^ Resigned on 3 June 2021 over new oath-taking law.
Citations edit
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Register.
- ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
References edit
- 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)