King's Park (constituency)
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| King's Park | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency | |
| for the Yau Tsim Mong District Council | |
 Boundary of King's Park in Yau Tsim Mong District | |
| Region | Yau Tsim Mong District |
| Electorate | 7,272[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Member(s) | Lam Kin-man (ADPL) |
| Number of members | One |
King's Park (京士柏) is one of the 17 constituencies in the Yau Tsim Mong District.
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, with an election every four years. Lam Kin-man of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood won in a by-election after Edward Leung Wai-keung was found had broken the campaign rules and unseated by the High Court in the 2011 election.[2]
King's Park constituency is loosely based on the King's Park area in Kowloon with estimated population of 21,396.[3]
Councillors represented
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Yim Kwok-on | Independent | |
| 1999 | Edward Leung Wai-kuen | Independent | |
| 2013 by-election | Lam Kin-man | ADPL | |
Election results
2010s
| King's Park by-election 2013[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| ADPL | Lam Kin-man | 1,515 | 58.43 | +17.4 | |
| Independent | Tang Ho-bun | 780 | 30.08 | ||
| Liberal | Fu Chuen-fu | 268 | 10.34 | ||
| Orchid Gardening | Chan Man | 30 | 1.16 | ||
| ADPL gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2011: King's Park[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Leung Wing-kuen | 1,045 | 41.0 | -9.3 | |
| ADPL | Lam Kin-man | 1,043 | 40.9 | ||
| Independent | Wong Shu-kau | 178 | 7.0 | ||
| Independent | Lee Kwok-keung | 165 | 6.5 | ||
| Independent | Wong Biu | 118 | 4.6 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2007: King's Park[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Leung Wing-kuen | 974 | 50.3 | -5.6 | |
| Independent | Wong Shu-kau | 787 | 40.6 | ||
| Independent | Richard-keller Tse | 177 | 9.1 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2003: King's Park[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Leung Wing-kuen | 859 | 55.9 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Shum Chu-wah | 782 | 44.1 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 1999: King's Park[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Leung Wing-kuen | 859 | 54.7 | ||
| Independent | Leung Tak-yiu | 319 | 20.3 | ||
| Liberal | Chung Kin-ming | 272 | 17.3 | ||
| Independent | Sheh Hing-wan | 100 | 6.4 | ||
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Yau Tsim Mong District Board Election, 1994: King's Park[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Yim Kwok-on | 651 | 37.9 | ||
| Public Affairs Society | Kwan Lim-ho | 474 | 27.6 | ||
| 123DA | Yan Man-ching | 374 | 21.8 | ||
| Independent | Lau Nung-sum | 201 | 11.7 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ↑ Chiu, Austin; Tsang, Emily (23 March 2013). "'Stunned' Councillor Leung Wai-kuen removed from King's Park seat". SCMP (Hong Kong). Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Election Affairs Commission". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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