Unofficial member

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An unofficial member was a member of a colonial legislative council or an executive council, appointed by a governor to sit in the council(s) alongside with ex officio members. A senior unofficial member would be appointed by the governor from among the unofficial members. Unofficial members might also be appointed to unelected or partially elected municipal and district councils, where there were ex officio members.

Currently the Executive Council of Hong Kong is still composed of ex officio members (official members since 1997) and unofficial members (non-official members since 1997). One of the non-official members is appointed by the Chief Executive (until 1997 the Governor) as the convenor (until 1994 the senior unofficial member[1]).

References

  1. ↑ Sze-yuen Chung, 2001, Hong Kong's Journey to Reunification: Memoirs of Sze-yuen Chung, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, Chapter 4
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