Hong Kong municipal election, 1953

Hong Kong municipal election, 1953

20 May 1953

4 elected (of 13) seats to the Urban Council   First party   Leader Brook Bernacchi Party Reform Last election 1 seats, 33.58% Seats before 1 Seats won 4 Seat change 2 Popular vote 6,374 Percentage 71.25% Swing 37.67%

The 1953 Urban Council Election was held on 20 May 1953 for the 4 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

The elected seats extended from 2 seats to 4 seats in this election, which increased the total numbers of member from 13 to 15. For the first time the polling station was set in the Kowloon peninsula, at the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station in Tsim Sha Tsui, besides the one in Hong Kong Island. 2,536 of about 8,000 eligible voters cast ballots.

All candidates elected were from the Reform Club, including Brook Bernacchi and Woo Pak-chuen.

Outcome of election

Citations

References

• Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.
• 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.

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