Hong Kong municipal election, 1957

8 March 1957

4 (of 8) elected seats to the Urban Council

	First party	Second party

Leader	Brook Bernacchi	Brigant Cassian
Party	Reform	Civic
Seats before	6	2
Seats after	5	3
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	11,716	15,219
Percentage	43.50%	56.50%
Swing	13.47%	13.47%

The 1957 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1957 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Since this election the term of the members was extended from 2 years to 4 years.

Hilton Cheong-Leen of the Civic Association defeated incumbent Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club and gained the last seat.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1957^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Li Yiu-bor	4,569	16.96	+7.36
	Reform	Brook Bernacchi	3,923	14.56	–29.71
	Civic	Woo Pak-foo	3,755	13.94	+5.38
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	3,625	13.46	+6.56
	Reform	Woo Pak-chuen	3,334	12.38	–32.97
	Civic	K.B. Allport	3,270	12.14
	Reform	David See-chai Lam	2,365	8.78
	Reform	Lee Sheung-ngai	2,094	7.77

By-election

An Extraordinary Urban Council Election took place on 12 June 1957 due to Brook Bernacchi resigned with the allegations of over-expenditure on election. Bernacchi stood as a candidate again, facing the challenge from Civic Association's K. B. Allport who was unelected in March.

Bernacchi defeated Allport with 2,590 to 1,486 votes.

Citations

↑ "選議員今晨揭曉公民會幾獲全勝". Kung Sheung Daily News. 9 March 1957.

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.

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