Dennis Kwok
The Honourable Dennis Kwok Wing-hang | |
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郭榮鏗 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Margaret Ng |
Constituency | Legal |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hong Kong | 15 April 1978
Political party |
Civic Party Professional Commons |
Alma mater |
King's College London (LL.B) University of Hong Kong (PCLL) |
Occupation | Barrister |
Religion | Christianity |
Dennis Kwok Wing-hang (Chinese: 郭榮鏗; born 1978 in Hong Kong) is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council representing the Legal functional constituency from 2012 to 2016 and a founding member of Civic Party.
Early career
He was educated at King's College London (LLB, 1999) and the University of Hong Kong (PCLL). He was admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in 2002 and to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 2003.
He subsequently left his practice as a solicitor to join the Bar in 2006 with a focus in civil and public administrative law. In 2008, he served on the Bar Council.
Political career
In 2006, Dennis was elected as an Election Committee Member for the Legal Functional Constituency, and was re-elected in 2011.
In 2007, he co-founded The Professional Commons, a public policy think-tank, and in 2008, he joined the Citizens Commission for Constitutional Development headed by the former Chief Secretary, Mrs. Anson Chan.
He took part in the 2011 District Council Election (South Horizons East constituency) but he was defeated.[1]
In 2012, he succeeded Margaret Ng and won the seat of Legal functional constituency in Legislative Council.
References
Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
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Preceded by Margaret Ng |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for Legal 2012–present |
Incumbent |
Order of precedence | ||
Preceded by Kwok Ka-ki Member of the Legislative Council |
Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council |
Succeeded by Christopher Cheung Member of the Legislative Council |
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