Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, 2004

Democratic Party (HK) leadership election
17 December 2004

 
Candidate Lee Wing-tat Chan King-ming
Percentage 62.6% 37.4%
Chairman before election

Yeung Sum

 Elected Chairman

Lee Wing-tat

The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 12 December 2004 for the 30-member of the 6th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. It was the first contested chairmanship election in the party's history. Legislative Council member and party's Vice-Chairman Lee Wing-tat defeated the Chan King-ming, succeeding Yeung Sum as the Chairman of the party.

Eligibility

The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.[1]

Overview

Chairman Yeung Sum announced he would not seek for re-election after the party performed badly in the 2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in September. The incumbent Vice-Chairmen Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho Chun-yan were believed to be interested in succeeding Yeung. Lee Wing-tat had expressed that he would run for Chairman in the December party leadership election. Ho also said Lee was an suitable candidate.[2] However, Albert Ho said he was not keen to run for the Chairmanship because he was busy working for other organisations, such as the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China where he was the Secretary. Chan King-ming, who was seen as a Reformist said a genuine contest for the leadership was necessary for the party's future.[3]

Elections

Chairman election [4]
Candidate Votes %
Lee Wing-tat 189 62.6
Chan King-ming 113 37.4
Vice-Chairmen election [4]
Candidate Votes %
Albert Ho Chun-yan 205 40.5
Chan King-ming 205 40.5
Zachary Wong Wai-yin 96 19.0
Central Committee election[4]
Candidate Votes
Law Chi-kwong 248
Yeung Sum 238
Szeto Wah 232
Josephine Chan Shu-ying 220
Wu Chi-wai 209
Sin Chung-kai 208
Chan Ka-wai202
Tsui Hon-kwong200
Mark Li Kin-yin 199
James To Kun-sun 199
Cheung Yin-tung 196
Stanley Ng Wing-fai 193
Wong Suet-ying 193
Tik Chi-yuen 188
Yeung Siu-pik 187
Wong Sing-chi 180
Kwan Wing-yip 179
Fung Wai-kwong 172
Horward Lam Tsz-kin 170
Zachary Wong Wai-yin 168
Gary Fan Kwok-wai 162
Yuen Bun-keung 156
Law Chun-ngai 151
Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen 150
Raymond Lee Wai-man 150
Joanna Leung Suk-ching 143
Ng Kam-sing 126
Wong Chun-wai 126
Alan Tam King-wah 125
Chow Wai-tung 124
Joseph Chow Kam-siu 111
Lam Ho-yeung 109
Chiu Chung-lam 105
Stephen Fong Chun-bong 85
Lam Wing-yin 83
Wong Kin-shing 78
Lai Chi-keong 74
Yam Kai-bong 74
Wong Leung-hi 60
Lau Tai-sang 52
Sham Wing-kan 46
Wong Fung-yau 10

Results

In the election on 12 December, Lee Wing-tat, the major figure in the mainstreamer faction defeated Chan King-ming from the Young Turks faction with 189 to 113 votes. Chan who was also a Vice-Chairman candidate and Albert Ho both got elected with 205 votes, higher than the third candidate Zachary Wong Wai-yin who only got 96 votes, being elected as the new two Vice-Chairmen.[4]

The elected members of the 6th Central Committee are listed as following:

Notes

1.^ Ng Kim-sing and Wong Chun-wai got the same amount of votes so a by-election was held later, in which Ng was elected to the Central Committee.

References

  1. ↑ Kuan, Hsin-chi; Liu, Zhaojia; Wang, Jiaying, eds. (2002). Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chinese University Press. p. 156.
  2. ↑ 李永達當選民主黨主席. Epoch Times (in Chinese). 13 December 2004.
  3. ↑ Cheung, Gary; Leung, Ambrose (23 November 2004). "Two expected to join Democrat contest".
  4. 1 2 3 4 第六屆中央委員會及紀律委員會選舉結果. The Democratic Party (in Chinese). 12 December 2004. Archived from the original on December 14, 2004.
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