1969 Hong Kong municipal election
5 March 1969
5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered34,392 Increase31.26%
Turnout8,178 (23.78%) Decrease14.88pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 4 4
Seats after 5 3
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 14,335 16,571
Percentage 42.58% 49.22%

The 1969 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1969 for the five of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 8,178 of 34,392 registered voters voted, the turnout rate was 23.8 per cent, a sharp decline from the record breaking turnout in the previous election in 1967.[1]

All five contested seats were divided up by the two political groups, three of them went to the Hong Kong Civic Association while the other two went to the Reform Club of Hong Kong. All three Civic candidates, Raymond Y. K. Kan, Peter C. K. Chan and Henry Wong were newly elected to the Urban Council.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1969[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Brook Bernacchi 5,455 16.20
Reform Henry H. L. Hu 4,761 14.14
Civic Raymond Y. K. Kan 4,325 12.85 New
Civic Peter C. K. Chan 4,111 12.21 +6.84
Civic Henry Wong 3,536 10.50 New
Independent Y. B. Low 2,752 8.17 +6.75
Reform Eva Leung 2,553 7.58
Reform Patrick Wong 2,459 7.30 +3.27
Civic Harry Odell 2,373 7.05
Reform Alberto Da Cruz 1,343 3.99
Turnout 8,178 23.78 −14.88
Registered electors 34,392 +31.26

Citations

  1. ↑ "競選市議員 今晨揭曉". 華僑日報. 1969-03-06. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Wong, Chris (3 March 1969). "3 seats to Civic; Two seats to Reform". Hong Kong Standard.

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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