| Provident | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council | |
 Boundary of Providentin Eastern District | |
| District | Eastern |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island East |
| Population | 20,643 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 9,722 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Kwok Wai-keung (FTU) |
| Created from | North Point North |
Provident (Chinese: 和富) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Kwok Wai-keung of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions since the 2007 election.
Provident constituency is loosely based on the areas around Provident Centre and Wharf Road in North Point with estimated population of 20,643.[3]
Councillors represented
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wong Kwok-hing | DAB/FTU | 86.32 | |
| 1999 | N/A | |||
| 2003 | 71.77 | |||
| 2007 | Kwok Wai-keung | Independent→FTU/DAB | 89.83 | |
| 2011 | FTU/DAB | N/A | ||
| 2015 | N/A | |||
| 2019 | 49.68 | |||
Election results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTU | Kwok Wai-keung | 3,229 | 49.68 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Duncann Chan | 3,181 | 48.94 | ||
| ASEA | Andrew Lam Sze-nam | 90 | 1.38 | ||
| Majority | 48 | 0.74 | |||
| Turnout | 6,523 | 67.10 | |||
| FTU hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTU | Kwok Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
| FTU hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTU (DAB) | Kwok Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
| FTU hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kwok Wai-keung | 2,527 | 89.8 | ||
| Independent | Chong Chung-hing | 286 | 10.2 | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | 2,665 | 71.8 | ||
| Independent | Alan Leung Koon-lun | 1,048 | 28.2 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | 1,527 | 84.1 | ||
| Liberal | Wong Wing-cheong | 242 | 13.3 | ||
| DAB win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ↑ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
- ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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