Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

7 June 1967

5 (of 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Woo Pak-foo Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 5 4
Seats after 4 4
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 14,816 9,789
Percentage 37.69% 24.90%

The 1967 Urban Council Election was held on 7 June 1967 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Overview

The record of 38.7% turnout as 10,130 of the 26,202 eligible voters came out and cast their ballots, in the middle of the Leftist Riot.

Elsie Elliott left the Reform Club and ran as an Independent.

The incumbent Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee, also the Club’s vice-chairman who had earlier announced his intention retired, left Hong Kong for permanent residence abroad and Woo Po-shing assumed his seat.

Outcome of election

Urban Council Election 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elsie Elliott 6,924 17.33 –0.09
Independent Denny Huang Mong-hwa 5,197 13.01
Civic Hilton Cheong-Leen 4,555 11.40
Reform Woo Po-shing 4,254 10.65
Civic Solomon Rafeek 3,459 8.66
Civic Cheung Wing-in 3,195 7.80 –13.17
Civic Peter Chi-kwan Chan 2,145 5.37
Reform Napoleon Chung-yiu Ng 1,770 4.43
Reform Patrick Pak-toh Wong 1,611 4.03
Civic Pun Chung-chik 1,462 3.66
Labour George S. Kennedy Skipton 1,262 3.16
Independent Maureen Clark 753 1.88
Reform Billy K.S. Leong 646 1.62
Independent Y.B. Low 569 1.42

References

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