1891 Hong Kong sanitary board election

The 1891 Sanitary Board Election held on 17 June 1891 was the second election for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.

1891 Hong Kong sanitary board election
17 June 1891
Registered445 33.48%
Turnout256 (57.53%) 29.58pp
 
Nominee J. D. Humphreys J. J. Francis A. Shelton Hooper
Popular vote 217 198 77
Percentage 44.11% 40.24% 15.65%
Members before election

J. D. Humphreys
J. J. Francis

 Elected Members

J. D. Humphreys
J. J. Francis

Only ratepayers on the jury lists of the year were eligible to vote.

There were 256 out of the 445 persons of the electorate voted. Each elector could cast up to two votes. [1]

Overview of outcome
Sanitary Board Election 1891
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan John David Humphreys 217 44.11 +6.14
Nonpartisan John Joseph Francis 198 40.24 +10.83
Nonpartisan Augustus Shelton Hooper 77 15.65
Turnout 492 66.67 +38.71
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gollark: In an individual interaction, vengeance is bad, because you're just harming someone even though doing it afterward won't cause them to have not done the thing for which you are taking revenge.
gollark: Which kind of works even if you haven't taken vengeance on *anyone* yet, if people *think* you are likely to.
gollark: As I said, if people know "hmm yes if I do bad things to this person they will have VENGEANCE" they are less likely to do those bad things.
gollark: Or I guess not even in that weird way.

References
  • Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841-1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964)

"The Sanitary Board Election". The China Mail. 18 June 1891. p. 3.

  1. https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk/coverpage/-/coverpage/view?_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_hsf=Hong+Kong+Daily+Press+1891-06-18&p_r_p_-1078056564_c=QF757YsWv5%2B0KNDCYPfMpiW%2B%2Bul8iFX%2F&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_o=1&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_actual_q=*&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_sort_field=dc.publicationdate_bsort&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_sort_order=desc&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_freetext_filter=1891-06-18&_coverpage_WAR_mmisportalportlet_filter=verbatim_dc.category.category%3A%22Newspaper+and+Serial%22


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