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.
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Registered | 445 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 256 (57.53%) ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 |
gollark: I'd really prefer a government which does as little as possible, as governments have *repeatedly* shown themselves to be incapable of efficiently and sanely doing anything.
gollark: How do I propose a rule™?
gollark: Yes, clever.
gollark: So you also have suborganizations trading with *each other*?
gollark: That would... basically just defeat most of the point of the supply/demand mechanism?
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.
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