1985 Hong Kong legislative election

The 1985 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was an indirect election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) held on 26 September 1985. It was the first ever election of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong which marked the beginning of the Hong Kong representative democracy.

1985 Hong Kong legislative election
26 September 1985
24 (of the 46) unofficial members to the Legislative Council

After the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the Hong Kong government decided to start the process of democratisation in Hong Kong based on the consultative document Green Paper: the Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong published on 18 July 1984. There were 12 members elected by the Electoral Colleges and 12 by the functional constituencies, four official members and the rest of the seats were appointed by the Governor.

Composition

Electoral colleges

12 unofficial members were elected by the electoral college comprised all members of the District Boards, the Urban Council and the new Regional Council. In order to achieve a more balanced and adequate representation the District Boards would be grouped into ten geographical constituencies each representing approximately 500,000 people. The remaining two seats would be provided by the two special constituencies formed respectively by members of the Urban Council and the Regional Council. The interests of the Heung Yee Kuk would be represented through the Regional Council. The 12 constituencies formed from the electoral college were:[1]

  1. East Island: Eastern District and Wan Chai District
  2. West Island: Central & Western District District and Southern District
  3. Kwun Tong: Kwun Tong District
  4. Wong Tai Sin: Wong Tai Sin District
  5. Kowloon City: Kowloon City District
  6. Sham Shui Po: Sham Shui Po District
  7. South Kowloon: Mong Kok District and Yau Ma Tei District
  8. East New Territories: North District, Tai Po District and Shatin District
  9. West New Territories: Yuen Long District and Tuen Mun District
  10. South New Territories: Tsuen Wan District (including Tsing Yi), Islands District and Sai Kung District
  11. Urban Council
  12. Regional Council

Functional constituencies

Nine functional constituencies returned 12 unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The commercial, industrial, and labour constituencies would each return two unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The remaining six constituencies would each return one unofficial member. The nine functional constituencies and their representative organizations were:[1]

  1. Commercial (2 seats):
    1. First Commercial: Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
    2. Second Commercial: Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
  2. Industrial (2 seats):
    1. First Industrial: Federation of Hong Kong Industries
    2. Second Industrial: Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong
  3. Financial: Hong Kong Association of Banks
  4. Labour (2 seats): all registered employee trade unions
  5. Social Services: Hong Kong Council of Social Service
  6. Medical: Hong Kong Medical Association
  7. Teaching
  8. Legal
  9. Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning

Results
Main article: List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1985–88

Electoral College Constituencies
Constituency Candidates Votes
Urban Council Hilton Cheong-Leen 16
Elsie Tu 13
Provisional Regional Council Lau Wong-fatUncontested
Hong Kong Island (East) Desmond Lee Yu-tai24
Kwan Lim-ho16
Albert Cheung Chi-piu0
Lee Kam-kee0
Peggy Lam Pei0
Chum Ting-pong0
Hong Kong Island (West) Liu Lit-for18
Anthony Ng Sung-man16
Keith Lam Hon-keung8
Kwun Tong Poon Chi-fai18
Cheng Kwan-suen11
Li Wah-ming0
Wong Tai Sin Conrad Lam Kui-shing16
Liu Koon-sing15
Kowloon City Daniel Tse Chi-wai13
Pao Ping-wing11
Peter Chan Chi-kwan0
Sham Shui Po Chung Pui-lam19
Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum8
South Kowloon Jackie Chan Chai-keung12
Ena Yuen Yin-hung7
Jacob Chan Lai-sang6
Ip Kwok-chung0
New Territories (East) Andrew Wong Wang-fat29
Pang Hang-yin25
Liu Ching-leung0
Wong Yuen-cheung0
Wai Hon-leung0
New Territories (West) Tai Chin-wah22
Man For-tai18
Alfred Tso Shiu-wai0
Kingsley Sit Ho-yin0
Tang Siu-tong0
New Territories (South) Richard Lai Sung-lung34
Lam Wai-keung28
John Ho Tung-ching0

Functional Constituencies
Constituency Candidates Votes
First Commercial Thomas Clydesdale 470
A. C. William Blaauw320
Second Commercial Ho Sai-chu Uncontested
First Industrial Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Uncontested
Second Industrial Ngai Shiu-kit 544
Ho Yuk-wing 31
Financial David Li Kwok-po Uncontested
Labour
(2 seats)		 Pang Chun-hoi Uncontested
Tam Yiu-chung Uncontested
Social Services Hui Yin-fat 76
Mak Hoi-wah 41
Chan Sau-han 22
Medical Chiu Hin-kwong 1,168
Edward Leong Che-hung 1,049
Teaching Szeto Wah 12,706
Luk Yip Jing-ping2,655
Ko Gra-yee2,165
Chan Yat-tong577
Wu Siu-wai409
Legal Martin Lee Chu-ming 488
Henry Denis Litton312
Edmund Chow Wai-hung43
Engineering, Architectural,
Surveying and Planning		 Cheng Hon-kwan 1,129
Raymond Ho Chung-tai 1,074
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See also

References
  1. The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
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