Lau Kwok-fan

Edward Lau Kwok-fan, MH (Chinese: 劉國勳; born 28 June 1981) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the member of the executive committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and former member of the North District Council, representing Yan Shing until 2019. In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he succeeded DAB veteran legislator Ip Kwok-him in the District Council (First) functional constituency to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

The Honourable Lau Kwok-fan MH
劉國勳
Lau during the 2012 Legislative Council election
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2016
Preceded by	Ip Kwok-him
Constituency	District Council
Member of the North District Council
In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2019
Preceded by	Adrian Lau Tak-cheong
Succeeded by	Lam Shuk-ching
Constituency	Yan Shing
Personal details
Born	(1981-06-28) 28 June 1981 Hong Kong
Spouse(s)	Casta Lui Dik-ming
Alma mater	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Occupation	District councillor
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Biography

Lau was born in 1981 and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in sociology. He joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in 2002. He became a member of the party's executive committee in 2009.

He first contested in the 2003 District Council election in Yan Shing for the North District Council. In the 2007 District Council election, he ran again in the Yan Shing and won and defeated Adrian Lau Tak-cheong by receiving 4,159 votes, the second highest votes in Hong Kong. He was re-elected for two more terms in 2011 and 2015. He lost his seat in 2019 following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[1]

He was elected in the 2011 Election Committee subsector election through the New Territories District Council subsector to the Election Committee, which was responsible for electing Chief Executive election in 2012. In the 2012 Legislative Council election, Lau stood in the second place of the Chan Hak-kan's DAB ticket. Chan's list eventually received more than 40,000 votes with Chan being returned to the Legislative Council.

He was appointed to the Urban Renewal Authority Appeal Board Panel and the Council for Sustainable Development in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he defeated three other party members in a four-way intra-party primary to take up Ip Kwok-him's District Council (First) functional constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.[2][3] He was elected to the Legislative Council unopposed.

References

1. "2019 District Councils Election – Election Results (North)". Government of Hong Kong.
2. "政情 民建聯落實真‧選舉". Now TV. 4 February 2016.
3. "民建聯初選 劉國勳得票勝三對手　料接葉國謙棒選立會". HK01. 24 March 2016.

Political offices
Preceded by Adrian Lau	Member of North District Council Representative for Yan Shing 2008–2019	Succeeded by Lam Shuk-ching
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Ip Kwok-him	Member of Legislative Council Representative for District Council 2016–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Luk Chung-hung Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Cheng Chung-tai Member of the Legislative Council