Southern District Council
Southern District Council (Chinese: 南區區議會) is the district council for the Southern District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Southern District currently consists of 17 members, of which the district is divided into 17 constituencies, electing a total of 17 members. The latest election was held on 24 November 2019.
Southern District Council 南區區議會 | |
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Type | |
Type | Hong Kong District Council of the Southern District, Hong Kong |
History | |
Founded | 4 December 1981 (District Board) 1 July 1997 (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (District Council) |
Leadership | |
Chair | |
Vice-Chair | Paul Zimmerman, Independent |
Structure | |
Seats | 17 councillors consisting of 17 elected members |
7 / 17 | |
1 / 17 | |
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Independent | 8 / 17 |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 24 November 2019 |
Meeting place | |
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1/F., Ocean Court, 3 Aberdeen Praya Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong | |
Website | |
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History
The Southern District Council was established on 4 December 1981 under the name of the Southern District Board as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Urban Council members, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.
The Southern District Board became Southern Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. The Southern District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.
The Southern District Council has been dominated by the conservative independents. It was once the stronghold of the traditional political group Hong Kong Civic Association in the 1980s, in which they received a great victory in the 1985 election and elected its member Lam Kwok-kwong as the board chairman.[1] The Hong Kong Civic Association allied with the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDF) in the 1991 election, while the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) also established its presence in the district concentrated in Wah Fu Estate, led by Huang Chen-ya who was later elected to the Legislative Council in the same year.
The Southern District Council has been controlled by the pro-Beijing camp since 1997, even though the Democratic Party maintained their presence in Wah Fu and some other constituencies. It also bred its young party members Lo Kin-hei and Au Nok-hin who both took the Lei Tung constituencies away from long-held conservative independent councillors in the 2011 election. In the 2019 elections, the pro-democrats achieved the majority in the council in a historic landslide victory brought by the pro-democracy protests. Kelvin Lam Ho-por, a substitute for Joshua Wong who was disqualified from running, defeated Judy Chan Ka-pui of the New People's Party in South Horizons West.
Political control
Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Camp in control | Largest party | Years | Composition |
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No Overall Control | Civic Association | 1982 - 1985 | |
Pro-government | Civic Association | 1985 - 1988 |
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Pro-government | Civic Association | 1988 - 1991 |
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Pro-government | Civic Association | 1991 - 1994 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1994 - 1997 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 1997 - 1999 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2000 - 2003 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2004 - 2007 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2008 - 2011 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2012 - 2015 |
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Pro-Beijing | Democratic | 2016 - 2019 |
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Pro-Democracy | Democratic | 2020 - 2023 |
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Political makeup
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Elections are held every four years.
Political party | Council members | Current members | ||||||||||||||||||
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1994 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Independent | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 / 17 | ||||||||||||
Democratic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 / 17 | ||||||||||||
Civic | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 / 17 | ||||||||||||
Liberal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 / 17 | ||||||||||||
District result maps
- 1994
- 1999
- 2003
- 2007
- 2011
- 2015
- 2019
Members represented
Starting from 1 January 2020:
Code | Constituency | Name | Political affiliation | Notes | |
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D01 | Aberdeen | Angus Wong Yui-hei | Independent | ||
D02 | Ap Lei Chau Estate | Lam Yuk-chun | Independent | ||
D03 | Ap Lei Chau North | Chan Ping-yeung | Democratic | ||
D04 | Lei Tung I | Chan Yan-yi | Democratic | ||
D05 | Lei Tung II | Lo Kin-hei | Democratic | ||
D06 | South Horizons East | James Yu Chun-hei | Civic | ||
D07 | South Horizons West | Kelvin Lam Ho-por | Independent | ||
D08 | Wah Kwai | Poon Ping-hong | Democratic | ||
D09 | Wah Fu South | Li Shee-lin | Democratic | ||
D10 | Wah Fu North | Yim Chun-ho | Democratic | ||
D11 | Pokfulam | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | Independent | [lower-alpha 1] | |
D12 | Chi Fu | Andrew Lam Tak-wo | Independent | ||
D13 | Tin Wan | Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai | Independent | ||
D14 | Shek Yue | Chan Hin-chung | Independent | ||
D15 | Wong Chuk Hang | Tsui Yuen-wa | Democratic | ||
D16 | Bays Area | Jonathan Leung Chun | Liberal | ||
D17 | Stanley & Shek O | Michael Pang Cheuk-kei | Independent | ||
Leadership
Chairs
Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:
Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Kwong Ki-chi | 1981–1984 | District Officer | |
Eddy Chan Yuk-tak | 1984–1985 | District Officer | |
Lam Kwok-kwong | 1985–1988 | Civic Association | |
Hui Yung-chung | 1988–1994 | Independent | |
Ko Tam-kan | 1994–1997 | Independent | |
Ma Yuet-har | 1997–1999 | Independent | |
Joseph Chan Yuek-sut | 2000–2003 | Independent | |
Ma Yuet-har | 2004–2011 | Independent | |
Chu Ching-hong | 2012–2019 | Independent | |
Lo Kin-hei | 2020–present | Democratic | |
Vice Chairs
Vice Chairman | Years | Political Affiliation | |
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Wong King-keung | 2000–2003 | Independent | |
Chu Ching-hong | 2004–2011 | Independent | |
Chan Fu-ming | 2012–2019 | Independent | |
Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 2020–present | Independent | |
Notes
- Former Civic Party member.
References
- 百姓, Issues 111-122. 百姓半月刊編輯委員會. 1986. p. 55.