1965 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1965 Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1965 for the 6 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong after the membership of the elected members increased from 8 to 10.

1965 Hong Kong municipal election
3 March 1965
6 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered29,529 14.29%
Turnout6,492 (21.99%) 1.40pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Brook Bernacchi Woo Pak-foo
Party Reform Civic
Seats before 3 5
Seats after 5 5
Seat change 2

Overview

The polling stations remained four in this year. City Hall in Central, North Point Government Primary School, Aberdeen Government Primary School, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and Queen Elizabeth School. 6,492 of the 29,529 eligible electorates came out and voted which was about 22%. The Civic-Reform Coalition collapsed in 1964, but the dominance of the two groups still continued. Henry Hu representing Reform Club was elected to the Council for the first time.

Six members of the Labour Party of Hong Kong protested a peacefully at the Edinburgh Place outside of the poll station of City Hall on the election day afternoon for two hours with slogans of "abolish Urban Council", "support Labour don't vote", and "give Hong Kong democracy". They criticised the Urban Council was powerless to manage the affairs which had real impact on Hong Kong residents and less than only 30 thousands people had the right to vote out of nearly four millions population.[1]

Elected members
Names of CandidatePolitical AffiliationVotes
Brook BernacchiReform Club4,192
Alison BellReform Club3,913
Henry HuReform Club3,828
Li Yiu-borCivic Association3,768
Woo Pak-fooCivic Association3,616
Hilton Cheong-LeenCivic Association3,520

Unelected candidates

Citations
  1. 投票站外首次出現示威行動. 香港工商日報 (in Chinese). 4 March 1965. p. 5.

References
  • Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.
  • Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.
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