Fortress Hill (constituency)

Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District.

Fortress Hill
Elected Constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Fortress Hill in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island
Population	15,987 (2019)[1]
Electorate	9,127 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Jason Chan Ka-yau (Independent)

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. Fortress Hill has estimated population of 15,987.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Lam Cheuk-pan	Independent
	1999	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	Independent
	2019	Jason Chan Ka-yau	Independent

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Fortress Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Jason Chan Ka-yau	3,596	57.72
	Nonpartisan	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	2,634	42.28
Majority			962	15.44
Turnout			6,255	68.55
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Fortress Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	Uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Fortress Hill[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	Uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Fortress Hill[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	1,698	58.48	+8.43
	Civic	Lui Shuk-sui	1,199	37.12	+4.40
Majority			499	21.36
	Independent hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Fortress Hill[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	1,385	50.05	+5.38
	Independent	Lui Shuk-sui	1,027	37.12
	Independent	Li Kin-leung	230	8.31
	Independent	Choi Wing-chung	125	4.52
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Fortress Hill[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Frankie Lo Wing-kwan	897	45.33
	Independent	Wong Kwai-lam	745	37.65
	CLDP	Shing Wai-pong	337	17.03
Majority			152	7.68
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Fortress Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Lam Cheuk-pan	1,168	70.49
	LDF	Cheung Kwok-pan	289	17.44
	Liberal	Ho Wai-ming	200	12.07
Majority			879	53.05
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
4. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
5. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
6. "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
7. "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.