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 1988 →
← outgoing members members elected →
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 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

The Electoral College constituencies adopted the exhaustive ballot voting method. Only the results of the final rounds are shown below.

Constituency	Candidates	Party		Votes
Urban Council	Hilton Cheong-Leen		Civic	16
	Elsie Tu			13
Provisional Regional Council	Lau Wong-fat			Uncontested
East Island	Desmond Lee Yu-tai		Civic/PHKS	24
	Kwan Lim-ho		Reform	16
	Albert Cheung Chi-piu			0
	Lee Kam-kee			0
	Peggy Lam Pei			0
	Chum Ting-pong			0
West Island	Liu Lit-for			18
	Anthony Ng Sung-man		HKAS	16
	Keith Lam Hon-keung			8
Kwun Tong	Poon Chi-fai			18
	Cheng Kwan-suen		Civic	11
	Li Wah-ming		Meeting Point	0
Wong Tai Sin	Conrad Lam Kui-shing			16
	Liu Koon-sing			15
Kowloon City	Daniel Tse Chi-wai			13
	Pao Ping-wing		PHKS	11
	Peter Chan Chi-kwan		Civic	0
Sham Shui Po	Chung Pui-lam		PHKS	19
	Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum			8
South Kowloon	Jackie Chan Chai-keung			12
	Ena Yuen Yin-hung			7
	Jacob Chan Lai-sang			6
	Ip Kwok-chung		FTU	0
East New Territories	Andrew Wong Wang-fat			29
	Pang Hang-yin			25
	Liu Ching-leung			0
	Wong Yuen-cheung			0
	Wai Hon-leung			0
West New Territories	Tai Chin-wah			22
	Man For-tai			18
	Alfred Tso Shiu-wai			0
	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin			0
	Tang Siu-tong			0
South New Territories	Richard Lai Sung-lung			34
	Lam Wai-keung			28
	John Ho Tung-ching			0

Functional Constituencies

Constituency	Candidates	Party		Votes
First Commercial	Thomas Clydesdale			470
	A. C. William Blaauw			320
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		TUC	Uncontested
	Tam Yiu-chung		FTU	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-ping			2,655
	Ko Gra-yee		Civic	2,165
	Chan Yat-tong			577
	Wu Siu-wai			409
Legal	Martin Lee Chu-ming			488
	Henry Denis Litton			312
	Edmund Chow Wai-hung		Civic	43
Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning	Cheng Hon-kwan			1,129
	Raymond Ho Chung-tai			1,074
	To Leung-tak			496

See also

• Democratic development in Hong Kong
• History of Hong Kong

References

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