Happy Valley (constituency)

Happy Valley (Chinese: 跑馬地) is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong which was created in 1982.

Happy Valley
Elected constituency for the Wan Chai District Council
Boundary of Happy Valley in Wan Chai District
District	Wan Chai
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	13,150 (2019)[1]
Electorate	5,638 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

The constituency loosely covers Happy Valley in Hong Kong Island with the estimated population of 13,150.^[3]

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

Election		Member	Party
	1982	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	Nonpartisan

1985 to 1994

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1985		Lester Kwok Chi-hang	Nonpartisan		Albert Cheung Chi-piu	Nonpartisan
1988		Lee Yiu-kwong	Civic Association			HKAS
1988		Stephen Ng Kam-chun	Civic Association			Nonpartisan

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	LDF→Progressive Alliance	46.45
	1999		Progressive Alliance→Independent	83.07
	2003		Independent	55.50
	2007			67.86
	2011			65.53
	2015			60.47
	2019	Clara Cheung→Vacant[a]	Independent	49.27

Election results

2010s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Clara Cheung	1,954	49.27
	Nonpartisan	Sam Ng Chak-sum	1,805	45.51	−14.99
	2047 HK Monitor	Vivian Chan Wing-ha	207	5.22
Majority			149	3.76
Turnout			3,979	70.59
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,377	60.5	+5.0
	Nonpartisan	Kelvin Chien Ka-wo	900	39.5
Majority			477	21.0	–10.0
Turnout			2,309	43.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,422	65.5	+1.0
	Civic	Tsang Kin-chiu	748	34.5	–1.0
Majority			673	31.0	+2.0
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.0

2000s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,309	64.5	+9.0
	Civic	Anthony Lam Yue-yeung	620	35.5
Majority			689	29.0	+18.0
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,236	55.5	–27.1
	Civic Act-up	Jo Lee Wai-yee	991	44.5
Majority			245	11.0	–54.8
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A

1990s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKPA	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,398	82.6	+24.4
	Democratic	Tang Ping	285	16.8
Majority			1,113	65.8	+63.5
	HKPA hold		Swing	N/A

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1994: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	817	45.8	–12.4
	Nonpartisan	Yu Kwok-tung	776	43.5
	Liberal	Pong Ho-wing	166	9.3
Majority			41	2.3
	LDF hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1991: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Stephen Ng Kam-chun	1,500	58.2
	Nonpartisan	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	1,219	47.3	–2.6
	Nonpartisan	Helen Chung Yee-fong	1,111	43.1
	Civic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1980s

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1988: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Lee Yiu-kwong	1,738	64.3
	HKAS	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	1,350	49.9	+14.4
	Civic	Ho Yuk-wing	1,002	37.0	+14.3
	Civic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing
	HKAS hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1985: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lester Kwok Chi-hang	2,926	75.5
	Nonpartisan	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	1,374	35.5	–15.2
	Civic	Lee Man-ho	1,122	29.0
	Nonpartisan	Ho Yuk-wing	881	22.7	–25.4
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1982: Happy Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	929	50.7
	Nonpartisan	Ho Yuk-wing	881	48.1
Majority			48	2.6
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 8 July 2021.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.