Peak (constituency)

Peak is one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council, Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The seat is currently held by Jeremy Young Chit-on of the Liberal Party.

Peak
Elected constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Peak in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	19,447 (2019)[1]
Electorate	5,618 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Jeremy Young (Liberal)
Created from	Mid Levels East

The constituency covers the Victoria Peak and Mid-Levels area with the estimated population of 19,447.^[3] As of the 2016 Census, the population is 52% Chinese, 23% Filipino and 14% White.

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Louis Leung Wing-on	Independent	53.24
	1999	James Tien Pei-chun	Liberal	65.26
	2003	Mark Lin	Liberal	54.15
	2007	Tanya Chan	Civic	47.89
	2011	Joseph Chan Ho-lim	Liberal	64.73
	2015			85.28
	2017 by-election	Jeremy Young Chit-on	Liberal	77.77
	2019			68.65

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Young Chit-on	2,422	68.65	−9.15
	2047 HK Monitor	Thomas Uruma Kuninobu	1,106	31.35
Majority			1,316	37.30
Turnout			3,536	62.94
	Liberal hold		Swing

Peak by-election, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Young Chit-on	1,378	77.8	+7.5
	Independent	Edward Chin Chi-kin	394	22.2
Majority			984	55.5	−15.1
Turnout			1,780	33.4	−7.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Chan Ho-lim	1,837	85.3	+20.6
	Independent	Chan Shu-moon	317	14.7
Majority			1,520	70.6	+41.2
Turnout			2,163	40.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Joseph Chan Ho-lim during the 2011 election.

Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Chan Ho-lim	1,505	64.7	+23.8
	Civic	Tanya Chan	820	35.3	−12.6
Majority			685	29.4	+22.4
	Liberal gain from Civic		Swing	+18.2

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Tanya Chan	795	47.9	N/A
	Liberal	Mark Lin	679	40.9	−13.2
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	186	11.2	−34.7
Majority			116	7.0	−1.2
	Civic gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.4

Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Lin	672	54.1	−11.2
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	569	45.9	+11.2
Majority			103	8.2	−22.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.6

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	774	65.3	+34.3
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	412	34.7	−18.5
Majority			362	30.6	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+7.9

Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	526	52.8
	Liberal	Chow Kwong-fai	306	30.7
	HKPA	Tang Ping-wing	156	15.6
Majority			220	22.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Citations

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). Register.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)