Quarry Bay (constituency)

Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

Quarry Bay
Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Quarry Bay in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	13,076 (2019)[1]
Electorate	6,767 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982 (1st time) 1994 (2nd time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Quarry Bay South

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. It was created for the first time in 1982 election and again in the 1994 election and current held by Eddie Ting Kong-ho of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Quarry Bay constituency is loosely based on Quarry Bay with estimated population of 13,076.^[3]

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

Election		Member	Party	%
	1982	Kwan Lim-ho	Reform Club	55.17
	1983 by-election	Joseph Salaroli	Independent	59.66
1985		Constituency abolished

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	James Kong Tze-wing	Liberal	N/A
	1999		Liberal→DAB	N/A
	2003		DAB	N/A
	2007	Eddie Ting Kong-ho	DAB	56.23
	2011			N/A
	2015			62.12
	2019	Kelly Chan Po-king→Vacant[lower-alpha 1]	Independent democrat	55.37

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Quarry Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Coalition	Kelly Chan Po-king	2,700	55.37
	DAB	Eddie Ting Kong-ho	2,176	44.63	−17.47
Majority			524	10.74
Turnout			4,890	72.28
	Democratic Coalition gain from DAB		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Quarry Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Eddie Ting Kong-ho	1,656	62.1
	Nonpartisan	Ip Chee-tak	1,010	37.9
Majority			646	24.2
Turnout			2,666	39.7
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Eddie Ting Kong-ho	uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Eddie Ting Kong-ho	1,313	56.2
	Civic	Wong Kin-wai	1,022	43.8
Majority			291	12.4
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	James Kong Tze-wing	uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Kong Tze-wing	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Kong Tze-wing	uncontested
	Liberal win (new seat)

1980s

Quarry Bay by-election, 1983^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Joseph Salaroli	1,303	59.7	+31.6
	Reform	Shum Tak-on	580	26.6	−28.6
	Nonpartisan	Yeung Cho-cheung	301	13.8
	Nonpartisan gain from Reform		Swing	+30.1

Eastern District Board Election, 1982: Quarry Bay^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Kwan Lim-ho	3,802	55.2
	Nonpartisan	Joseph Salaroli	1,939	28.1
	Nonpartisan	Lung Pui-ching	837	12.1
	Civic	Ng Tam-yiu	314	4.6
	Reform win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 9 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.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.