Provident (constituency)
Provident | |
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Elected Constituency for the Eastern District Council | |
Boundary of Provident in Eastern District | |
Region | Eastern District |
Electorate | 10,234[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Number of members | One |
Member(s) | Kwok Wai-keung (FTU) |
Provident is one of the 37 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Kwok Wai-keung of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions since the 2007 election.
Provident constituency is loosely based on the areas around Provident Centre and Wharf Road in North Point with estimated population of 20,029.[2]
Councillors represented
Election | Member | Party | |
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1994 | Wong Kwok-hing | DAB/FTU | |
2007 | Kwok Wai-keung | Nonpartisan | |
2007 | FTU/DAB | ||
Election results
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTU | Kwok Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTU (DAB) | Kwok Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Kwok Wai-keung | 2,527 | 89.8 | ||
Independent | Chong Chung-hing | 286 | 10.2 | ||
Nonpartisan gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | 2,665 | 71.8 | ||
Independent | Alan Leung Koon-lun | 1,048 | 28.2 | ||
DAB hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | uncontested | |||
DAB hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | 1,527 | 84.1 | ||
Liberal | Wong Wing-cheong | 242 | 13.3 | ||
DAB win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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