Hong Kong municipal election, 1959

Hong Kong municipal election, 1959

3 March 1959
4 (of 8) elected seats to the Urban Council
First party Second party   Leader Brook Bernacchi Woo Pak-foo Party Reform Civic Seats before 5 3 Seats after 4 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 12,030 6,010 Percentage 47.67% 23.82%

The 1959 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1959 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

The turnout rate dropped to 30.5% but there were still 7,236 voters cast their votes, 5,354 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,882 from Kowloon.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Chan Shu-woon	5,021	19.90	+5.58
	Reform	Alison Mary Spencer Bell	3,624	14.36	+6.2
	Reform	Raymond Harry Shoon Lee	3,385	13.41	–9.0
	Civic	Ernest Charles Wong	3,076	12.19
	Independent	Gerald Arthur de Basto	2,964	11.75
	Civic	Cheung Wing-in	2,940	11.65
	Independent	Fogg Yatt Chao	2,550	10.11
	Independent	Lee Sheung-pui	1,234	4.89
	Independent	Lam Yung-hon	441	1.75
Turnout			25,235	30.5

References

• Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.
• Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.