1959 Hong Kong municipal election

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 30.7% but there were still 7,236 of the 23,584 eligible voters cast their votes, 5,354 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,882 from Kowloon.[1] Ernest Charles Wong, chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals won a seat for the Hong Kong Civic Association of which Philip Au of the Reform Club of Hong Kong retired from, while the other three Club incumbents were re-elected.

1959 Hong Kong municipal election
3 March 1959
4 (of the 8) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered23,584 22.17%
Turnout7,236 (30.68%) 5.14pp
  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%

Results
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 7,236 30.68

Citations
  1. "市政局議員競選". The Kung Sheung Daily News. 4 March 1959.

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.
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