1967 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1967 Urban Council election was held on 7 June 1967 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. There were a total number of six polling stations located on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

1967 Hong Kong municipal election
7 June 1967
5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered26,202 11.27%
Turnout10,130 (38.66%) 16.67pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Woo Pak-foo Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 5 4
Seats after 4 4
Seat change 1
Popular vote 14,816 9,789
Percentage 37.69% 24.90%

Overview

A record of 38.7% turnout as 10,130 of the 26,202 eligible voters came out and cast their ballots, in the middle of the Leftists' disturbances.

The incumbent Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee, also the Reform Club’s vice-chairman who had earlier announced his intention retired, left Hong Kong for permanent residence abroad and Woo Po-shing assumed his seat, while prominent activist Elsie Elliott left the Club and ran as an independent and received the highest votes. The other newcomer was independent Dr. Denny Huang who defeated incumbent Cheung Wing-in of the Hong Kong Civic Association.

Results
Urban Council Election 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elsie Elliott 6,924 17.33 –0.09
Independent Denny Huang Mong-hwa 5,197 13.01
Civic Hilton Cheong-Leen 4,555 11.40
Reform Woo Po-shing 4,254 10.65
Civic Solomon Rafeek 3,459 8.66
Civic Cheung Wing-in 3,195 7.80 –13.17
Civic Peter Chi-kwan Chan 2,145 5.37
Reform Napoleon Chung-yiu Ng 1,770 4.43
Reform Patrick Pak-toh Wong 1,611 4.03
Civic Pun Chung-chik 1,462 3.66
Labour George S. Kennedy Skipton 1,262 3.16
Independent Maureen Clark 753 1.88
Reform Billy K.S. Leong 646 1.62
Independent Y.B. Low 569 1.42

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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