List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1843–1941

This is a list of members of the Legislative Council in the colonial period from its establishment in 1843 to 1941. It consists of both official and unofficial members. The term of the Legislative Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

1850–1941 LegCo
1946–1985 LegCo
1985–88 LegCo (1985)
1988–91 LegCo (1988)
1991–95 LegCo (1991)

Change in composition

YearNumber of
Official Members
exclusive of the Governor
Number of
Unofficial Members
18433
18445
18453
185052
185753
185863
186563
186854
188365
189676
192998

List of Official members

MembersAssumed officeLeft officeBackgroundRemarks
Alexander Robert Johnston18431844former AdministratorFounding members of the council[1]
John Robert Morrison18431843Chinese Secretary and InterpreterFounding members of the council[1]
William Caine18431845Chief MagistrateFounding members of the council[1]
George Charles D'Aguilar18441848Army Major General[2]
John Walter Hulme18441860Chief Justice
Frederick Wright-Bruce18441845Colonial Secretary
Robert Montgomery Martin18441845Colonial Treasurer
Paul Ivy Sterling1845Attorney General
William Staveley18481851Army Major General
William Jervois18511854Army Major General
William Thomas Bridges18541856Acting Attorney General
Robert Garrett18541857Army Major General
William Thomas Mercer18571868Colonial Secretary
William Thomas Bridges18571858Acting Colonial Secretary
Charles St George Cleverly18571865Surveyor General
William Hepburn Rennie18581870Auditor-General
William Henry Adams18601865Chief Justice
John Jackson Smale18661881Chief Justice
George Phillippo18821888Chief Justice
James Russell18881892Chief Justice
Fielding Clarke18921896Chief Justice
John Worrell Carrington18961901Chief Justice
William Meigh Goodman19021905Chief Justice
Francis Piggott19051912Chief Justice
Warren Delabere Barnes8 June 191128 October 1911Colonial Secretary
William Rees-Davies19121924Chief Justice
Henry Gollan19241930Chief Justice
Joseph Horsford Kemp19301933Chief Justice
Atholl MacGregor19341941Chief Justice

List of Unofficial members

Key:
  Elected by/representatives of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
  Elected by/representatives of the Justice of Peace
  Chinese representatives
  Portuguese representatives

MembersTerm of officeBackgroundRemarks
David Jardine14 June 18508 March 1857Jardine, Matheson & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1850–57)
Joseph Frost Edger14 June 185026 August 1857Jamieson, How & Co.
Joseph Jardine9 March 18571860Jardine, Matheson & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1857–60);
vice David Jardine deceased
George Lyall15 May 18571860Lyall, Still & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1860)
John Dent26 December 18571861Dent & Co.
12 May 18661867Senior Unofficial Member (1866–67);
vice Francis Chomley resigned[3][4][5]
Alexander Perceval10 December 18601864Jardine, Matheson & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1861–64);
vice Joseph Jardine resigned
Angus Fletcher10 December 18601862Fletcher & Co.Vice George Lyall resigned
Francis Chomley9 November 18611866Dent & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1864–66);
vice John Dent resigned
Charles Wilson Murray17 March 18621865Birley & Co.Vice Angus Fletcher resigned
James Whittall5 April 18641867Jardine, Matheson & Co.Senior Unofficial Member (1867);
vice Alexander Perceval resigned on leave
2 July 18721875Vice William Keswick resigned
Thomas Sutherland25 February 18651866P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.Vice C. W. Murray resigned on leave
Hugh Bold Gibb18 May 18661867Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice Thomas Sutherland on leave
18681871Senior Unofficial Member (1867–71);
resigned and replaced by Richard Rowett
6 May 18791880Resigned and replaced by Ng Choy
Phineas Ryrie15 July 18671868Turner & Co.Vice John Dent resigned
18701892Senior Unofficial Member (1871–92);
vice J. B. Taylor;
reappointed on 1 March 1890;
died in office
Francis Parry20 July 18671868Birley & Co.Vice H. B. Gibb absent on leave
William Keswick12 September 18671872Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice James Whittall on leave
19 August 18751887Vice James Whittall resigned
James Banks Taylor3 October 18681870Smith, Archer & Co.Vice Phineas Ryrie on leave
James Pender Duncanson1 May 18681868Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice Francis Parry resigned
Henry John Ball18681869Judge of the Summary CourtSitting as unofficial;
Absent on leave and replaced by Richard Rowett
18691872
18721873
Richard Rowett27 August 18691870Holiday, Wise & Co.
25 January 18711872Absent on leave and replaced by Henry Lowcock
18731875Resigned and replaced by Henry Lowcock
Henry Lowcock26 February 18721872Gibb, Livingston & Co.
23 January 18751879Resigned and replaced by H. B. Gibb
James Greig26 February 18721872Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice Henry John Ball on leave
William Hastings Alexander18721876Registrar of the Supreme CourtSitting as unofficial
John MacNeile Price11 December 18761884Surveyor GeneralSitting as unofficial
Ng Choy26 February 18801882Barrister-at-lawFirst Chinese member;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1880–82)
Francis Bulkeley Johnson19 January 18781878Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice Wiliam Keswick absent on leave
17 May 18811884
Thomas Child Hayllar21 August 187821 December 1878Sitting as an unofficial during J. M. Price acting as Colonial Secretary
Emanuel Raphael Belilios8 August 18811882Belilios & Co.Vice J. M. Price absent on leave
25 February 18921900Senior Unofficial Member (1892–1900);
vice Phineas Ryrie deceased;
reappointed on 25 February 1898
Frederick Stewart19 April 18831884Registrar-GeneralSitting as an unofficial
Thomas Jackson27 February 18841886Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationElected by the Chamber of Commerce on 2 January
Frederick David Sassoon27 February 18841887David Sassoon Sons & Co.
Wong Shing27 February 18841890Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1884—89)
Henry George Thomsett23 April 18843 July 1884Royal NavyHarbour Master sitting as unofficial
27 August 18868 February 1888
Alexander Palmer MacEwen28 May 18861886Holiday, Wise & Co.Elected 27 April vice Thomas Jackson on leave
19 September 18871890Elected 17 September on retirement of Thomas Jackson
John Bell-Irving20 August 18861886Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice William Keswick on leave
14 August 18871889Vice William Keswick resigned
Catchick Paul Chater10 December 18861887BrokerVice Frederick D. Sasssoon on leave
17 January 18881906Senior Unofficial Member (1900–06);
vice David F. Sassoon resigned;
reappointed on 15 January 1894
Bendyshe Layton15 May 18881889Gibb Livingston & Co.Elected 22 May vice A. MacEwen on leave
James Johnstone Keswick17 April 18891889Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. Bell-Irving absent on leave
2 May 18901896Vice J. Bell-Irving resigned
18 May 18991901Vice J. J. Bell-Irving absent on leave
Ho Kai1 March 189028 February 1914Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1890–1914);
Senior Unofficial Member (1906–14);
re-appointed in 1896, 1902, 1908;
retired on 28 February 1914
Thomas Henderson Whitehead6 October 18901894Chartered Bank of India, Australia and ChinaElected by 18 September, on resignation of A. MacEwen
189513 April 1902Re-elected 19 September 1896 on expiry of term
James Jardine Bell-Irving23 September 18921893Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
27 April 18951895Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
23 October 18961899Vice J. J. Keswick resigned
30 May 19011902Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
Alexander McConachie11 June 18941895Gilman & Co.Elected 9 June vice T. H. Whitehead on leave
Wei Yuk21 July 189621 October 1917Senior Unofficial Member &
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1914–17);
reappointed in 1902[6] 1908,[7] 1914;[8]
retired on expiry of term
Roderick Mackenzie Gray1 May 19001901Reiss & Co.Vice Emanuel Belilios resigned
Herbert Smith3 May 19001900Butterfield & SwireElected 30 April vice T. H. Whitehead on leave
John Thurburn19 June 190012 July 1901Chartered Mercantile BankElected 18 June vice H. Smith resigned
8 August 19011901Vice R. M. Gray resigned
George William Forbes Playfair11 June 190223 December 1902Acted during P. Chater's leave
Charles Stewart Sharp23 April 19021904Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice John Thurburn resigned[9][10]
Charles Wedderburn Dickson28 May 19021906Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned
Robert Gordon Shewan11 June 19021905Shewan, Tomes & Co.Elected 5 June vice Whitehead on leave;
Elected 3 October, expiry of term
11 May 19171917Vice Edward Shellim on leave
1 January 191931 December 1919Vice Edward Shellim retired
Henry Edward Pollock, K.C.13 August 19031904Barrister-at-LawElected 12 August vice Robert Gordon Shewan on leave
17 January 19061941Senior Unofficial Member (1917–41);
reappointed in 1912, 1918, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940
Gershom Stewart3 October 19031904Bill BrokerVice C. S. Sharp absent
24 September 19041907Vice C. S. Sharp resigned
William Jardine Gresson12 May 190415 December 1904Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice C. W. Dickson on leave
1 June 190614 April 1910Vice C. W. Dickson resigned
Edward Osborne7 April 19061907H.K. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.Vice G. Stewart absent
19 December 190730 January 1913Vice G. Stewart resigned
Edbert Ansgar Hewett30 April 19061915P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.Elected 26 April vice Shewan resgined;
reappointed in 1912;
died in office
Henry Keswick23 May 19071908Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice W. J. Gresson on leave
5 May 19101911Vice W. J. Gresson on resigned
Murray Stewart19 March 19081908Stewart Bros.Elected 17 March vice Hewett on leave
29 May 19091910Nominated by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
21 May 19121912Elected 25 May vice Hewett on leave
Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C.9 May 19081908Barrister-at-LawVice H. Keswick on leave
Henry Adolphus Warre Slade15 May 19081909Gilman & Co.Vice E. Osborne on leave
Charles Montague Ede26 April 19111911Union Insurance Society of CantonVice Edward Osborne on leave
1 February 19131913Elected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
22 March 19241924Vice A. O. Lang on leave
Charles Henderson Ross3 May 19118 May 1913Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice H. Keswick on leave
John Whyte Cooper Bonnar12 September 19121912Gibb, Livingston & Co.Elected 10 September 1912 on resignation of M. Stewart
Edward Shellim6 March 191331 December 1918David Sassoon & Co.Vice E. Osborne resigned
David Landale9 May 19131919Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Vice C. H. Ross resigned
Lau Chu-pak5 September 19137 June 1922Vice Ho Kai absent;
appointed on 2 March 1914 vice Ho Kai retired;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1917–22);
reappointed in 1920;
died in office
Percy Hobson Holyoak14 December 19151921Reiss & Co.
Holyoak, Massey & Co., Ltd.
Elected on 10 December 1915 vice E. A. Hewett deceased;
reappointed in 1921;
died in office
19231926Return from leave on 3 January 1923
Charles Edward Anton7 November 191627 December 1916Jardine, Matheson & Co.Appointed vice David Landale on leave
Stanley Hudson Dodwell1 June 1917October 1917Dodwell & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Elected 29 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave
11 October 19181919Appointed vice Edward Shellim on leave
10 March 1919October 1919Appointed vice R. G. Shewan on leave
1 January 19204 March 1920Appointed vice R. G. Shewan retired
20 October 19341934Vice W. H. Bell on leave
1936 April 19361941Vice W. E. Shenton resigned
Ho Fook22 October 19171921Appointed vice Wei Yuk retired
Herbert William Bird28 August 19181918Architect, Palmer & TurnerElected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
1 April 19211922Vice A. V. D. Parr on leave
26 May 19221922Vice A. G. Stephen on leave
26 July 19231927
Chan Kai-ming19 September 191813 November 1918Vice Lau Chu-pak on leave
Chaloner Grenville Alabaster K.C.12 March 191931 October 1919Barrister-at-LawVice H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General
2 June 19241924Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
21 March 19251925Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
Edward Victor David Parr17 May 19191919Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Elected 13 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave[11]
5 September 19191919
26 March 19201923
John Johnstone23 May 19191921Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice David Landale retired
Arthur Rylands Lowe6 May 19201920Lowe Bingham & MatthewVice H. E. Pollock on leave
12 May 19221922Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
30 October 19231923Vice H. W. Bird on leave
Alexander Gordon Stephen5 April 19211923Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice on John Johnstone retired
Archibald Orr Lang22 April 192118 June 1921Gibb, Livingston & Co.Elected 21 April 1921 vice H. Holyoak on leave
10 November 19213 January 1923Elected 24 November 1921 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave
11 June 19231927Vice E. V. D. Parr resigned
Chau Siu-ki28 April 19211921Vice Ho Fook on leave
29 May 19231923Vice Ng Hon-tsz deceased
5 March 19241924Vice Chow Shou-son on leave
Chow Shou-son2 December 19211931Vice Ho Fook retired;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1922–31)
Ng Hon-tsz7 June 19221923Vice Lau Chu-pak deceased
Robert Hormus Kotewall4 October 19231935H.K. Mercantile Co., Ltd.Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1931–35);
Vice Robert Kotewall on leave
Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard20 April 19261928Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Elected 16 April 1926 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave;
Elected 14 June & appointed 15 June 1926 vice Mr. P. H. Holyoak deceased
Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch26 July 19261926Medical Faculty, UniversityVice H. E. Pollock on leave
Arthur Cecil Hynes4 April 19271929Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice A. O. Lang resigned
John Owen Hughes18 May 19271931Harry Wicking & Co.Elected 16 May[12]
4 May 19341934
William Edward Leonard Shenton1 June 19271927SolicitorVice H. E. Pollock on leave
3 April 19281936Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned
Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie1 October 19281928Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
19 June 19301931Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
7 May 19311935Elected 4 May vice J. O. Hughes resigned
Jose Pedro Braga17 January 19291937Braga & Co.First Portuguese representative
Ts'o Seen-wan17 January 19291937Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935—37)
Benjamin David Fleming Beith13 April 19291929Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. O. Hughes on leave
15 March 19301933Vice A. C. Hynes resigned
John Johnstone Paterson17 April 193025 December 1941Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally vice B. D. F. Beith on leave;
appointed in succession of B. D. F. Beith;
reappoiinted in 1934, 1938
Antonio Ferreira Batalha Silva-Netto30 May 19301930Silva-Netto & Co.Vice J. P. Braga on leave
27 May 1936June 1936
William Henry Bell7 May 19311931Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.Vice J. O. Hughes resigned
1 April 19321933Vice C. G. S. on leave
12 April 1934October 1934Vice J. J. Paterson on leave
12 April 19351936Elected 5 April on resignation of C. G. S. Mackie
Chau Tsun-nin2 December 19311939Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1937–39);
reappointed in 1935, 1939
Lo Man-kam4 October 193525 December 1941SolicitorSenior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935–41)
Marcus Theodore Johnson8 June 19361936Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
21 May 19371938Elected May vice A. W. Hughes resigned
Edgar Davidson8 August 19361936Solicitor (Hastings & Co.)Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
25 May 19371937Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
17 July 19411941Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
Arthur William Hughes28 July 19361937Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd.Elected 26 July on resignation of W. H. Bell.
Leo d'Almada e Castro, Jr.17 January 193725 December 1941Barrister-at-LawVice J. P. Braga;
reappointed in 1941
Li Shu-fan17 January 193716 January 1941Medical PractitionerVice Tso Seen-wan
Andrew Lusk Shields29 April 193825 December 1941Shewan Tomes & Co.Vice M. T. Johnson on leave;
elected 7 October on resignstion of M. T. Johnson
John Keith Bousfield27 May 19391939Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.Elected on 25 May vice A. L. Shields on leave
Li Tse-fong7 July 19391939Vice Li Shu-fan on leave
17 January 194125 December 1941Vice Li Shu-fan retired
Thomas Ernest Pearce11 March 19391941J. D. Hutchison & Co.Vice J. J. Paterson on leave
William Ngartse Thomas Tam3 December 193925 December 1941In succession of Chau Tsun-nin

See also

References

  1. "The First in Legislative Council History" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong. 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. Choa, Gerald Hugh (2000). The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai. Chinese University of Hong Kong. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9789622018730.
  3. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (125). 9 November 1861. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (147). 10 August 1866. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (109). 15 July 1867. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (640). 22 October 1902. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (918). 11 December 1908. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (395). 16 October 1914. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. The Hong Kong Government Gazette. 29 April 1902. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (434). 17 July 1902. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. The Hong Kong Government Gazette (233). 23 May 1919. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. The Hongkong Government (299). 20 May 1927. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Bibliography

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  • Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 1925: Annual Report. (1925)
  • Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 1966: Annual Report. (1966)
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