2004 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 12 December 2004 for the 30-member of the 6th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. It was the first contested chairmanship election in the party's history. Legislative Council member and party's Vice-Chairman Lee Wing-tat defeated the Chan King-ming, succeeding Yeung Sum as the chairman of the party.

Eligibility

The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.^[1]

Overview

Chairman Yeung Sum announced he would not seek for re-election after the party performed badly in the 2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in September.^{[citation needed]}However, Albert Ho Chun-yan said he was not keen to run for the chairmanship because he was busy working for other organisations, such as the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, where he was the secretary. Chan King-ming, who was seen as a Reformist said a genuine contest for the leadership was necessary for the party's future.^[2]

Elections

Chairman election ^[3]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Lee Wing-tat	189	62.6
	Chan King-ming	113	37.4

Vice-Chairmen election ^[3]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Albert Ho Chun-yan	205	40.5
	Chan King-ming	205	40.5
	Zachary Wong Wai-yin	96	19.0

Central Committee election^[3]
Candidate		Votes
	Law Chi-kwong	248
	Yeung Sum	238
	Szeto Wah	232
	Josephine Chan Shu-ying	220
	Wu Chi-wai	209
	Sin Chung-kai	208
	Chan Ka-wai	202
	Tsui Hon-kwong	200
	Mark Li Kin-yin	199
	James To Kun-sun	199
	Cheung Yin-tung	196
	Stanley Ng Wing-fai	193
	Wong Suet-ying	193
	Tik Chi-yuen	188
	Yeung Siu-pik	187
	Wong Sing-chi	180
	Kwan Wing-yip	179
	Fung Wai-kwong	172
	Horward Lam Tsz-kin	170
	Zachary Wong Wai-yin	168
	Gary Fan Kwok-wai	162
	Yuen Bun-keung	156
	Law Chun-ngai	151
	Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen	150
	Raymond Lee Wai-man	150
	Joanna Leung Suk-ching	143
	Ng Kam-sing^[1]	126
	Wong Chun-wai^[2]	126
	Alan Tam King-wah	125
	Chow Wai-tung	124
	Joseph Chow Kam-siu	111
	Lam Ho-yeung	109
	Chiu Chung-lam	105
	Stephen Fong Chun-bong	85
	Lam Wing-yin	83
	Wong Kin-shing	78
	Lai Chi-keong	74
	Yam Kai-bong	74
	Wong Leung-hi	60
	Lau Tai-sang	52
	Sham Wing-kan	46
	Wong Fung-yau	10

Results

In the election on 12 December, Lee Wing-tat, the major figure in the mainstreamer faction defeated Chan King-ming from the Young Turks faction with 189 to 113 votes. Chan who was also a vice-chairman candidate and Albert Ho both got elected with 205 votes, higher than the third candidate Zachary Wong Wai-yin who only got 96 votes, being elected as the new two vice-chairmen.^[3]

The elected members of the 6th Central Committee are listed as following:

Chairman: Lee Wing-tat
Vice-Chairmen: Albert Ho, Chan King-ming
Secretary: Cheung Yin-tung
Treasurer: Tsui Hon-kwong
Executive Committee Members:

Central Committee Members:

Kwan Wing-yip
Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen
Law Chun-ngai
Raymond Lee Wai-man
Joanna Leung Suk-ching
Mark Li Kin-yin
Ng Kim-sing^[3]
Sin Chung-kai
Tik Chi-yuen
James To Kun-sun
Wong Suet-ying
Zachary Wong Wai-yin
Wu Chi-wai
Yeung Sik-pik
Yuen Bun-keung

Notes

1.^ Ng Kim-sing and Wong Chun-wai received the same number of votes so a by-election was held later, in which Ng was elected to the Central Committee.

References

^ Kuan, Hsin-chi; Liu, Zhaojia; Wang, Jiaying, eds. (2002). Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chinese University Press. p. 156.
^ Cheung, Gary; Leung, Ambrose (23 November 2004). "Two expected to join Democrat contest".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 第六屆中央委員會及紀律委員會選舉結果. The Democratic Party (in Chinese). 12 December 2004. Archived from the original on December 14, 2004.