Canal Road (constituency)

Canal Road
Elected constituency for the Wan Chai District Council
Boundary of Canal Road in Wan Chai District
District	Wan Chai
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	12,512 (2019)[1]
Electorate	5,011 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Canal Road (Chinese: 鵝頸) is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong. It was created in 1994.

The constituency loosely covers Canal Road in Hong Kong Island with the estimated population of 12,512.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Suen Sai-cheong	DAB	54.19
	1999			N/A
	2003	Lee Kai-hung	Nonpartisan	53.99
	2007			53.92
	2009 by-election	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	DAB	66.11
	2011			N/A
	2015			58.47
	2019	Mak King-sing→Vacant[a]	Independent	57.76

Election results

2010s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mak King-sing	1,891	57.76
	DAB	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	1,383	42.24	−16.26
Majority			508	15.52
Turnout			3,279	65.46
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	1,018	58.5
	Nonpartisan	Gloria Ho Wing-ka	723	41.5
Majority			295	17.0
Turnout			1,755	35.3
	DAB hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Canal Road by-election 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	1,061	65.7
	LSD	Kwai Sze-kit	544	33.7
Majority			517	32.0
	DAB gain from Nonpartisan		Swing	N/A

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lee Kai-hung	1,039	53.9
	DAB	Jacqueline Chung Ka-man	888	46.1
Majority			151	7.8
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lee Kai-hung	1,117	54.0
	DAB	Suen Kai-cheong	952	46.0
Majority			165	8.0	N/A
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing	N/A

1990s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Suen Kai-cheong	uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing	N/A

Wan Chai District Board Election, 1994: Canal Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Suen Sai-cheong	809	53.2
	Democratic	Tang Ping	684	45.8
Majority			125	7.4
	DAB win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 10 July 2021.

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.