Kennedy Town & Mount Davis (constituency)

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Kennedy Town & Mount Davis in Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island West
Population15,734 (2019)[1]
Electorate7,608 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1982 (first time)
1994 (second time)
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromKennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was held by Chan Hok-fung of the DAB, until in 2019 he was defeated by Cherry Wong Kin-ching.

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency is loosely based on the Kennedy Town including Sai Wan Estate, Mount Davis and deserted islands Green Island and Little Green Island with estimated population of 15,734.[3]

Councillors represented

Election Member Party %
1982 Chow Yin-sum Independent 64.64
1985 Constituency abolished
1994 Yeung Wai-foon DAB 51.36
1999 53.01
2003 50.14
2007 Chan Hok-fung DAB 49.05
2007 53.97
2007 49.32
2019 Cherry Wong Kin-ching→Vacant[a] Independent→Civic 59.45

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PfD Cherry Wong Kin-ching 3,312 59.45
DAB Chan Hok-fung 2,206 39.60 −9.70
Nonpartisan Mavis Lam Suet-ying 53 0.95
Majority 1,106 9.85
Turnout 5,593 73.53
PfD gain from DAB Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,859 49.3 –4.7
Democratic Sin Cheuk-nam 1,072 28.4 –7.6
Youngspiration Chow Sai-kit 838 22.2
Majority 787 20.9 +12.9
Turnout 3,789 54.1
DAB hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,721 54.0 +5.0
Democratic Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan 1,468 46.0 N/A
Majority 253 8.0 +1.1
DAB hold Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chan Hok-fung 1,417 49.0 −1.1
Democratic Coalition Winfield Chong Wing-fai 1,269 43.9 −6.0
Independent Kwan Kin-kei 203 7.3 N/A
Majority 148 6.9 +6.7
DAB hold Swing +3.4
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,241 50.1 −2.9
Independent Winfield Chong Wing-fai 1,234 49.9 +2.9
Majority 7 0.2 −5.8
DAB hold Swing -2.9

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,217 53.0 +1.6
Democratic Chan Kwok-leung 1,079 47.0 −1.6
Majority 138 6.0 +3.2
DAB hold Swing +1.6
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Yeung Wai-foon 1,113 50.8
Democratic Wong King-hong 1,054 48.1
Majority 59 2.7
DAB win (new seat)

1980s

Central & Western District Board Election, 1982: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chow Yin-sum 3,431 64.6
Nonpartisan Yeung Yui-kwan 1,877 35.4
Majority 1,554 29.0
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned on 3 June 2021 over new oath-taking law.

Citations

  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). Register.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

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