Peak (constituency)

Peak
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Peak in Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island West
Population19,447 (2019)[1]
Electorate5,618 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Jeremy Young (Liberal)
Created fromMid Levels East

Peak is one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council, Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The seat is currently held by Jeremy Young Chit-on of the Liberal Party.

The constituency covers the Victoria Peak and Mid-Levels area with the estimated population of 19,447.[3] As of the 2016 Census, the population is 52% Chinese, 23% Filipino and 14% White.

Councillors represented

Election Member Party %
1994 Louis Leung Wing-on Independent 53.24
1999 James Tien Pei-chun Liberal 65.26
2003 Mark Lin Liberal 54.15
2007 Tanya Chan Civic 47.89
2011 Joseph Chan Ho-lim Liberal 64.73
2015 85.28
2017 by-election Jeremy Young Chit-on Liberal 77.77
2019 68.65

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeremy Young Chit-on 2,422 68.65 −9.15
2047 HK Monitor Thomas Uruma Kuninobu 1,106 31.35
Majority 1,316 37.30
Turnout 3,536 62.94
Liberal hold Swing
Peak by-election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeremy Young Chit-on 1,378 77.8 +7.5
Independent Edward Chin Chi-kin 394 22.2
Majority 984 55.5 −15.1
Turnout 1,780 33.4 −7.4
Liberal hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Chan Ho-lim 1,837 85.3 +20.6
Independent Chan Shu-moon 317 14.7
Majority 1,520 70.6 +41.2
Turnout 2,163 40.8
Liberal hold Swing
Joseph Chan Ho-lim during the 2011 election.
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Chan Ho-lim 1,505 64.7 +23.8
Civic Tanya Chan 820 35.3 −12.6
Majority 685 29.4 +22.4
Liberal gain from Civic Swing +18.2

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Tanya Chan 795 47.9 N/A
Liberal Mark Lin 679 40.9 −13.2
Independent Louis Leung Wing-on 186 11.2 −34.7
Majority 116 7.0 −1.2
Civic gain from Liberal Swing +17.4
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Lin 672 54.1 −11.2
Independent Louis Leung Wing-on 569 45.9 +11.2
Majority 103 8.2 −22.4
Liberal hold Swing -5.6

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Tien Pei-chun 774 65.3 +34.3
Independent Louis Leung Wing-on 412 34.7 −18.5
Majority 362 30.6 +8.4
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +7.9
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Louis Leung Wing-on 526 52.8
Liberal Chow Kwong-fai 306 30.7
HKPA Tang Ping-wing 156 15.6
Majority 220 22.1
Independent win (new seat)

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 24 March 2011.

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