1959 Hong Kong municipal election

none 1959 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1957 Hong Kong municipal election 1957 1961 Hong Kong municipal election 1961 4 (of the 8) elected seats to the Urban Council 3 March 1959 23,584 22.17% 7,236 (30.68%) 5.14pp Brook Bernacchi 1952.png Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 5 4 1 12,030 47.67% Woo Pak-foo.jpg Woo Pak-foo Hong Kong Civic Association 3 4 1 6,010 23.82% 325px The 1959 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1959 for four of the eight elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. The turnout rate dropped to 30.7 per cent but there were still 7,236 of the 23,584 eligible voters cast their votes, 5,354 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,882 from Kowloon.市政局議員競選 The Kung Sheung Daily News 4 March 1959 Ernest Charles Wong, chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals won a seat for the Hong Kong Civic Association of which Philip Au of the Reform Club of Hong Kong retired from, while the other three Club incumbents were re-elected. Results Urban Council Election 1959 Reform Club of Hong Kong Chan Shu-woon 5,021 19.90 +5.88 Reform Club of Hong Kong Alison Mary Spencer Bell 3,624 14.36 +0.62 Reform Club of Hong Kong Raymond Harry Shoon Lee 3,385 13.41 −0.90 Hong Kong Civic Association Ernest Charles Wong 3,076 12.19 New Independent (politician) Gerald Arthur de Basto 2,964 11.75 Hong Kong Civic Association Cheung Wing-in 2,940 11.65 Independent (politician) Fogg Yatt-chao 2,550 10.11 Independent (politician) Lee Sheung-pui 1,234 4.89 Independent (politician) Lam Yung-hon 441 1.75 7,236 30.68 −5.14 23,584 +22.17 Citations References Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept. Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield. Hong Kong Municipal election Urban Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong municipal election