2014 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

none July 2022 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election Hong Kong presidential no 2012 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 2012 2016 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election 2016 14 December 2014 1st ballot 2nd ballot 120px Emily Lau 5FB04A 158 (50.0%) 171 (54.1%) 120px Wu Chi-wai 5FB04A 104 (32.9%) 145 (45.9%) 120px Au Nok-hin 5FB04A 33 (10.4%) Eliminated 120px Stanley Ng 5FB04A 21 (6.6%) Eliminated Chairperson Emily Lau Emily Lau The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 December 2012 for the 30-member 11th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairperson and two vice-chairperson posts. Incumbent Chairperson Emily Lau secured her post against three other candidates after two rounds of election. Electoral method 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.Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hsin-chi Kuan Zhaojia Liu Jiaying Wang Chinese University Press 2002 156 The electoral method changed in this election, the eligibility of members electing a delegate who holds one vote in the congress from 30 members each delegate to only 5 members.http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967756 隔牆有耳：白鴿選舉 卿姐愛刺激 Apple Daily 13 December 2014 Candidate also needs a majority in order to claim victory.http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967758 八方人物：尹兆堅想做民主黨「膠水」 Apple Daily 13 December 2014 Overview 2014 Hong Kong protests The election was held right after the Umbrella Movement was cleared out. The 20-year-old Democratic Party sought to reposition itself in the post-Occupy era in which the young generation took a big role. Emily Lau, Legislative Councillor since 1991, is the incumbent chairwoman who took the post in the 2012 leadership election. She said she would put more efforts into the district works and electoral campaign. Lau faced challenges from three other candidates. Wu Chi-wai, Legislative Councillor since 2012 and a long-time Wong Tai Sin District Councillor stressed the importance of the repositioning of the party after the post-Occupy era and taking a leading role in the district works. Stanley Ng, incumbent Treasurer of the party and town planner by profession suggested reform on party's structure, adding the posts of party leader and also deputy secretary. Au Nok-hin who was 27 years old from the young generation, ran for the chairmanship for the second consecutive term. Au was among the vanguard of the youngsters over the fence on 26 September, part of the group launching the Occupation of Civic Plaza, leading to the full blown Umbrella movement. Candidates Chairperson Emily Lau, incumbent Chairwoman of the Democratic Party and Legislative Council member for New Territories East Wu Chi-wai, Executive Committee member of the Democratic Party, Legislative Council member for Kowloon East and Wong Tai Sin District Councillor Stanley Ng, Treasurer of the Democratic Party and Deputy Chair of Professional Commons Au Nok-hin, Executive Committee member of the Democratic Party and Southern District Councillor Vice-Chairpersons Lo Kin-hei, incumbent vice-chairman of the Democratic Party and Southern District Councillor Andrew Wan, Executive Committee member of the Democratic Party and Kwai Tsing District Councillor Stanley Ng, Treasurer of the Democratic Party Elections Chairperson electionFirst roundSecond roundCandidate Votes % Votes % Emily Lau Wai-hing 158 50.0 171 54.1 Wu Chi-wai 104 32.9 145 45.9 Au Nok-hin 33 10.4 – Stanley Ng Wing-fai 21 6.6 – Vice-chairperson electionCandidate Votes % Lo Kin-hei 263 44.1 Andrew Wan Siu-kin 254 42.5 Stanley Ng Wing-fai 80 5.3 Results The elected members of the 11th Central Committee are listed as following: Chairlady: Emily Lau Vice-chairmen: Lo Kin-hei, Andrew Wan Siu-kin Treasurer: Yuen Hoi-man Secretary: Li Wing-shing Vice-secretary: Mark Li Kin-yin Executive Committee Members: 22em Au Nok-hin Chow Kam-siu Hui Chi-fung Lai King-wai Ng Wing-fai Ricky Or Yiu-lam Tam Chun-kit Tsoi Yu-lung Central Committee Members: 22em Chai Man-hon Josephine Chan Shu-ying Cheung Man-kwong Cheung Yin-tung Ho Chi-wai Ho Chun-yan Kwong Chun-yu Lam Chung-hoi Lee Wing-tat Mok Kin-shing Tsoi Yiu-cheong Tsui Hon-kwong Sin Chung-kai Wong Pik-wan Wong Sing-chi Yeung Sum Aftermath After winning the election, Emily Lau noted that the Democrats were very concerned about waning support among young people and called for party to focus on younger generation, working on strategies to engage young people, such as through university student unions and also make more use of social media.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1662672/re-elected-democratic-party-head-emily-lau-calls-party-focus-younger Re-elected Democratic Party head Emily Lau calls for party to focus on younger Hong Kong generation 15 December 2014 Joyce Ng South China Morning Post Re-elected vice-chairman Lo Kin-hei said, "Voting for Lau should not be interpreted as a lack of motivation for changes in the party. Instead, it means Lau is more experienced in leading the party in the current political environment."http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=152362&sid=43542189&con_type=1&d_str=20141215&fc=10 Lau gets Democrat nod again Hilary Wong 15 December 2014 The Standard dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141215054646/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=152362&sid=43542189&con_type=1&d_str=20141215&fc=10 15 December 2014 On 23 January 2015, secretary general Cheung Yin-tung and his disciple Kwong Chun-yu resigned their positions on the Central Committee. Some speculated their disaffections towards the dominance of the Mainstreamer faction led by the "triumvirate", Yeung Sum, Cheung Man-kwong and Lee Wing-tat.28 January 2015 張賢登鄺俊宇辭民主黨中委 被指不滿大佬暗中操控 正副主席不認同 Standnews https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%BC%B5%E8%B3%A2%E7%99%BB%E9%84%BA%E4%BF%8A%E5%AE%87%E8%BE%AD%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E9%BB%A8%E4%B8%AD%E5%A7%94-%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E4%B8%8D%E6%BB%BF%E5%A4%A7%E4%BD%AC%E6%9A%97%E4%B8%AD%E6%93%8D%E6%8E%A7-%E6%AD%A3%E5%89%AF%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E4%B8%8D%E8%AA%8D%E5%90%8C In July 2015, former legislator and member of the party central committee Wong Sing-chi was expelled from the Democratic Party due to his defiance of the party line and clandestine proposal in support of the government's constitutional reform package, which was panned by pan-democrats for being "fake universal suffrage". 2015 by-election A by-election for the three vacancies in the Central Committee was held in the annual party congress on 6 December 2015. Founding member Howard Lam Tsz-kin, Lam Ka-ka and Chau Man-fong who were considered in Chai Man-hon's faction were elected, while Ng Siu-hong of the Hui Chi-fung's faction was not elected. Chai and Ng were considered potential candidates for running in Hong Kong Island in the 2016 Legislative Council election.【李八方online】中西區孖寶吳兆康 中委補選敗陣 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20151206/54507909 Apple Daily 6 December 2015 References Category:Democratic Party (HK) leadership elections Category:2014 in Hong Kong Category:2014 elections in China Democratic Party (HK) leadership election