Judy Chan

Judy Kapui Chan (Chinese: 陳家珮; born 4 April 1980) is a Hong Kong politician. She is a member of the New People's Party and member of the Southern District Council for South Horizons West.[1]

Biography

Daughter of an antique store owner, Chan lived on the Peak and was graduated from the Monash University. She claimed that she has been working in the United States for seven years before relocating to Hong Kong. She was a founding member of the New People's Party (NPP) and became known when she contested in the Southern District Council by-election in South Horizons West in 2014, defeating two pro-democracy heavyweights, the Democratic Party's former Legislative Council member Sin Chung-kai and People Power chairwoman Erica Yuen.[2]

She has then been seen as the future successor of NPP chairwoman Regina Ip.[2] She also stood in the 2016 Legislative Council election in Hong Kong Island as a second candidate. Her ticket received more than 60,000 votes, the highest votes a ticket received in the constituency.[2] She gave up her United States citizenship for the election.

In the 2018 Hong Kong Island by-election triggered by the oath-taking controversy which resulted in the disqualification of Demosisto's Nathan Law, Chan became the pro-Beijing representative to run against Au Nok-hin.[2] Despite receiving more than 120,000 votes, she lost to Au with a narrow margin of 3.5 per cent.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ms CHAN Judy Kapui". Southern District Council.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "【立會補選】學民女神VS葉劉接班人　周庭、陳家珮誰來頭更勁？". HK01. 4 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Result - Hong Kong Island". Electoral Affairs Commission.
Political offices
Preceded by
Andrew Fung		 Member of the Southern District Council
Representative for South Horizons West
2014–present		 Incumbent
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