Peak (constituency)

Peak
Elected Constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Peak in Central & Western District
Region Central & Western District
Electorate 4 983[1]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of members One
Member(s) Jeremy Young Chit-on (Liberal)
Created from Mid 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 21,203.[2]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Louis Leung Wing-on Independent
1999 James Tien Pei-chun Liberal
2003 Mark Lin Liberal
2007 Tanya Chan Civic
2011 Joseph Chan Ho-lim Liberal
2015
2017 by-election Jeremy Young Chit-on Liberal

Election results

2010s

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
Progressive Alliance Tang Ping-wing 156 15.6
Majority 220 22.1
Independent win (new seat)

Citations

  1. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

References

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