Financial Services (constituency)

The Financial Services functional constituency (Chinese: 金融服務界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of 580 financial services participants. These are, specifically, members of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society entitled to vote at general meetings, and participants of other exchange societies.[2]

Financial Services
金融服務界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate580 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created1998
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Christopher Cheung (BPA)

Return members
ElectionMemberParty
1991 Chim Pui-chung Nonpartisan
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
1998 Chim Pui-chung Nonpartisan
1998 by-election Fung Chi-kin Progressive Alliance
2000 Henry Wu King-cheong Nonpartisan
2004 Chim Pui-chung Nonpartisan
2012 Christopher Cheung Wah-fung Nonpartisan
2012 BPA

Electoral results

2010s

[3]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BPA Christopher Cheung Wah-fung 261 51.48 +6.65
Nonpartisan Ricky Chim Kim-lun 150 29.59
Nonpartisan Tsui Luen-on 96 18.93
Majority 111 21.89
Total valid votes 507 100.00
Rejected ballots 26
Turnout 533 90.49
Registered electors 589
BPA hold Swing

[4]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Christopher Cheung Wah-fung 208 44.83
Nonpartisan Vincent Marshall Lee Kwan-ho 202 43.53
Nonpartisan Frankie Yan Man-sing 25 5.39
Nonpartisan Tang Yu-lap 24 5.17
Nonpartisan Patrick Lam Tak-ming 5 1.08
Majority 6 1.30
Total valid votes 464 100.00
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 483 85.64
Registered electors 564
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

2000s
2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Chim Pui-chung Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing

[5]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Chim Pui-chung 275 51.69
Nonpartisan Christopher Cheung Wah-fung 92 17.29
Nonpartisan Henry Wu King-cheong 87 16.35 −37.12
Liberal Fung Ka-pun 61 11.47
Progressive Alliance Fung Chi-kin 17 3.20 −36.98
Majority 183 34.40
Total valid votes 532 100.00
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 541 84.01
Registered electors 644
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

[6]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Henry Wu King-cheong 177 53.47
Progressive Alliance Fung Chi-kin 133 40.18
Independent So Wai-yin 21 6.35
Majority 44 13.29
Total valid votes 331 100.00
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 337 74.89
Registered electors 450
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

1990s
Hong Kong legislative by-election, 1998: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive Alliance Fung Chi-kin Uncontested
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Chim Pui-chung 125 40.85
Nonpartisan Fung Chi-kin 117 38.24
Progressive Alliance Henry Wu King-cheong 47 15.35
Nonpartisan Pao Chi-hung 11 5.56
Majority 8 2.61
Total valid votes 300 100.00
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 309 80.89
Registered electors 382
Nonpartisan win (new seat)
1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Chim Pui-chung 363 59.90 −19.05
Nonpartisan Chan Po-shum 243 40.10
Majority 120 19.80
Total valid votes 606 100.00
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Financial Services
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Chim Pui-chung 281 47.63
Nonpartisan Wong Po-ting 200 33.90
Nonpartisan Cham Yau-tong 59 10.00
Nonpartisan Chan Po-fun 36 6.10
Nonpartisan Ka Ting-pong 9 1.53
Nonpartisan Wong Wun-wing 5 0.85
Majority 81 13.73
Total valid votes 590 100.00
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References
  1. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. "Guidance Notes: Application for Registration as an Elector in a Functional Constituency and as a Voter in an Election Committee Subsector: Financial Services" (PDF). Hong Kong: Registration and Election Office. 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  4. "2012 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  6. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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