Canal Road (constituency)

Summary

Canal Road (Chinese: 鵝頸) is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong. It was created in 1994.

Canal Road
Elected constituency
for the Wan Chai District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Canal Roadin Wan Chai District
DistrictWan Chai
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island East
Population12,512 (2019)[1]
Electorate5,011 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

The constituency loosely covers Canal Road in Hong Kong Island with the estimated population of 12,512.[3]

Councillors represented edit

Election Member Party %
1994 Suen Sai-cheong DAB 54.19
1999 N/A
2003 Lee Kai-hung Nonpartisan 53.99
2007 53.92
2009 by-election Jacqueline Chung Ka-man DAB 66.11
2011 N/A
2015 58.47
2019 Mak King-sing→Vacant[a] Independent 57.76

Election results edit

2010s edit

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mak King-sing 1,891 57.76
DAB Jacqueline Chung Ka-man 1,383 42.24 −16.26
Majority 508 15.52
Turnout 3,279 65.46
Independent gain from DAB Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Jacqueline Chung Ka-man 1,018 58.5
Nonpartisan Gloria Ho Wing-ka 723 41.5
Majority 295 17.0
Turnout 1,755 35.3
DAB hold Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Jacqueline Chung Ka-man uncontested
DAB hold Swing

2000s edit

Canal Road by-election 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Jacqueline Chung Ka-man 1,061 65.7
LSD Kwai Sze-kit 544 33.7
Majority 517 32.0
DAB gain from Nonpartisan Swing N/A
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lee Kai-hung 1,039 53.9
DAB Jacqueline Chung Ka-man 888 46.1
Majority 151 7.8
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lee Kai-hung 1,117 54.0
DAB Suen Kai-cheong 952 46.0
Majority 165 8.0 N/A
Nonpartisan gain from DAB Swing N/A

1990s edit

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Suen Kai-cheong uncontested
DAB hold Swing N/A
Wan Chai District Board Election, 1994: Canal Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Suen Sai-cheong 809 53.2
Democratic Tang Ping 684 45.8
Majority 125 7.4
DAB win (new seat)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Resigned on 10 July 2021.

References edit

  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.