Commercial (First)
Commercial (First) 商界(第一) | |
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Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Country | ![]() |
Electorate | 1,041 (2021)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Number of members | One |
Member(s) | Jeffrey Lam (BPA) |
The Commercial (First) functional constituency (Chinese: 商界(第一)功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. The constituency is composed of corporate members of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) that are entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber.
It is one of the oldest functional constituencies created for the first elections to the Legislative Council in 1985. Prior to that, the Chamber had its representatives in the council thoroughly through elections at the general meetings since 1884.[2] It corresponds to the Commercial (First) Subsector in the Election Committee.
History
The Commercial (First) functional constituency was established as First Commercial, one of the two commercial electoral divisions elected by the chambers of commerce. It was one of the original 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election, the first ever election for the colonial legislature. It was composed of bodies that are members of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) entitled to vote at general meetings of the chamber. Prior to that, the Chamber had its representatives in the council thoroughly through elections at the general meetings since 1884. The representatives are listed as following:
1884–1985 Chamber Legislative Council representatives[3] |
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Since its creation, it has been held by pro-business conservatives for the exception of former government official Jimmy McGregor, a liberal-leaning representative who defeated Veronica Wu of the conservative bloc Group of 88 in the 1988 Legislative Council election and held the office from 1988 to 1995.[4] He co-founded the pro-democracy professional-oriented Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF) and was an ally of the last governor Chris Patten over the controversial constitutional reform proposal.
From 1998 to 2004, the seat was held by pro-business Liberal Party chairman and Executive Councillor James Tien until he contested in the direct election in the 2004 Legislative Council election. Tien's successor Jeffrey Lam who has held the seat since 2004 abruptly quit the Liberal Party in 2008 in the intra-party split. He became representative for the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) and has become member of the Executive Council.
Return members
Election | Member | Party | |
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1985 | Thomas Clydesdale | Nonpartisan | |
1988 | Jimmy McGregor | Nonpartisan | |
1991 | HKDF | ||
1995 | Paul Cheng | Independent | |
Not represented in the PLC | |||
1998 | James Tien | Liberal | |
2000 | |||
2004 | Jeffrey Lam | Liberal | |
2008 | Liberal→Independent→Economic Synergy | ||
2012 | Economic Synergy→BPA | ||
2016 | BPA | ||
2021 |
Electoral results
2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BPA | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung | 628 | 86.15 | ||
Nonpartisan | Edmond Yew Yat-ming | 101 | 13.85 | ||
Majority | 527 | 72.30 | |||
Total valid votes | 729 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 15 | ||||
Turnout | 744 | 72.94 | |||
Registered electors | 1,041 | ||||
BPA hold | Swing |
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BPA | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung | 455 | 53.97 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Chan Ho-lim | 388 | 46.03 | ||
Majority | 67 | 7.94 | |||
Total valid votes | 843 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
Turnout | 861 | 82.39 | |||
Registered electors | 1,086 | ||||
BPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Economic Synergy | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 927 | ||||
Economic Synergy hold | Swing |
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung | 465 | 70.24 | ||
Independent | Markus Joytak Shaw | 197 | 29.76 | ||
Majority | 268 | 40.48 | |||
Total valid votes | 662 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 32 | ||||
Turnout | 694 | 66.73 | |||
Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,077 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Tien Pei-chun | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Tien Pei-chun | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,353 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Paul Cheng Ming-fun | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,273 | ||||
Independent gain from HKDF | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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HKDF | James David McGregor | 487 | 53.93 | ||
BPF | Paul Cheng Ming-fun | 416 | 46.07 | ||
Majority | 71 | 7.86 | |||
Total valid votes | 903 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
Turnout | 911 | 56.62 | |||
Registered electors | 1,609 | ||||
HKDF hold | Swing |
1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | James David McGregor | 478 | 66.95 | ||
Nonpartisan | Veronica Wu Shao-ching | 236 | 33.05 | ||
Majority | 242 | 33.90 | |||
Total valid votes | 714 | 100.00 | |||
Nonpartisan hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Thomas Clydesdale | 470 | 59.49 | ||
Nonpartisan | A. C. William Blaauw | 320 | 40.51 | ||
Majority | 150 | 18.98 | |||
Total valid votes | 790 | 100.00 | |||
Nonpartisan win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "Chamber Legistative Council Representatives". The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ "Chamber Legistative Council Representatives". The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ Fong, Bernard (20 August 1988). "It's party time for Hongkong's politicians". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine