Quarry Bay (constituency)
| Quarry Bay | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council | |
 Boundary of Quarry Bay in Eastern District | |
| District | Eastern |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island East |
| Population | 13,076 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 6,767 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1982 (1st time) 1994 (2nd time) |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Vacant |
| Created from | Quarry Bay South |
Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. It was created for the first time in 1982 election and again in the 1994 election and current held by Eddie Ting Kong-ho of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
Quarry Bay constituency is loosely based on Quarry Bay with estimated population of 13,076.[3]
Councillors represented
[edit]1982 to 1985
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Kwan Lim-ho | Reform Club | 55.17 | |
| 1983 by-election | Joseph Salaroli | Independent | 59.66 | |
| 1985 | Constituency abolished | |||
1994 to present
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | James Kong Tze-wing | Liberal | N/A | |
| 1999 | Liberal→DAB | N/A | ||
| 2003 | DAB | N/A | ||
| 2007 | Eddie Ting Kong-ho | DAB | 56.23 | |
| 2011 | N/A | |||
| 2015 | 62.12 | |||
| 2019 | Kelly Chan Po-king→Vacant[a] | Independent democrat | 55.37 | |
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Coalition | Kelly Chan Po-king | 2,700 | 55.37 | ||
| DAB | Eddie Ting Kong-ho | 2,176 | 44.63 | −17.47 | |
| Majority | 524 | 10.74 | |||
| Turnout | 4,890 | 72.28 | |||
| Democratic Coalition gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Eddie Ting Kong-ho | 1,656 | 62.1 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Ip Chee-tak | 1,010 | 37.9 | ||
| Majority | 646 | 24.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,666 | 39.7 | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Eddie Ting Kong-ho | uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Eddie Ting Kong-ho | 1,313 | 56.2 | ||
| Civic | Wong Kin-wai | 1,022 | 43.8 | ||
| Majority | 291 | 12.4 | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | James Kong Tze-wing | uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Kong Tze-wing | uncontested | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Kong Tze-wing | uncontested | |||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Salaroli | 1,303 | 59.7 | +31.6 | |
| Reform | Shum Tak-on | 580 | 26.6 | −28.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yeung Cho-cheung | 301 | 13.8 | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Reform | Swing | +30.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Kwan Lim-ho | 3,802 | 55.2 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Salaroli | 1,939 | 28.1 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Lung Pui-ching | 837 | 12.1 | ||
| Civic | Ng Tam-yiu | 314 | 4.6 | ||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Resigned on 9 July 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
- ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
- ^ a b c d e f g Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.