List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1991–95

1985–88 LegCo	(1985)
1988–91 LegCo	(1988)
1991–95 LegCo	(1991)
1995–97 LegCo	(1995)
Provisional LegCo	(1996)

This is a list of Members elected to the Legislative Council in the colonial period at the 1991 election, held on 15 September 1991.

Composition

Affiliation	Election	At dissolution
Co-operative Resources Centre/Liberal Party	0	15
Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong	3	1
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong	1	1
New Hong Kong Alliance	1	1
Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong	3	0
Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong	2	0
Breakfast Group	0	6
Independent	13	2
Total for Conservatives/Pro-Beijing	23	26
United Democrats of Hong Kong/Democratic Party	14	15
Hong Kong Democratic Foundation	2	1
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	1	1
Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council	1	1
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions	0	1
Meeting Point	2	0
Independent	3	4
Total for Liberals/pro-democracy	23	23
Non-aligned Independent	10	8
Ex officio members	3	3
President (Governor)	1	0
Total	60	60

Note: Italic represents organizations that still function but become under another affiliation.

Graphical representation of the Legislative Council

Ex officio members

Liberals/Pro-democracy:

Conservatives/Pro-Beijing:

List of Members elected in the legislative election

The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 15 September 1991. Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised.

Key to changes since legislative election:

^a = change in party allegiance

^b = resigned/by-election

^c = other change

^d = did not take seat

Selection Method	Capacity or Constituency	Members	Party	First Assumed Office	Born In
President	Governor	Wilson, David CliveDavid Clive Wilson	Nonpartisan	1987	1935
Deputy Pres.	Appointed	Swaine, John JosephJohn Joseph Swaine	Independent	1980	1932
EO	Chief Secretary	Ford, David RobertDavid Robert Ford	Nonpartisan	1980	1935
EO	Financial Secretary	Macleod, Nathaniel W. H.Nathaniel W. H. Macleod	Nonpartisan	1987	1940
EO	Attorney General	Mathews, Jeremy FellJeremy Fell Mathews	Nonpartisan	1980	1941
AP	Appointed	Lee, AllenAllen Lee	Independent^a	1978	1940
FC	First Industrial^b	Cheong, StephenStephen Cheong	BPF^a	1980	1941
AP	Appointed	Chow, SelinaSelina Chow	Independent^a	1981	1945
AP	Appointed^b	Fan, RitaRita Fan	Independent^a	1983	1945
FC	Social Services	Hui, Yin-fatHui Yin-fat	Independent	1985	1936
GC	Hong Kong Island East	Lee, MartinMartin Lee	United Democrats^a	1985	1938
FC	Finance	Li, DavidDavid Li	Independent	1985	1939
FC	Second Industrial	Ngai, Shiu-kitNgai Shiu-kit	LDF^a	1985	1924
FC	Labour	Pang, Chun-hoiPang Chun-hoi	TUC	1985	1921
GC	Kowloon East	Szeto, WahSzeto Wah	United Democrats^a	1985	1931
GC	New Territories West^b	Tai, Chin-wahTai Chin-wah^d	FSHK	1985	1952
FC	Labour	Tam, Yiu-chungTam Yiu-chung	FTU^a	1985	1949
GC	New Territories East	Wong, AndrewAndrew Wong	Independent	1985	1936
FC	Rural	Lau, Wong-fatLau Wong-fat	FSHK^a	1985	1936
FC	Architectural, Surveying and Planning	Ho, EdwardEdward Ho	BPF^a	1987	1938
FC	Real Estate and Construction	Arculli, Ronald JosephRonald Joseph Arculli	Independent^a	1988	1939
AP	Appointed	Barrow, Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert Barrow	Independent^a	1988	1944
AP	Appointed	Lam, PeggyPeggy Lam	Independent^a	1988	1928
AP	Appointed	Lau, MiriamMiriam Lau	Independent^a	1988	1947
AP	Appointed	Lau, Wah-sumLau Wah-sum	Independent^a	1988	1928
FC	Medical	Leong, Che-hungLeong Che-hung	DF^a	1988	1939
FC	First Commercial	McGregor, James DavidJames David McGregor	DF	1974	1924
FC	Urban Council	Tu, ElsieElsie Tu	Independent	1988	1913
FC	Accountancy	Wong, PeterPeter Wong	LDF^a	1988	1944
GC	New Territories South	Chan, AlbertAlbert Chan	United Democrats^a	1991	1955
AP	Appointed^b	Chen, EdwardEdward Chen	Independent	1991	1945
AP	Appointed	Cheng, VincentVincent Cheng	Independent	1991	1948
AP	Appointed	Cheng, MosesMoses Cheng	Independent^a	1991	1950
AP	Appointed	Cheung, MarvinMarvin Cheung	Independent^a	1991	1947
FC	Teaching	Cheung, Man-kwongCheung Man-kwong	United Democrats^a	1991	1954
FC	Financial Services	Chim, Pui-chungChim Pui-chung	Independent	1991	1946
GC	New Territories North	Fung, Chi-woodFung Chi-wood	United Democrats^a	1991	1956
GC	Kowloon West	Fung, FrederickFrederick Fung	ADPL	1991	1953
AP	Appointed	Ha, TimothyTimothy Ha	Independent	1991	1937
FC	Health	Ho, MichaelMichael Ho	United Democrats^a	1991	1955
GC	Hong Kong Island West	Huang, Chen-yaHuang Chen-ya	United Democrats^a	1991	1939
FC	Legal	Ip, SimonSimon Ip	Independent^a	1991	1948
AP	Appointed	Lam, Kui-chunLam Kui-chun	Independent^a	1991	1941
GC	Kowloon Central	Lam, ConradConrad Lam	United Democrats^a	1985	1935
GC	Kowloon Central	Lau, Chin-shekLau Chin-shek	United Democrats^a	1991	1944
GC	New Territories East	Lau, EmilyEmily Lau	Independent	1991	1952
GC	New Territories South	Lee, Wing-tatLee Wing-tat	United Democrats^a	1991	1957
FC	Regional Council^b	Leung, GilbertGilbert Leung	FSHK	1991	1957
AP	Appointed	Li, EricEric Li	Independent^a	1991	1953
GC	Kowloon East	Li, FredFred Li	Meeting Point^a	1991	1955
AP	Appointed^b	Lieh Mak, FeliceFelice Lieh Mak	Independent	1991	1941
GC	Hong Kong Island East	Man, Sai-cheongMan Sai-cheong	United Democrats^a	1991	1944
GC	New Territories West^b	Ng, Ming-yumNg Ming-yum	United Democrats^a	1991	1956
AP	Appointed	Poon, StevenSteven Poon	Independent^a	1991	1943
AP	Appointed	Tang, HenryHenry Tang	Independent^a	1991	1952
GC	New Territories North	Tik, Chi-yuenTik Chi-yuen	Meeting Point^a	1991	1957
GC	Kowloon West	To, JamesJames To	United Democrats^a	1991	1963
FC	Engineering	Wong, SamuelSamuel Wong	Independent^a	1991	1937
FC	Second Commercial	Wong, PhilipPhilip Wong	NHKA	1991	1938
GC	Hong Kong Island West	Yeung, SumYeung Sum	United Democrats^a	1991	1947
FC	Tourism	Young, HowardHoward Young	LDF^a	1991	1948

By-elections

A by-election was held for the New Territories West after the elected member Tai Chin-wah refused to take the seat and was subsequently discovered forging credentials. Zachary Wong Wai-yin of the Meeting Point won the vacant seat on 8 December 1991.
30 August 1992, another by-election was held for the vacant seat in New Territories West after Ng Ming-yum died in office, Independent rural leader Tang Siu-tong was elected.
15 July 1993, James Tien, former appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council won in the Industrial (First) by-election after the incumbent Stephen Cheong died of a heart attack.
28 July 1993, Alfred Tso won in the by-election for the Regional Council after legislator Gilbert Leung found guilty in for trying to bribe two regional councillors to vote for him in the 1991 election and was removed from the seat.^[1]
5 March 1993, Lee Cheuk-yan replaced Lau Chin-shek in the Kowloon Central constituency after Lau resigned from his office in protest after an important labour bill which he had amended to protect workers was withdrawn by the government.^[2]

Other changes

Allen Lee, the Senior Unofficial Member of the Council with some other 17 appointed members founded a political grouping called Co-operative Resources Centre on 12 December 1991 as a counter-force to the United Democrats of Hong Kong. The group eventually transformed into the Liberal Party on 6 June 1993.
Tam Yiu-chung (Labour) unionist from the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions co-founded the Beijing-loyalist party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong in July 1992. Tam became the sole representative in the Council until 1995.
Rita Fan, Edward Chen and Felice Lieh Mak, three appointed members resigned and subsequently replaced by Christine Loh, Roger Luk and Anna Wu.
Edward Leong Che-hung (Medical), member of the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation joined the Meeting Point.
The two largest pro-democratic parties the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Meeting Point merged into a new party called the Democratic Party on 2 October 1994, all LegCo members from the previous two parties except for Edward Leong joined the newly formed party.

Citations

↑ Wong, Benjamin (7 August 2012). "Ex-lawmaker charged with offering bribe to poll rival". SCMP. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
↑ "Biography of Lau Chin-shek". The Democratic Party. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

References

Database on LegCo Members

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