Victoria Park (constituency)

Victoria Park, formerly called Causeway Bay North, is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council of Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the residential area east of the Victoria Park with estimated population of 13,412.[3] Prior to the District Council election in 2015, it was a constituency of the Eastern District Council.

Victoria Park
Elected Constituency
for the Wan Chai District Council
Boundary of Victoria Park in Wan Chai District
DistrictEastern
(1994–2015)
Wan Chai
(2015–present)
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island
Population13,412 (2019)[1]
Electorate6,784 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Li Wing-choi (VSA)

Councillors represented

1982 to 1988
ElectionMemberParty
1982 Wong Tin-cho Nonpartisan
1985 Lai Siu-lam Reform Club

1988 to 1991
ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1988 Man Sai-cheong HKAS Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Nonpartisan

1991 to present
ElectionMemberParty%
1991 Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Independent→Liberal 70.92
1994 Liberal→Independent 78.13
1999 Independent 69.60
2003 72.51
2007 N/A
2011 Independent→DAB N/A
2015 DAB N/A
2019 Li Wing-choi VSA→Independent 54.07

Election results

2010s
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PfD (VSA) Li Wing-choi 2,502 54.07
DAB Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 2,125 45.93
Majority 377 8.14
Turnout 4,639 68.39
PfD gain from DAB Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Victoria Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
DAB hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Victoria Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s
Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Victoria Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Victoria Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,788 72.5 +3.5
DAB Wong Chi-chung 678 27.5
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s
Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Victoria Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,383 69.0 -7.5
Nonpartisan Kwan Kwok-kit 604 30.2
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Victoria Park[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 1,429 76.5 +5.6
DAB Yuen Chun-chuen 400 21.4
Liberal win (new seat)
Eastern District Board Election, 1991: Causeway Way North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 883 70.9
Independent Lai Siu-lam 362 21.4
Independent hold Swing

1980s
Eastern District Board Election, 1988: Causeway Way North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
HKAS Man Sai-cheong 2,061 51.6
Independent Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 927 23.2
Reform Lai Siu-lam 671 16.8 −30.1
Independent Ho Yu-chi 334 8.4
HKAS gain from Reform Swing
Independent win (new seat)
Eastern District Board Election, 1985: Causeway Way North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Lai Siu-lam 1,256 46.9 +16.2
Independent Wong Tin-cho 1,170 43.7 +2.7
Independent Poon Kam-tim 253 9.4 −5.3
Reform gain from Independent Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1982: Causeway Way North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wong Tin-cho 810 41.0
Reform Lai Siu-lam 607 30.7
Independent Poon Kam-tim 290 14.7
Independent So Siu-sun 270 13.7
Independent win (new seat)

References
  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.
  3. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.
  4. 李彭廣 (2004). "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 3 April 2013.
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