1965 Hong Kong municipal election

1965 Hong Kong municipal election

3 March 1965
6 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered	29,349 13.18%
Turnout	6,492 (22.12%) 1.60pp
First party Second party   Leader Brook Bernacchi Woo Pak-foo Party Reform Civic Seats before 3 5 Seats after 5 5 Seat change 2

The 1965 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1965 for the six of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong after the membership of the elected members increased from eight to ten.

As for the previous election, there were four polling stations: City Hall in Central, North Point Government Primary School, Aberdeen Government Primary School, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and Queen Elizabeth School. Turnout was 6,492 of 29,349 eligible voters, approximately 22 percent. The Civic–Reform Coalition had collapsed in 1964, but the dominance of the two groups continued separately. Both groups won three seats each in the election, maintaining the balance of power in the Council, with Henry Hu representing Reform Club was elected for the first time.

On election day afternoon, six members of the Labour Party protested peacefully for two hours at Edinburgh Place outside the City Hall poll station with slogans of "Abolish Urban Council", "Support Labour don't vote", and "Give Hong Kong democracy". They criticised the Urban Council as powerless to manage matters that had real impact on Hong Kong residents, and that of Hong Kong's population of nearly four million, fewer than 30,000 people had the right to vote.

Elected members

Urban Council Election 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Brook Bernacchi	4,192
	Reform	Alison Bell	3,913
	Reform	Henry Hu	3,828
	Civic	Li Yiu-bor	3,768
	Civic	Woo Pak-foo	3,616
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	3,520
	Reform	Charles Ching
	Civic	Pun Chung-chik
	Civic	Henry Wong
	Reform	Patrick Wong
	Reform	Charles Yeung Siu-cho
Turnout			6,492	22.12	+1.60
Registered electors			29,349		+13.18

References

• Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.
• Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.