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Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

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7 June 1967
  
1969 →

5
  
4

14,816
  
9,789

Turnout
  
38.66% 16.67pp

4
  
4

37.69%
  
24.90%

Hong Kong municipal election, 1967

The 1967 Urban Council election was held on 7 June 1967 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. There were a total number of six polling stations located on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Overview

The record of 38.7% turnout as 10,130 of the 26,202 eligible voters came out and cast their ballots, in the middle of the Leftists' disturbances.

The incumbent Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee, also the Reform Club’s vice-chairman who had earlier announced his intention retired, left Hong Kong for permanent residence abroad and Woo Po-shing assumed his seat, while prominent activist Elsie Elliott left the Club and ran as an independent and received the highest votes. The other newcomer was independent Dr. Denny Huang who defeated incumbent Cheung Wing-in of the Hong Kong Civic Association.

References

Hong Kong municipal election, 1967 Wikipedia