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Lee Wing-tat (; born 25 December 1955) is a former Member of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...
(LegCo), returned by direct election as representative of the
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constituency. He was the former third Chairman of the
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(DP). He is seen as a conservative inside the party.


Early life

A Hakka, Lee was elected vice-chairman of the Hong Kong University Students' Union in 1979. He graduated from the Faculty of Science of the
University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
with a pass. He first participated in politics in the 1980s and was the vice-chairman of the
Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social-liberal political party catering to grassroots interest with a strong basis in Sham Shui Po. Established on 26 October 1986, it was one o ...
(ADPL). He was elected to the District Council and the Regional Council in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He was a founding member of the
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China ( zh, link=no, t=香港市民支援愛國民主運動聯合會; abbr. ; ) was a pro-democracy organisation that was established on 21 May 1989 in the then British col ...
. In 1989, during the visit of
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to Hong Kong, Lee protested at the conference and called Howe's speech "bullshit". Lee left the ADPL and formed the
United Democrats of Hong Kong The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of ...
, which developed into the Democratic Party in 1994. He was elected to the Legco in the same year. He once lost his seat in the 2000 election but was re-elected in 2004. He was vice-chairman of Democratic Party from 2002 to 2004 and was elected chairman at the sixth AGM of the DP in succession to
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. His challenger for the Chairman's post,
Chan King-ming Chan King-ming is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served as the vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2006. He is also an associate professor in the department of biochemistry and Environmental Science Progr ...
, was elected vice-chairman instead.


Chairmanship of Democratic Party


Chief Executive Election

In May 2005, Lee declared his intention to run in the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election, but only received 52 nominations and thus failed to get on the ballot. As a result, he withdrew from the election on 15 June. His participation in the election faced great criticisms within the party and the
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camp.


Criticisms

Lee was criticized for suppressing the second-tier members and "'' Young Turks''" of the party. In early 2006, someone alleged to the ''
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'' that some senior members were involved in spying activities of China. The "suspects" were all Young Turks and included vice-chairman
Chan King Ming Chan King-ming is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served as the vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2006. He is also an associate professor in the department of biochemistry and Environmental Science Progra ...
and
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. The Young Turks later held a press conference to criticise the list of "suspects", with some even directly naming Lee as responsible.


Departure

Lee did not seek a second term as party chairman in the party's internal elections in December 2006.


Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he voted with the party in favour of the government's 2012 constitutional reform package, which included the late amendment by the Democratic Party – accepted by the Beijing government – to hold a popular vote for five new District Council
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.Cheers and jeers for political reform vote,
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, Gary Cheung, Albert Wong and Fanny WY Fung, 25 June 2010


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Wing-Tat 1955 births Living people Alumni of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong Alumni of the University of Hong Kong District councillors of Kwai Tsing District Members of the Regional Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong People from Huiyang Leaders of political parties Charter 08 signatories Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood politicians United Democrats of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 1991–1995 HK LegCo Members 1995–1997 HK LegCo Members 1998–2000 HK LegCo Members 2004–2008 HK LegCo Members 2008–2012 Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members