Hong Kong municipal election, 1955
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The 1955 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 30 March 1955 for the two of the four elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. It was the fourth Urban Council election in the post-war period. The turnout was low compared to last year as only 3,650 voters cast their votes, 1,540 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 374 from Kowloon. Brook Bernacchi and
Woo Pak-chuen Woo Pak-chuen (; 10 January 1910 – 30 April 2008) was a prominent politician and lawyer of Hong Kong. He was former Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Council of Hong Kong. From 1972 to 1973, he was the Senior Unofficial Memb ...
of the Reform Club were reelected. G.O. Jones who ran against the Reform Club for the third time was defeated.


Outcome of election


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References

* Pepper, Suzanne (2008). ''Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform''. Rowman & Littlefield. * 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. {{Hong Kong elections Hong Kong municipal election Municipal election Urban Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong municipal election