The 1961 Hong Kong Urban Council election was supposed to be held in March 1961 for the four of the eight elected seats of the
Urban Council of Hong Kong.
In 1960 the two major political groups in the Council, the
Civic Association
Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern. Civic engagement includes communities working together or individuals working alone in both political and non-political actions to ...
and
Reform Club formed a four-year coalition for a further constitutional reform in Hong Kong. The Coalition met with the
Colonial Office in London however their demands were rejected.
The Civic-Reform Coalition joined the election and no contest was seen that year. The four candidates, Civic's
Hilton Cheong-Leen
Hilton Cheong-Leen, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Justice of Peace, JP (; 6 August 1922 – 4 January 2022) was a Hong Kong politician and businessman. He is the longest uninterrupted serving elected officeholder in Hong Kong history as an ...
,
Li Yiu-bor and
Woo Pak-foo of the Civic Association and Reform's
Brook Bernacchi were all re-elected.
Elected members
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.
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