The 1963 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 7 March 1963 for the four of the eight elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Elsie Elliott, educator and social activist was first elected to the council on the Reform Club ticket, while lawyer

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became the new elected member for the

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Overview

The polling stations increased to four in this year.

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, headquarter of the

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in Happy Valley, East wing of the Star Ferry Pier in South Kowloon and North Kowloon Magistracy in North Kowloon. 5,320 of the 25,932 eligible electorates came out and voted which was about 20.5 per cent. The

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– Reform Coalition continued and the seats were divided by these two groups. Elsie Elliott was elected to the council for the first time representing the Reform Club and also backed by the Civic Association, succeeding Dr. Alison Bell. The other Club candidate Dr.

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was re-elected and the last seat went to

from the Association who replaced

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. Chan Shu-woon, a former Reform Club member quit the Club in 1963 ran as an Independent in the election. Brook Bernacchi, leader of the Reform Club later on sued Chan for alleged corruption during the election campaign. Chan subsequently resigned from the office in 1964 and departed Hong Kong for the United States.

Results

By-election

There was a by-election took place in 1964 for the vacant seat of Chan Shu-woon. Napoleon Ng representing Civic–Reform Union ran against Independent

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and got defeated. The Reform Club accused some members of the Civic Association had used their influential to back up Rafeek who was already a member of that Association. The Club found this unacceptable within the terms of the Coalition, and became one of the reasons for the Union being dissolved. Rafeek formally joined the Civic Association in April.

Citations

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. {{Hong Kong elections Hong Kong 1963 in Hong Kong Urban March 1963 events in Asia 1963 elections in the British Empire