The 1991 New Territories West by-election was held on 8 December 1991 after the incumbent Legislative Councillor

Tai Chin-wah Tai Chin-wah (born 24 August 1952, in Hong Kong) was a New Territories Justice of Peace until 1992, practicing solicitor member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1985–91) for the New Territories West electoral college and Yuen Long Dis ...

New Territories West New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District. History Settlements in the area, except the Islands District, have been connected by the ...

resigned from 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) on 8 October 1991 weeks after the 1991 general election as he was being discovered of his falsified legal qualifications. The

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Meeting Point Meeting Point (Chinese: 匯點) was a liberal political organisation and party in Hong Kong formed by a group of former student activists in the 1970s and intellectuals for the discussion for the Sino-British negotiation on the question of Hong ...

(MP)

Zachary Wong Wai-yin Zachary Wong Wai-yin (; born 22 December 1957, Hong Kong) is a former Yuen Long District Councillor (representing Nam Ping) for the Meeting Point and later Democratic Party and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He joi ...

, who was fully supported by 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 ...

(UDHK) triumphed over two conservative candidates with rural background,

Tang Siu-tong Tang Siu-tong, SBS, JP (born 26 September 1942 in Hong Kong), was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 2004.

and

Kingsley Sit Ho-yin Kingsley Sit Ho-yin (born 1949, Hong Kong) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Sit first attempted in the 1985 Legislative Council election, the first election of the colony's legislature in the New Territories West elector ...

, and a liberal

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) candidate Yim Tin-sang, by receiving 21,559 votes with a 40 percent plurality. The result raised the pro-democracy camp's total directly elected seats to 17, enlarging their strength in the legislature to 21, similar to that of the conservative

Co-operative Resources Centre The Co-operative Resources Centre (CRC; ) was a short-lived political group in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). Led by the Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils Allen Lee, it was established on 12 Decem ...

bloc. Tai was later found guilty of forging credentials and was given a six-month jail sentence, suspended for one year.

Candidates

The pro-democratic

(MP) nominated

, the candidate in the September general election in 1991 who lost to

. As the electoral ally in the general election, the

(UDHK) endorsed Wong. Another pro-democratic party, the

(ADPL) also field a candidate, Yim Tin-sang, a Tuen Mun District Board member. The two pro-democratic parties fielding candidates against each other also sparked some controversies within the camp.

Tang Siu-tong Tang Siu-tong, SBS, JP (born 26 September 1942 in Hong Kong), was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 2004.

and

, both came from rural background also ran in the election.

Result

References

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Candidates

Result

See also

References