Kennedy Town & Mount Davis (constituency)

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Elected Constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Kennedy Town & Mount Davis in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island
Population	15,734 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,608 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982 (first time) 1994 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Cherry Wong Kin-ching (Civic)
Created from	Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was held by Chan Hok-fung of the DAB, until in 2019 he was defeated by Cherry Wong Kin-ching.

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency is loosely based on the Kennedy Town including Sai Wan Estate, Mount Davis and deserted islands Green Island and Little Green Island with estimated population of 15,734.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1982	Chow Yin-sum	Independent	64.64
1985		Constituency abolished
	1994	Yeung Wai-foon	DAB	51.36
	1999			53.01
	2003			50.14
	2007	Chan Hok-fung	DAB	49.05
	2007			53.97
	2007			49.32
	2019	Cherry Wong Kin-ching	Independent→Civic	59.45

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PfD	Cherry Wong Kin-ching	3,312	59.45
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	2,206	39.60	−9.70
	Nonpartisan	Mavis Lam Suet-ying	53	0.95
Majority			1,106	9.85
Turnout			5,593	73.53
	PfD gain from DAB		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	1,859	49.3	–4.7
	Democratic	Sin Cheuk-nam	1,072	28.4	–7.6
	Youngspiration	Chow Sai-kit	838	22.2
Majority			787	20.9	+12.9
Turnout			3,789	54.1
	DAB hold		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	1,721	54.0	+5.0
	Democratic	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan	1,468	46.0	N/A
Majority			253	8.0	+1.1
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	1,417	49.0	-1.1
	Democratic Coalition	Winfield Chong Wing-fai	1,269	43.9	-6.0
	Independent	Kwan Kin-kei	203	7.3	N/A
Majority			148	6.9	+6.7
	DAB hold		Swing	+3.4

Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,241	50.1	-2.9
	Independent	Winfield Chong Wing-fai	1,234	49.9	+2.9
Majority			7	0.2	-5.8
	DAB hold		Swing	-2.9

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,217	53.0	+1.6
	Democratic	Chan Kwok-leung	1,079	47.0	-1.6
Majority			138	6.0	+3.2
	DAB hold		Swing	+1.6

Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,113	50.8
	Democratic	Wong King-hong	1,054	48.1
Majority			59	2.7
	DAB win (new seat)

1980s

Central & Western District Board Election, 1982: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chow Yin-sum	3,431	64.6
	Nonpartisan	Yeung Yui-kwan	1,877	35.4
Majority			1,554	29.0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Citations

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Register.
3. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)