Quarry Bay (constituency)

Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

Quarry Bay
Elected constituency
for the Eastern District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Quarry Bay in Eastern District
DistrictEastern
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island East
Population13,076 (2019)[1]
Electorate6,767 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1982 (1st time)
1994 (2nd time)
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromQuarry Bay South

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. It was created for the first time in 1982 election and again in the 1994 election and current held by Eddie Ting Kong-ho of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Quarry Bay constituency is loosely based on Quarry Bay with estimated population of 13,076.[3]

Councillors represented

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1982 to 1985

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Election Member Party %
1982 Kwan Lim-ho Reform Club 55.17
1983 by-election Joseph Salaroli Independent 59.66
1985 Constituency abolished

1994 to present

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Election Member Party %
1994 James Kong Tze-wing Liberal N/A
1999 LiberalDAB N/A
2003 DAB N/A
2007 Eddie Ting Kong-ho DAB 56.23
2011 N/A
2015 62.12
2019 Kelly Chan Po-king→Vacant[a] Independent democrat 55.37

Election results

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2010s

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Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Quarry Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Coalition Kelly Chan Po-king 2,700 55.37
DAB Eddie Ting Kong-ho 2,176 44.63 −17.47
Majority 524 10.74
Turnout 4,890 72.28
Democratic Coalition gain from DAB Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Quarry Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Eddie Ting Kong-ho 1,656 62.1
Nonpartisan Ip Chee-tak 1,010 37.9
Majority 646 24.2
Turnout 2,666 39.7
DAB hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Eddie Ting Kong-ho uncontested
DAB hold Swing

2000s

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Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Eddie Ting Kong-ho 1,313 56.2
Civic Wong Kin-wai 1,022 43.8
Majority 291 12.4
DAB hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB James Kong Tze-wing uncontested
DAB hold Swing

1990s

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Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Kong Tze-wing uncontested
Liberal hold Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Kong Tze-wing uncontested
Liberal win (new seat)

1980s

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Quarry Bay by-election, 1983[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Joseph Salaroli 1,303 59.7 +31.6
Reform Shum Tak-on 580 26.6 −28.6
Nonpartisan Yeung Cho-cheung 301 13.8
Nonpartisan gain from Reform Swing +30.1
Eastern District Board Election, 1982: Quarry Bay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Kwan Lim-ho 3,802 55.2
Nonpartisan Joseph Salaroli 1,939 28.1
Nonpartisan Lung Pui-ching 837 12.1
Civic Ng Tam-yiu 314 4.6
Reform win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ Resigned on 9 July 2021.

References

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  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). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.