The Transport and Communication functional constituency was in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten, in which the electorate consisted of total 109,716 eligible voters worked related to the transport and communication industry.
| Transport and Communication 運輸及通訊界 | |
|---|---|
| Former Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 109,716[1] |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Miriam Lau (Liberal) |
| Replaced by | Transport |
The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.
A similar Transport functional constituency was created for the 1998 election by the HKSAR government with a much narrow electorate base in which 178 electors are only limited to transportation associations.
Councillors represented
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Miriam Lau | Liberal | |
| 1997 | Legislative Council dissolved | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Miriam Lau Kin-yee | 14,233 | 32.89 | ||
| FTU | Cheuk Siu-yee | 12,617 | 29.16 | ||
| CTU | Ip Kwok-fen | 12,055 | 27.86 | ||
| Independent | Cheng Kai-ming | 2,324 | 5.37 | ||
| Independent | Cheung Pak-chi | 2,042 | 4.72 | ||
| Majority | 1,616 | 3.73 | |||
| Total valid votes | 43,271 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,113 | ||||
| Turnout | 45,384 | 41.36 | |||
| Registered electors | 109,716 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b 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.