1967 Hong Kong municipal election
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The 1967 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 7 June 1967 for the five of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. A record of 38.7 per cent turnout as 10,130 of the 26,202 eligible voters came out and cast their ballots, in the middle of the Leftists' disturbances.[1]
10.72%
16.54pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 June 1967
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5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 26,202 10.72% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 10,130 (38.66%) 16.54pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Dr. Raymond Harry Shoon Lee, also the Reform Club vice-chairman who had earlier announced his intention retired, left Hong Kong for permanent residence abroad and his vacancy was taken by Woo Po-shing, while prominent activist Elsie Elliott who left the Club earlier and ran as an independent received the highest votes. The other newcomer was independent Dr. Denny Huang who defeated incumbent Cheung Wing-in of the Hong Kong Civic Association.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Elsie Elliott | 6,924 | 17.33 | –0.09 | |
| Independent | Denny Huang Mong-hwa | 5,197 | 13.01 | New | |
| Civic | Hilton Cheong-Leen | 4,555 | 11.40 | ||
| Reform | Woo Po-shing | 4,254 | 10.65 | New | |
| Civic | Solomon Rafeek | 3,459 | 8.66 | New | |
| Civic | Cheung Wing-in | 3,195 | 7.80 | –13.17 | |
| Civic | Peter Chi-kwan Chan | 2,145 | 5.37 | ||
| Reform | Napoleon Chung-yiu Ng | 1,770 | 4.43 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Pak-toh Wong | 1,611 | 4.03 | ||
| Civic | Pun Chung-chik | 1,462 | 3.66 | ||
| Labour | George S. Kennedy Skipton | 1,262 | 3.16 | ||
| Independent | Maureen Clark | 753 | 1.88 | ||
| Reform | Billy K. S. Leong | 646 | 1.62 | ||
| Independent | Y. B. Low | 569 | 1.42 | ||
| Turnout | 10,130 | 38.66 | +16.54 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,202 | −10.72 | |||