Hong Kong municipal election, 1955

30 March 1955

2 (of 4) elected seats to the Urban Council

	First party

Leader	Brook Bernacchi
Party	Reform
Seats before	4
Seats after	4
Seat change
Popular vote	3,283
Percentage	89.62%
Swing	9.98pp

The 1955 Urban Council election was held on 30 March 1955 for the 2 of the 4 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. It was the fourth Urban Council election in the post-war period.

The turnout was low compared to last year as only 3,650 voters cast their votes, 1,540 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 374 from Kowloon. Brook Bernacchi and Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club were reelected. G.O. Jones who ran against the Reform Club for the third time was defeated.

Outcome of election

Urban Council Election 1955^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Woo Pak-chuen	1,659	45.35	+25.83
	Reform	Brook Bernacchi	1,624	44.27	+20.80
	Independent	G.O. Jones	375	10.25	6.24
Turnout			3,650

Citations

↑ "選舉議員". Kung Sheung Daily News. 31 March 1955.

References

Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.
Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.

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