This is a list of Members elected to the Legislative Council in the colonial period at the 1991 election, held on 15 September 1991.
Composition AffiliationElectionAt dissolution Co-operative Resources Centre/Liberal Party015 Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong31 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong11 New Hong Kong Alliance11 Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong30 Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong20 Breakfast Group06 Independent132 Total for Conservatives/pro-Beijing2326 United Democrats of Hong Kong/Democratic Party1415 Hong Kong Democratic Foundation21 Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood11 Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council11 Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions01 Meeting Point20 34 Total for Liberals/pro-democracy2323 Non-aligned Independent108 Ex officio members|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right" |3|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right" |3|- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | President (Governor)10 Total6060
Note: Italic represents organizations that still function but become under another affiliation.
Graphical representation of the Legislative Council
List of Members elected in the legislative election The following table is a list of LegCo members elected on 15 September 1991. Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised.
Key to changes since legislative election: a = change in party allegiance b = resigned/by-election c = other change d = did not take seat
SelectionMethod Capacity or Constituency Elected Members Elected Party Political Alignment Born AssumedOffice President Governor Nonpartisan Government 1987 Deputy Pres. Appointed Independent Conservative 1980 EO Chief Secretary Nonpartisan Government 1980 EO Financial Secretary Nonpartisan Government 1987 EO Attorney General Nonpartisan Government 1980 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1978 FC First Industrialb BPFa Conservative 1980 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1981 AP Appointedb Independenta Conservative 1983 FC Social Services Independent Pro-democracy 1985 GC Hong Kong Island East United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1985 FC Finance Independent Conservative 1985 FC Second Industrial LDFa Conservative 1985 FC Labour TUC Pro-Taiwan 1985 GC Kowloon East United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1985 GC New Territories Westb d FSHK Conservative 1985 FC Labour FTUa Pro-Beijing 1985 GC New Territories East Independent Moderate 1985 FC Rural FSHKa Conservative 1985 FC Architectural, Surveying and Planning BPFa Conservative 1987 FC Real Estate and Construction Independenta Conservative 1988 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1988 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1988 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1988 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1988 FC Medical DFa Pro-democracy 1988 FC First Commercial DF Pro-democracy 1988 FC Urban Council Independent Moderate 1988 FC Accountancy LDFa Conservative 1988 GC New Territories South United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 AP Appointedb Independent Moderate 1991 AP Appointed Independent Conservative 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 FC Teaching United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 FC Financial Services Independent Conservative 1991 GC New Territories North United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 GC Kowloon West ADPL Pro-democracy 1991 AP Appointed Independent Moderate 1991 FC Health United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 GC Hong Kong Island West United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 FC Legal Independenta Moderate 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 GC Kowloon Central United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 GC Kowloon Central United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 GC New Territories East Independent Pro-democracy 1991 GC New Territories South United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 FC Regional Councilb FSHK Conservative 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 GC Kowloon East Meeting Pointa Pro-democracy 1991 AP Appointedb Independent Conservative 1991 GC Hong Kong Island East United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 GC New Territories Westb United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 AP Appointed Independenta Conservative 1991 GC New Territories North Meeting Pointa Pro-democracy 1991 GC Kowloon West United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 FC Engineering Independenta Conservative 1991 FC Second Commercial NHKA Conservative/Pro-Beijing 1991 GC Hong Kong Island West United Democratsa Pro-democracy 1991 FC Tourism LDFa Conservative 1991
By-elections A by-election was held for the New Territories West after the elected member Tai Chin-wah refused to take the seat and was subsequently discovered forging credentials. Zachary Wong Wai-yin of the Meeting Point won the vacant seat on 8 December 1991. 30 August 1992, another by-election was held for the vacant seat in New Territories West after Ng Ming-yum died in office, Independent rural leader Tang Siu-tong was elected. 15 July 1993, James Tien, former appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council won in the Industrial (First) by-election after the incumbent Stephen Cheong died of a heart attack. 28 July 1993, Alfred Tso won in the by-election for the Regional Council after legislator Gilbert Leung found guilty in for trying to bribe two regional councillors to vote for him in the 1991 election and was removed from the seat. 5 March 1993, Lee Cheuk-yan replaced Lau Chin-shek in the Kowloon Central constituency after Lau resigned from his office in protest after an important labour bill which he had amended to protect workers was withdrawn by the government.
Other changes Allen Lee, the Senior Unofficial Member of the Council with some other 17 appointed members founded a political grouping called Co-operative Resources Centre on 12 December 1991 as a counter-force to the United Democrats of Hong Kong. The group eventually transformed into the Liberal Party on 6 June 1993. Tam Yiu-chung (Labour) unionist from the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions co-founded the Beijing-loyalist party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong in July 1992. Tam became the sole representative in the Council until 1995. Rita Fan, Edward Chen and Felice Lieh Mak, three appointed members resigned and subsequently replaced by Christine Loh, Roger Luk and Anna Wu. Edward Leong Che-hung (Medical), member of the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation joined the Meeting Point. The two largest pro-democratic parties the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Meeting Point merged into a new party called the Democratic Party on 2 October 1994, all LegCo members from the previous two parties except for Edward Leong joined the newly formed party.
See also 1991 Hong Kong legislative election
Citations
References Database on LegCo Members