List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1843–1941

This is a list of members of the Legislative Council in the colonial period from its establishment in 1843 to 1941. It consists of both official and unofficial members. The term of the Legislative Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

Change in composition

Year Number ofOfficial Membersexclusive of the Governor Number ofUnofficial Members 1843 3 — 1844 5 — 1845 3 — 1850 5 2 1857 5 3 1858 6 3 1865 6 3 1868 5 4 1883 6 5 1896 7 6 1929 9 8

List of Official members Members Assumed office Left office Background Remarks 1843 1844 former Administrator Founding members of the council 1843 1843 Chinese Secretary and Interpreter Founding members of the council 1843 1845 Chief Magistrate Founding members of the council 1844 1848 Army Major General 1844 1860 Chief Justice 1844 1845 Colonial Secretary 1844 1845 Colonial Treasurer 1845 Attorney General 1848 1851 Army Major General 1851 1854 Army Major General 1854 1856 Acting Attorney General 1854 1857 Army Major General 1857 1868 Colonial Secretary 1857 1858 Acting Colonial Secretary 1857 1865 Surveyor General 1858 1870 Auditor-General 1860 1865 Chief Justice 1866 1881 Chief Justice 1882 1888 Chief Justice 1888 1892 Chief Justice 18921896 Chief Justice 18961901 Chief Justice 19021905 Chief Justice 1905 1912 Chief Justice 8 June 1911 28 October 1911 Colonial Secretary 1912 1924 Chief Justice 19241930 Chief Justice 19301933 Chief Justice 1934 1941 Chief Justice

List of Unofficial members

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Members Term of office Background Remarks 14 June 1850 8 March 1857 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1850–57) 14 June 1850 26 August 1857 Jamieson, How & Co. 9 March 1857 10 December 1860 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1857–60);vice David Jardine deceased 15 May 1857 10 December 1860 Lyall, Still & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1860) 26 December 1857 8 November 1861 Dent & Co. 12 May 1866 20 June 1867 Senior Unofficial Member (1866–67);vice Francis Chomley resigned 10 December 1860 12 March 1866 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1861–64);vice Joseph Jardine resigned 10 December 1860 16 March 1862 Fletcher & Co. Vice George Lyall resigned 9 November 1861 26 April 1866 Dent & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1864–66);vice John Dent resigned 17 March 1862 13 September 1864 Birley & Co. Vice Angus Fletcher resigned 5 April 1864 5 December 1867 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Senior Unofficial Member (1867); vice Alexander Perceval resigned on leave9 July 1872 13 July 1875Vice William Keswick resigned 25 February 1865 26 April 1866 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Vice C. W. Murray resigned on leave 18 May 1866 1867? Gibb, Livingston & Co. Vice Thomas Sutherland on leave 1868? 11 November 1870 Senior Unofficial Member (1867–71);resigned and replaced by Richard Rowett29 May 1879 30 December 1879Resigned and replaced by Ng Choy 23 July 1867 1868? Turner & Co. Vice John Dent resigned1870? 7 December 1891 Senior Unofficial Member (1871–92); vice J. B. Taylor; reappointed on 1 March 1890;died in office 23 July 1867 21 February 1868 Birley & Co. Vice H. B. Gibb absent on leave 21 February 1868 16 May 1872 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice James Whittall on leave 2 September 1875 23 September 1887Vice James Whittall resigned 3 October 1868 30 September 1869 Smith, Archer & Co. Vice Phineas Ryrie on leave 1 May 1868 23 May 1868 Gibb, Livingston & Co. Vice Francis Parry resigned26 February 1869 11 September 1871Judge of the Summary CourtSitting as unofficial;Absent on leave and replaced by Richard Rowett10 December 1872 30 September 1873 24 September 1869 1870? Holiday, Wise & Co. 25 January 1871? 18 November 1871 Absent on leave and replaced by Henry Lowcock24 February 1873 16 November 1874 Resigned and replaced by Henry Lowcock 25 March 1872 11 February 1873 Gibb, Livingston & Co. 23 February 1875 26 February 1879 Resigned and replaced by H. B. Gibb 25 March 1872 25 September 1872 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice Henry John Ball on leave 29 May 1872 7 January 1876 Registrar of the Supreme Court Sitting as unofficial 2 March 1877 19 February 1878 Surveyor General Sitting as unofficial18 January 187928 December 1883 26 February 1880 24 March 1883 Barrister-at-law First Chinese member; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1880–82) 19 January 1878 29 April 1878 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice Wiliam Keswick absent on leave 3 June 1881 5 March 1884 15 October 1878 21 December 1878 Sitting as an unofficial during J. M. Price acting as Colonial Secretary 23 August 1881 5 September 1882 Belilios & Co. Vice J. M. Price absent on leave25 February 1892 5 April 1900 Senior Unofficial Member (1892–1900); vice Phineas Ryrie deceased; reappointed on 25 February 1898 26 March 1883 28 December 1883 Registrar-General Sitting as an unofficial 28 February 1884 2 September 1887 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Elected by the Chamber of Commerce on 2 January 28 February 1884 13 January 1888 David Sassoon Sons & Co. 28 February 1884 24 February 1890 Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1884–89) 23 April 1884 3 July 1884 Royal Navy Harbour Master sitting as unofficial 27 August 1886 8 February 1888 27 August 1886 1886? Holiday, Wise & Co. Elected 27 April vice Thomas Jackson on leave 19 September 1887? 21 July 1890 Elected 17 September on retirement of Thomas Jackson 27 August 1886 1886? Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice William Keswick on leave14 August 1887? 29 April 1890Vice William Keswick resigned 10 December 1886 1887? Broker Vice Frederick D. Sasssoon on leave