This is a list of unofficial members of the Executive Council in the colonial period from 1850 to 1941. The term of the Executive Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
List of Unofficial Members of the Executive Council Key:
Members Term of office Background Remarks 8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926 Broker Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926);died in office 8 September 1896 – 1899 Jardine, Matheson & Co. 30 May 1901 – 1902Vice J. J. Keswick on leave 18 May 1899 – 1901 Jardine, Matheson & Co. 28 May 1902 – 1906 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned 23 May – 3 June 1902 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent 12 June – 4 September 1902 Gibb, Livingston & Co. Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent 12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent31 July 1908 – 1908 Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett 1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office 10 March 1908 – 1908 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett5 May 1910 – 1910 Temporary 9 May 1908 – 1908 Barrister-at-Law Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick 3 May 1911 – 1911 Barrister-at-Law 11 May – 19 December 1912Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett 9 March 1921 – 1941 Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41); reappointed in 1931, 1936 1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922 Barrister-at-Law Died in office 25 July 1916 – 1916 Jardine, Matheson & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave2 August 1918 – 1918 Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave 15 April 1919 – 1919 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave 6 May 1920 – 1920 Reiss & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave 29 June – 30 October 1921 Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp 2 April 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater 29 August 1924 – 1926 Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office 17 September 1920 – 1920 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave 31 October 1921 – 1924 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp; appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased 2 May 1922 – 1922 Union Insurance Society of Canton Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 16 May 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater 2 June 1922 – 1922 Gibb, Livingston & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater 21 March 1925 – 1925 Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General7 April 1926 – 1927 Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased 9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936 First Chinese in the Council;Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36); vice C. P. Chater deceased; reappointed in 1931 10 July 1926 – 1926 Jardine, Matheson & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 4 April 1927 –1927 Vice A. O. Lang 1 June 1927 – 1927 Solicitor Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936 Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933 8 May 1928 – 1928 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton 4 May 1928 – 1928 Harry Wicking & Co. Temporary during absence of H. E. PollockOctober 1928 – 1928 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 13 June 1929 – 1929 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice H. E. Pollock on leave 3 October 1929 – 1929 Hong Kong Mercantile Co., Ltd. Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave18 September 1930 – 1930 27 May 1931 – 193119 May 1932 – 25 August 193214 October 1933 – 1933 3 November 1934 – 19344 June 1935 – 8 November 19359 July 1936 – 25 December 1941 Vice Chow Shouson retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41) 4 June 1930 – 1930 Gibb, Livingston & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton 30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931 Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock 8 April 1933 – 1933 Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton 4 May 1934 – 1934 Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock 6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941 Jardine, Matheson & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned 8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936 Dodwell & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock11 March 1939 – 1939 Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson21 September 1940 – 1940 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941 Temporary 29 June 1938 – 1938 Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall 8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Shewan, Tomes & Co. Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell 22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
See also List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1946–1997 List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1843–1941
References
Bibliography Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841–1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964) p. 250.