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Provident (constituency)

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Provident
Elected constituency
for the Eastern District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Provident in Eastern District
DistrictEastern
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island East
Population20,643 (2019)[1]
Electorate9,722 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Kwok Wai-keung (FTU)
Created fromNorth Point North

Provident (Chinese: 和富) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Kwok Wai-keung of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions since the 2007 election.

Provident constituency is loosely based on the areas around Provident Centre and Wharf Road in North Point with estimated population of 20,643.[3]

Councillors represented

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Election Member Party %
1994 Wong Kwok-hing DAB/FTU 86.32
1999 N/A
2003 71.77
2007 Kwok Wai-keung Independent→FTU/DAB 89.83
2011 FTU/DAB N/A
2015 N/A
2019 49.68

Election results

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2010s

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Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Provident
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FTU Kwok Wai-keung 3,229 49.68
Nonpartisan Duncann Chan 3,181 48.94
ASEA Andrew Lam Sze-nam 90 1.38
Majority 48 0.74
Turnout 6,523 67.10
FTU hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Provident
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FTU Kwok Wai-keung Uncontested
FTU hold Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Provident[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FTU (DAB) Kwok Wai-keung Uncontested
FTU hold Swing

2000s

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Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Provident[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Kwok Wai-keung 2,527 89.8
Independent Chong Chung-hing 286 10.2
Nonpartisan gain from DAB Swing
Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Provident[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Wong Kwok-hing 2,665 71.8
Independent Alan Leung Koon-lun 1,048 28.2
DAB hold Swing

1990s

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Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Provident[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Wong Kwok-hing Uncontested
DAB hold Swing
Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Provident[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Wong Kwok-hing 1,527 84.1
Liberal Wong Wing-cheong 242 13.3
DAB win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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