{{Short description|Hong Kong district council}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Eastern District Council | native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|東區區議會}}}} | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = Eastern D.svg | coa_res = 180px | coa-pic = | coa-res = | house_type = Hong Kong District Council | body = Eastern District, Hong Kong | foundation = {{plainlist | * {{Start date|1981|10|28|df=y}} <small>(District Board)</small> * {{Start date|1997|7|1|df=y}} <small>(Provisional)</small> * {{Start date|2000|1|1|df=y}} <small>(District Council)</small> }} | houses = | leader1_type = Chair | leader1 = Simon Chan Sheung-man | party1 = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] | election1 = | leader2_type = Vice-Chair | party2 = | election2 = | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | members = '''30 councillors'''<br />consisting of<br />6 elected members<br />12 district committee members<br />12 appointed members | house1 = | house2 = | structure1 = File:Eastern District Council 2023.svg | structure1_res = 250px | structure2 = | structure2_res = | political_groups1 = | political_groups2 = | seats3_title = [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|DAB]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|13|30|hex={{party color|DABHK}}}} | seats4_title = [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions|FTU]] | seats4 = {{Composition bar|3|30|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions}}}} | seats5_title = [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|NPP]] | seats5 = {{Composition bar|3|30|hex={{party color|New People's Party (Hong Kong)}}}} | seats6_title = [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal]] | seats6 = {{Composition bar|2|30|hex={{party color|LPHK}}}} | seats7_title = [[Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong|BPA]] | seats7 = {{Composition bar|1|30|hex={{party color|Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong}}}} | seats8_title = [[Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers|FEW]] | seats8 = {{Composition bar|1|30|hex={{party color|Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers}}}} |seats9_title = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |seats9 = {{Composition bar|7|30|hex={{party color|Independent politician}}}} | committees1 = | committees2 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = [[Plurality voting system|First past the post]] | voting_system2 = | last_election1 = [[2023 Hong Kong local elections|10 December 2023]] | last_election2 = | session_room = File:Eastern Law Courts Building (facade).JPG | session_res = | meeting_place = 11/F, Eastern Law Court Building, 29 Tai On Street, [[Sai Wan Ho]], [[Hong Kong]] | website = {{url|http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/}} | footnotes = }} {{Chinese | order = ts | t = 東區區議會 | s = 东区区议会 | j = Dung1 keoi1 keoi1 ji5 wui5 | y = Dūng kēui kēui yíh wúih | p = Dōngqūqūyìhuì }}
The '''Eastern District Council''' (noted as '''East''') is the [[district council of Hong Kong|district council]] for the [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]] in [[Hong Kong]]. It is one of 18 such councils. The Eastern District Council currently consists of 35 members, of which the district is divided into three constituencies, electing a total of 6 members, 12 district committee members, and 12 appointed members. The last election was held on [[2023 Hong Kong local elections|10 December 2023]].
==History== The Eastern District Council was established on 28 October 1981 under the name of the Eastern District Board as the result of the colonial [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] [[Murray MacLehose]]'s District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ''ex-officio'' [[Urban Council]] members, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor [[Chris Patten]] refrained from appointing any member.
The Eastern District Board became Eastern Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Tung Chee-hwa]]. The Eastern District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the [[1999 Hong Kong local elections|first District Council election]] in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the [[2010 Hong Kong electoral reform|modified constitutional reform proposal]] was passed by the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] in 2010.
The Eastern District Council was one of the largest District Councils in Hong Kong and the largest on Hong Kong Island, now the largest District Council replace status in the Kwun Tong District Council . Compared to the continuing shrinking in size of the [[Wan Chai District Council]], the government in 2015 decided to transfer [[Tin Hau (constituency)|Tin Hau]] and [[Victoria Park (constituency)|Victoria Park]] constituencies from the Eastern to the Wan Chai District Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/demarcation.htm|title=Public Consultation on Demarcation of District boundary between Eastern and Wan Chai Districts|work=Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau}}</ref>
Many older political organisations, especially the [[Reform Club of Hong Kong]] had a long presence in the Eastern District. In the [[1985 Hong Kong local elections|1985 election]], an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding [[Kwan Lim-ho]] of the Reform Club, contested in the election, winning 10 seats in total.<ref>{{cite news|title=百姓 - Issues 159-170 |page=3|year=1988|publisher=百姓半月刊編輯委員會}}</ref> The traditional leftists through the [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions]] (FTU) also had considerable influence in their traditional stronghold of [[North Point, Hong Kong|North Point]] and passed on its influence to the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong]] (DAB) formed in 1992 and gradually expanded to the public estate areas in [[Shau Kei Wan]] and [[Chai Wan]], while the influence of the pro-democrats, represented by the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] and the [[Civic Party]] today, was mostly limited to certain areas of private apartments such as [[Tai Koo Shing]] and [[Sai Wan Ho]].
The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019 election]] in a historic landslide victory amid the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|pro-democracy protests]], taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point fell into the hand of pro-democracy independents. The Civic Party emerged as the largest party with five seats which saw its veteran councillor [[Joseph Lai]] took the chairmanship.
==Political control== Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Camp in control !! Largest party !! Years !! Composition |- ! style="background-color: #DDDDDD" | No Overall Control || Reform Club || 1982 - 1985 || |- ! style="background-color: LightBlue" | Pro-government || Reform Club || 1985 - 1988 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 28 |party1 = 1 |partycolor1 = DarkGreen |party2 = 10 |partycolor2 = Green |party3 = 2 |partycolor3 = gray |party4 = 6 |partycolor4 = Blue |party5 = 9 |partycolor5 = MidnightBlue }} |- ! style="background-color: LightBlue" | Pro-government || HKAS || 1988 - 1991 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 36 |party1 = 4 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 2 |partycolor2 = gray |party3 = 1 |partycolor3 = red |party4 = 15 |partycolor4 = Blue |party5 = 14 |partycolor5 = MidnightBlue }} |- ! style="background-color: LightBlue" | Pro-government || United Democrats || 1991 - 1994 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 36 |party1 = 7 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 1 |partycolor2 = gray |party3 = 1 |partycolor3 = red |party4 = 15 |partycolor4 = Blue |party5 = 12 |partycolor5 = MidnightBlue }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 1994 - 1997 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 34 |party1 = 10 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 2 |partycolor2 = gray |party3 = 22 |partycolor3 = Red }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 1997 - 1999 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 43 |party1 = 10 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 2 |partycolor2 = gray |party3 = 22 |partycolor3 = Red |party4 = 9 |partycolor4 = FireBrick }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2000 - 2003 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 46 |party1 = 7 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 1 |partycolor2 = Gray |party3 = 29 |partycolor3 = Red |party4 = 9 |partycolor4 = FireBrick }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2004 - 2007 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 46 |party1 = 12 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 1 |partycolor2 = Gray |party3 = 24 |partycolor3 = Red |party4 = 9 |partycolor4 = FireBrick }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2008 - 2011 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 46 |party1 = 10 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 1 |partycolor2 = Gray |party3 = 26 |partycolor3 = Red |party4 = 9 |partycolor4 = FireBrick }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2012 - 2015 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 43 |party1 = 6 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 1 |partycolor2 = Gray |party3 = 30 |partycolor3 = Red |party4 = 6 |partycolor4 = FireBrick }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2016 - 2019 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 35 |party1 = 10 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 25 |partycolor2 = Red }} |- ! style="background-color: LightGreen" | Pro-democracy → NOC || Civic → None || 2020 - 2023 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 35 |party1 = 32 |partycolor1 = Green |party2 = 3 |partycolor2 = Red }} |- ! style="background-color: Pink" | Pro-Beijing || DAB || 2024 - 2027 | {{Composition_bar/advanced |divisionname = |boxwidth = 100 |total = 30 |party1 = 6 |partycolor1 = red |party2 = 24 |partycolor2 = firebrick }} |}
==Political makeup== [[District Councils of Hong Kong#Elections|Elections]] are held every four years.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right" ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Political party ! colspan="12" |Council members |- !1982 !1985 !1988 ! 1991 ! 1994 ! [[1999 Eastern District Council election|1999]] ! [[2003 Eastern District Council election|2003]] ! [[2007 Eastern District Council election|2007]] ! [[2011 Eastern District Council election|2011]] ! [[2015 Eastern District Council election|2015]] ![[2019 Eastern District Council election|2019]] !2023 |- | {{party name with color|DABHK}} | | | | | ''9'' | ''13'' | ''12'' | ''14'' | ''16'' | ''10'' |''1'' |''3'' |- | {{party name with color|HKFTU}} | | |''1'' | ''1'' | | | | | ''1'' | ''6'' |''1'' |''2'' |- | {{party name with color|Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | ''3'' | ''2'' | ''1'' | ''2'' | ''2'' | ''2'' |''1'' |''1'' |- | {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |''8'' |''8'' |''14'' | ''14'' | ''16'' | ''12'' | ''17'' | ''14'' | ''12'' | ''10'' |''18'' |8 |- | {{party name with color|Civic Party}} | | | | | | | | ''2'' | ''3'' | ''4'' |''5'' | |- | {{party name with color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | ''4'' | ''6'' | ''6'' | ''3'' | ''2'' | ''2'' |''4'' | |- | {{party name with color|Labour Party (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | | | | | | ''1'' |''2'' | |- | {{party name with color|League of Social Democrats}} | | | | | | | | ''2'' | | |''1'' | |- | {{party name with color|Shau Kei Wan East Future}} | | | | | | | | | | |''1'' | |- | {{party name with color|HTTH Environmental Concern Group}} | | | | | | | | | | |''1'' | |- |{{party name with color|New People's Party (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | | | | |''1'' | | | |- |{{party name with color|Hong Kong Progressive Alliance}} | | | | | |''1'' |''1'' | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Citizens Party (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | |''1'' | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Hong Kong Democratic Foundation}} | | | |''2'' |''2'' |''1'' | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|The Frontier (Hong Kong)}} | | | | | |''1'' | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|United Democrats of Hong Kong}} | | | |''3'' | | | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Hong Kong Civic Association}} |''1'' |''3'' |''2'' |''2'' | | | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong}} | | | |''2'' | | | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Progressive Hong Kong Society}} | |''1'' |''2'' | | | | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Hong Kong Affairs Society}} | |''1'' |''2'' | | | | | | | | | |- |{{party name with color|Reform Club of Hong Kong}} |''1'' |''5'' |''1'' | | | | | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Total elected members !10 !18 !22 !24 !34 !37 !37 !37 !37 !35 !35 !6 |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: left"|Other members |13 |12 |15 |12 |0 |9 |9 |9 |6 |0 |0 |24 |- |}<gallery> File:1994DBelectionmapc.svg|'''1994''' File:1999DCelectionmapc.svg|'''1999''' File:2003DCelectionmapc.svg|'''2003''' File:2007DCelectionmapc.svg|'''2007''' File:2011DCelectionmapc.svg|'''2011''' File:Eastern District Council 2015.svg|'''2015''' File:Eastern District Council (2019).svg|'''2019''' </gallery>
==Members represented== {{#section-h:7th District Councils of Hong Kong|Eastern}}
==Leadership== ===Chairs=== Between 1985 and 2023, the chairman is elected by all the members of the council. {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=2| Chairman !! Years !! Political Affiliation |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}}"| || Charles Gately || 1981–1982 || ''District Officer'' |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}}"| || Lui Hau-tuen || 1982–1985 || ''District Officer'' |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| || Shum Choi-sang || 1985–1994 || [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| || Chan Bing-woon || 1994–1999 || [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| || Christina Ting Yuk-chee || 2000–2011 || [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|DABHK}}"| || [[Christopher Chung Shu-kun]] || 2012|| [[DABHK|DAB]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|DABHK}}"| || Wong Kin-pan || 2012–2019 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Civic Party}}"| || [[Joseph Lai Chi-keong]] || 2020–2021|| [[Civic Party|Civic]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| || Leung Wing-sze|| 2021-2023|| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}}"| || Simon Chan Sheung-man || 2024–present || ''District Officer'' |}
===Vice Chairs=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=2| Vice Chairman !! Years !! Political Affiliation |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DABHK}}"| || [[Christopher Chung Shu-kun]] || 2000–2003 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DABHK}}"| || [[Wong Kwok-hing]] || 2004–2007 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DABHK}}"| || [[Christopher Chung Shu-kun]] || 2008–2011 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DABHK}}"| || Wong Kin-pan || 2012 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DABHK}}"| || Kung Pak-cheung || 2012–2015 || [[DABHK|DAB]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|HKFTU}}"| || Chiu Chi-keung || 2016–2019|| [[HKFTU|FTU]] |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|DPHK}}"| || [[Andrew Chiu Ka-yin]] || 2020–2021|| [[DPHK|Democratic]] |- |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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