New Territories East (constituency)
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| New Territories East 新界東 |
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| Geographical Constituency | |
| for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Region | New Territories |
| Electorate | 1,628,200[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1998 |
| Member(s) | Emily Lau (Democratic) Lau Kong-wah (DAB) Andrew Cheng Ronny Tong (Civic) Leung Kwok-hung (LSD) Nelson Wong (Democratic) Gary Chan (DAB) |
| Number of members | Seven |
| Created from | New Territories Southeast, New Territories East, New Territories North, New Territories Northeast |
New Territories East (or NT East), refers to the eastern part of New Territories in Hong Kong. It includes Sha Tin District, Tai Po District, North District and Sai Kung District. It is the second largest geographical constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Although New Territories East is not an official administrative name (it is officially part of the 'New Territories'), many government departments use it as a major administrative division.
[edit] Return Members
Below are all the members since the creation of the New Territories East constituency. The number of seats allocated to New Territories has been increased from 5 to 7 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.
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| Election | 1998 (1st LegCo) | 2000 (2nd LegCo) | 2004 (3rd LegCo) | 2008 (4th LegCo) | 2010 by-election | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Emily Lau The Frontier (1998-2008) Democrat (2008-) |
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| Party | Andrew Cheng Democrat (1998-2010) |
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| Party | Lau Kong-wah DAB |
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| Party | Cyd Ho The Frontier |
Nelson Wong Democrat |
James Tien Liberal |
Nelson Wong Democrat |
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| Party | Andrew Wong | Leung Kwok-hung April Fifth Action (2004-2006) LSD (2006-) |
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| Party | New Seat | Ronny Tong Independent (2004-2006) Civic (2006-) |
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| Party | New Seat | Li Kwok-ying DAB |
Gary Chan DAB |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "New Territories West Constituency". http://www.eac.gov.hk/doc/legco/2008/2008boundaries/2008lcelc5.doc. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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