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1906 Hong Kong sanitary board election

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1906 Hong Kong sanitary board election

← 1903 22 January 1906 1909 →
 
Nominee Henry Humphreys A. Shelton Hooper
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote Uncontested Uncontested

Members before election

Henry Edward Pollock
Ahmet Rumjahn

Elected Members

Henry Humphreys
Augustus S. Hooper

The 1906 Hong Kong Sanitary Board election was supposed to be held on 22 January 1906 for the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.

Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations were entitled to vote at the election.

There were only two candidates therefore there was no formal election was held. Henry Humphreys and Augustus Shelton Hooper were elected uncontestedly.

Overview of outcome

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Sanitary Board Election 1906
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Henry Humphreys Unopposed
Nonpartisan Augustus Shelton Hooper Unopposed

References

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  • Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841-1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964)
  • The Hong Kong Government Gazette