Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1915

Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1915

22 January 1915

Nominee G. H. L. Fitzwilliams P. W. Goldring F. B. L. Bowley Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 363 223 220 Percentage 45.04% 27.67% 27.30%

Members before election G. H. L. Fitzwilliams P. W. Goldring Elected Members G. H. L. Fitzwilliams P. W. Goldring

The 1915 Sanitary Board Election was held on 22 January 1915 for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.

Overview

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, unofficial members of the Executive or Legislative Council, or categories of profession were entitled to vote at the election.

The election took place from 4 to 6 p.m. on 22 January in the Registry of the Supreme Court. Out of 15,000 eligible voters on the jurors list and 300 exemptions, only 430 voters polled.^[1]

Three candidates ran for two seats with two long serving Board members F. B. L. Bowley and G. H. L. Fitzwilliams and also P. W. Goldring who was elected in the 1914 by-election, filling Bowley's vacant seat. Bowley was nominated by David Landale and seconded by Henry Pollock, Fitzwilliams by Henry Pollock and H. W. Looker and Goldring by E. J. Grist and H. S. Playfair.

Fitzwilliams and Goldring were elected and 806 votes out of 1325 electorates were cast.

References

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

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