1909 Hong Kong sanitary board election

Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1909

20 January 1909

Nominee Augustus S. Hooper Gerard H.L. Fitzwilliams Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote uncontested uncontested

Members before election Henry Humphreys Augustus S. Hooper Elected Members Augustus S. Hooper Gerard H.L. Fitzwilliams

The 1909 Sanitary Board Election was held on 20 January 1909 was the second election for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong. It was the first election with more than two contestants since the 1891 one.

An Amendment of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance passed in 1908 by the Legislative Council slightly extended the electorate, reorganised the powers of the Board and officially defined the jurisdictions of the Board were Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon.

It was the first election with more than two contestants since the 1891 one. Four candidates ran in the election and Augustus Shelton Hooper was reelected.

Overview of outcome

Sanitary Board Election 1909

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	none	Augustus Shelton Hooper	uncontested
	none	Gerard Hall Lloyd Fitzwilliams	uncontested

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
• Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China.Their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources; editor in chief: Arnold Wright, assistant editor: H.A. Cartwright. Published 1908 by Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co. in London.