Election Name: | 1955 Hong Kong municipal election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Flag Image: | Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1954 Hong Kong municipal election |
Previous Year: | 1954 |
Next Election: | 1956 Hong Kong municipal election |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Seats For Election: | 2 (of the 4) elected seats to the Urban Council |
Election Date: | 30 March 1955 |
Turnout: | 3,650 |
Image1: | Brook Bernacchi 1952.png |
Leader1: | Brook Bernacchi |
Party1: | Reform Club of Hong Kong |
Seats Before1: | 4 |
Seats After1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,283 |
Percentage1: | 89.62% |
Swing1: | 9.98pp |
Map Size: | 325px |
The 1955 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 30 March 1955 for the two of the four elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. It was the fourth Urban Council election in the post-war period.
The turnout was low compared to last year as only 3,650 voters cast their votes, 1,540 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 374 from Kowloon. Brook Bernacchi and Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club were reelected. G.O. Jones who ran against the Reform Club for the third time was defeated.