Health Services (constituency) explained

Type:	Functional
Health Services
Year:	1998
Abolished:	2021
Parl Name:	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Region Label:	Country
Elects Howmany:	One
Electorate:	40,471 (2020)^[1]
Next:	Medical and Health Services

The Health Services functional constituency, formerly called the Health Care, was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created for the 1988 Legislative Council election. The constituency is composed of health services related professionals with one of the larger number of electorates among the functional constituencies. It was a stronghold of the pro-democracy camp, holding the seat since its creation. It was merged with Medical into Medical and Health Services functional constituency in the major electoral overhaul in 2021.

Composition

The Health Services functional constituency is composed of chiropractors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, medical laboratory technologists, radiographers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, optometrists, dental hygienists, audiologists, audiology technicians, chiropodists, dental surgery assistants, dental technicians, dental technologists, dental therapists, dietitians, dispensers, mould laboratory technicians, orthoptists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, prosthetists, speech therapists and scientific officers.^[2]

Return Members

Health Care (1988–1995)

	Member	Party	Votes	%
1988	Ronald Chow Mei-tak	ADPL→United Democrat	2,866	54.32
1991	Michael Ho Mun-ka	United Democrat	align=center colspan=2	N/A

Health Services (1995–2021)

Election		Member	Party	Votes	%
	1995	Michael Ho Mun-ka	Democratic	4,968	81.66
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–1998)
	1998	Michael Ho Mun-ka	Democratic	11,420	82.21
	2000	Michael Mak Kwok-fung	Nonpartisan	5,857	43.60
	2004	Joseph Lee Kok-long	Nonpartisan	9,127	43.01
	2008			11,309	66.99
	2012			15,861	75.01
	2016			15,221	61.75

Electoral results

2010s

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2000s

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1980s

Notes and References

Web site: Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency. Voter Registration.
Web site: Composition of the health services functional constituency. Hong Kong e-Legislation.
Web site: Election Result. Electoral Affairs Commission.
Web site: Election Result. Electoral Affairs Commission.
Web site: 2008 Legislative Council Election . 31 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913063618/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_E.html . 13 September 2012 . dead .
Web site: 2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results . 20 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717015945/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html . 17 July 2012 .
Web site: Legislative Council Elections Results . 20 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829065944/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm . 29 August 2012 .