This is a list of unofficial members of the Executive Council in the colonial period from 1850 to 1941. The term of the Executive Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Key:
| Members | Term of office | Background | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926 | Broker | Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926); died in office | |||
| 8 September 1896 – 1899 | |||||
| 30 May 1901 – 1902 | Vice J. J. Keswick on leave | ||||
| 18 May 1899 – 1901 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | ||||
| 28 May 1902 – 1906 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | align=left | Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned | ||
| 23 May – 3 June 1902 | Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent | ||||
| 12 June – 4 September 1902 | Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent[1] | ||||
| 12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent | |||
| 31 July 1908 – 1908 | Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett | ||||
| 1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915 | Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office | ||||
| 10 March 1908 – 1908 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett | |||
| 5 May 1910 – 1910 | Temporary | ||||
| 9 May 1908 – 1908 | Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick | ||||
| 3 May 1911 – 1911 | Barrister-at-Law | ||||
| 11 May – 19 December 1912 | Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett | ||||
| 9 March 1921 – 1941 | Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41); reappointed in 1931, 1936 | ||||
| 1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922 | Barrister-at-Law | Died in office | |||
| 25 July 1916 – 1916 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave | |||
| 2 August 1918 – 1918 | Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave | ||||
| 15 April 1919 – 1919 | Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave | ||||
| 6 May 1920 – 1920 | Reiss & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave | |||
| 29 June – 30 October 1921 | Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp | ||||
| 2 April 1924 – 1924 | Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater | ||||
| 29 August 1924 – 1926 | Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office | ||||
| 17 September 1920 – 1920 | P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave[2] | |||
| 31 October 1921 – 1924 | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp; appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased | |||
| 2 May 1922 – 1922 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | ||||
| 16 May 1924 – 1924 | Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater | ||||
| 2 June 1922 – 1922 | Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater | |||
| 21 March 1925 – 1925 | Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General | ||||
| 7 April 1926 – 1927 | Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased | ||||
| 9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936 | First Chinese in the Council; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36); vice C. P. Chater deceased; reappointed in 1931 | ||||
| 10 July 1926 – 1926 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | |||
| 4 April 1927 –1927 | Vice A. O. Lang | ||||
| 1 June 1927 – 1927 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | ||||
| 3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936 | Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933 | ||||
| 8 May 1928 – 1928 | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton | |||
| 4 May 1928 – 1928 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[3] | ||||
| October 1928 – 1928 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[4] | ||||
| 9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[5] | ||||
| 13 June 1929 – 1929 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Vice H. E. Pollock on leave | |||
| 3 October 1929 – 1929 | align=left rowspan=7 | Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave | |||
| 18 September 1930 – 1930 | |||||
| 27 May 1931 – 1931 | |||||
| 19 May 1932 – 25 August 1932 | |||||
| 14 October 1933 – 1933 | |||||
| 3 November 1934 – 1934 | |||||
| 4 June 1935 – 8 November 1935 | |||||
| 9 July 1936 – 25 December 1941 | Vice Chow Shouson retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41) | ||||
| 4 June 1930 – 1930 | Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[6] | |||
| 30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931 | Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock[7] | ||||
| 8 April 1933 – 1933 | Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[8] | ||||
| 4 May 1934 – 1934 | Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock[9] | ||||
| 6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned | |||
| 8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936 | Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | |||
| 31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936 | Dodwell & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | |||
| 30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | ||||
| 11 March 1939 – 1939 | Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson | ||||
| 21 September 1940 – 1940 | Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock | ||||
| 26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941 | Temporary | ||||
| 29 June 1938 – 1938 | Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall | ||||
| 8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 | Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell | ||||
| 22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | ||||