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Health Services (constituency)

Field	Value
type	Functional
name	Health Services
衞生服務界
year	1998
abolished	2021
parl_name	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
region
elects_howmany	One
electorate	40,471 (2020)
previous	Health
next	Medical and Health Services

衞生服務界

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.

Return Members

Health Care (1988–1995)

Election	Member	Party	Votes	%
Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}"		1988	Ronald Chow Mei-tak	ADPL→United Democrat	2,866
United Democrats of Hong Kong}}"		1991	Michael Ho Mun-ka	United Democrat	N/A

Health Services (1995–2021)

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

Electoral results

2010s

|reg. electors = 37,423

|reg. electors = 37,556

2000s

|reg. electors = 36,968

|reg. electors = 35,442

|reg. electors = 31,638

1990s

|reg. electors = 27,464

|reg. electors = 13,779

|reg. electors = 10,636

1980s

References

"Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
"Composition of the health services functional constituency". Hong Kong e-Legislation.
"Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission.
"Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission.
"2008 Legislative Council Election".
"2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results".
"Legislative Council Elections Results".

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