Brook Bernacchi
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Brook Bernacchi OBE, QC, JP |
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| Member of the Urban Council | |
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In office 31 May 1952 – 31 March 1981 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Francis Cahine |
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In office 1 April 1983 – 31 March 1986 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Cheung Wai-ping |
| Constituency | Shau Kei Wan |
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In office 1 April 1986 – 31 March 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Augustine Tong |
| Succeeded by | To Boon-man |
| Constituency | Shau Kei Wan |
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22 January 1922 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 22 September 1996 (aged 74) United Kingdom |
| Political party | Reform Club of Hong Kong |
| Alma mater |
Westminster School University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Brook Bernacchi | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 貝納褀 | ||||||||
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| Yale Romanization | Bui Naahp kèih |
| Jyutping | Bui3 Naap6 kei4 |
Brook Antony Bernacchi OBE, QC, JP (Chinese: 貝納褀; 22 January 1922 – 22 September 1996) was a lawyer and politician in Hong Kong. He was the long-time chairman of the Reform Club of Hong Kong, the then quasi-opposition party in the colony and one of the longest-serving members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong, from 1952 to 1981, 1983 to 1986 and 1989 to 1995. He was well known for his efforts of pushing direct elections and political reform in Hong Kong.
Bernacchi was born in London in 1922 and was educated in Westminster School and Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar in 1943 and joined the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He arrived in Hong Kong as part of the liberation forces in 1945 and joined the Hong Kong Bar Association in 1946 and was its chairman in 1963. He also became Queen's Counsel in 1960. He had been the longest standing and most senior member of the Bar.
In 1949, Bernacchi founded the Reform Club of Hong Kong, a political organisation consisting mostly of expatriates in the midst of the discussion on the Young Plan, a proposed constitutional reform put forward by Governor Mark Aitchison Young. He represented the club to run in the first Urban Council election in the post-war period, in 1952, and went on to hold the position for most of his public life.
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