Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007
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The 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election was precipitated by the death of the then chairman of the Pro-Beijing DAB, Ma Lik on 8 August 2007.
It was the second by-election in a geographical constituency to be held since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 and the largest remainder proportional representation electoral system was adopted in 1998, coincidentally in the same constituency – Hong Kong Island.
There were eight candidates in all, all standing as independents. However, the two front-runners had respectively secured the backing of the largest political groupings, Pan-democrats and Beijing loyalists. The pro-democracy camp agreed to unite behind a single candidate, Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary for Administration, selected through a selection process; the Liberal Party and the DAB bargained behind closed doors to select Regina Ip, the former security chief in the Hong Kong Government who resigned following the 500,000-strong 2003 1 July protest.
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