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Lee Wing-tat

Lee Wing-tat
李永達
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Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office
12 December 2004 – 17 December 2006
Preceded by Yeung Sum
Succeeded by Albert Ho
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
9 October 1991 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Constituency New Territories South
In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency New Territories South-west
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000
Preceded by New parliament
Succeeded by Tang Siu-tong
Constituency New Territories West
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Michael Tien
Constituency New Territories West
Personal details
Born (1955-12-25) 25 December 1955 (age 61)
Hong Kong
Nationality Chinese
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Josephine Chan Shu-ying
Alma mater St. Paul's College
University of Hong Kong
Occupation Politician
Lee Wing-tat
Traditional Chinese 李永達
Simplified Chinese 李永达

Lee Wing-tat (born 25 December 1955 in Hong Kong) is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), returned by direct election as representative of the New Territories West constituency. He was the third Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). He is seen as a conservative inside the party.

A Hakka, Lee was elected vice-chairman of the Hong Kong University Students' Union in 1979. He graduated from the Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong with a pass. He first participated in politics in the 1980s and was the Vice-Chairman of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). He was elected to the District Council and the Regional Council in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He was a founding member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

In 1989, during the visit of Geoffrey Howe to Hong Kong, Lee protested at the conference and called Howe's speech "bullshit".

Lee left the ADPL and formed the United Democrats of Hong Kong (香港民主同盟,港同盟), which developed into the Democratic Party in 1994. He was elected to the Legco in the same year. He once lost his seat in the 2000 election but was re-elected in 2004. He was vice-chairman of Democratic Party from 2002 to 2004 and was elected Chairman at the sixth AGM of the DP in succession to Yeung Sum. His challenger for the Chairman's post, Chan King-ming, was elected Vice-Chairman instead.


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