List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1946–1997


This is the list of the unofficial members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1946 the reestablishment of the civil government of the British Hong Kong until the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Information is generated from the Hong Kong government's annual reports.

Change in composition

List of the Unofficial Members of the Executive Council

MembersAssumed officeLeft officeBackgroundRemarks
28 May 19461953Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationSenior Unofficial Member
28 May 19461951Jardine, Matheson & Co.
28 May 194628 May 1959BarristerSenior Unofficial Member
28 May 19467 March 1959BarristerDied in office
19471949
194728 May 1962DoctorSenior Unofficial Member
194927 May 1959BarristerPortuguese representative
July 195130 April 1952John D Hutchison & Co.
20 June 19521956Jardine, Matheson & Co.
19541955Gilman & Co.
30 May 19541962Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
195628 May 1961Businessman
10 July 195729 September 1957Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
20 May 19599 October 1959Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
30 January 196016 February 1960Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
17 March 196017 May 1960Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
14 March 196218 June 1963Jardine, Matheson & Co.Replaced Michael William Turner
28 May 195924 July 1959Provisionally during the absence of Lo Man-wai
15 February 19607 March 1960Provisionally during the absence of Chau Sik-nin
1 July 196014 September 1960Provisionally during the absence of Chau Sik-nin
28 May 195928 May 1961BarristerReplaced Chau Tsun-nin
28 May 195928 May 1961BusinessmanReplaced Lo Man-kam died in office; retired on 21 June 1961
28 May 195930 April 1974DoctorSenior Unofficial Member ; Portuguese representative; replaced Leo d'Almada e Castro
15 November 196021 January 1961Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
18 March 196114 April 1961Provisionally during the absence of Michael William Turner
28 May 196128 May 1966BusinessmanReplaced Charles Edward Michael Terry
28 May 19617 December 1971Replaced Lo Man-wai; died in office
28 May 196130 April 1974John D Hutchison & Co.Replaced Ngan Shing-kwan
15 June 196215 September 1962Butterfield & SwireProvisionally during the absence of Hugh David MacEwen Barton and John Douglas Clague
18 June 19631 July 1965Butterfield & SwireReplaced Hugh David MacEwen Barton
28 May 196230 June 1972BusinessmanReplaced Chau Sik-nin
28 July 196328 August 1963BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Richard Charles Lee
30 August 196324 September 1963BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
10 October 196318 November 1963BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
13 May 196512 June 1965BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Richard Charles Lee
21 July 196515 August 1965BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
28 May 196631 March 1980BarristerReplaced Richard Charles Lee; Senior Unofficial Member
3 October 19637 December 1963Kadoorie GroupProvisionally during the absence of William Charles Goddard Knowles
9 December 196321 January 1964Kadoorie GroupProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
10 April 19649 May 1964Kadoorie GroupProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
2 March 196417 March 1964Kadoorie GroupProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
6 October 196425 October 1964Kadoorie GroupProvisionally during the absence of William Charles Goddard Knowles
1 July 1965August 1980Kadoorie GroupReplaced William Charles Goddard Knowles; Senior Unofficial Member
22 May 19651 August 1965BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
10 July 196522 September 1965Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
10 May 196624 August 1966Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
3 September 19669 October 1966Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
14 July 19675 August 1967Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
20 May 196713 July 1967Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
19 September 196730 September 1967Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
27 April 196818 May 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
13 June 196814 October 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
15 October 196819 November 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
2 December 196812 December 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
23 June 196915 August 1969Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
15 September 196925 September 1969Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
2 November 196813 November 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
17 November 196827 November 1968Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
8 August 197025 September 1970Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
17 October 197022 January 1971Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
10 May 197130 July 1971Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
1 August 197117 September 1971Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
12 November 197117 November 1971Deacon & Co.Provisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
1 July 197130 April 1974Deacon & Co.
1 July 196530 July 1965Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationProvisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
28 May 196630 June 1972Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
25 May 196619 July 1966BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
3 April 196711 April 1967BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
21 July 196726 September 1967BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
31 October 19671968BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Li Fook-shu
16 April 196826 April 1968BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
13 September 19684 October 1968BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
13 October 19685 November 1968BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
5 March 196922 March 1969BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
24 March 196916 April 1969BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
17 May 196912 June 1969BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
17 July 196928 August 1969BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kwan Cho-yiu
8 September 196915 October 1969BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
30 April 197027 June 1970BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
12 July 197018 August 1970BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
10 October 197024 October 1970BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
13 March 197130 March 1971BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
4 June 197124 July 1971BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
2 August 197116 September 1971BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
13 November 197117 November 1971BarristerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
13 December 197130 June 1972BarristerTemporarily
1 July 197230 June 1976Barrister
28 May 1966June 1968Businessman
11 April 19673 May 1967BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
30 June 196710 August 1967BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
25 July 196820 September 1968BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
17 September 196724 October 1967EngineerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
21 March 196826 June 1968EngineerProvisionally during the absence of Kan Yuet-keung
23 August 19697 October 1969EngineerProvisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
6 May 197016 June 1970EngineerProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
13 December 197130 June 1972EngineerTemporarily
1 July 197230 June 1976Engineer
12 April 196713 May 1967BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Li Fook-shu
18 March 196811 April 1968BusinessmanProvisionally during the absence of Kenneth Fung Ping-fan
June 196817 June 1971BusinessmanReplaced Li Fook-shu; died in office
17 August 19688 September 1968John Swire & SonsProvisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
20 June 196912 September 1969John Swire & SonsProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
30 May 197027 September 1970John Swire & SonsProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
7 June 197123 July 1971John Swire & SonsProvisionally during the absence of Alberto Maria Rodrigues
1 September 19713 October 1971John Swire & SonsProvisionally during the absence of Sidney Samuel Gordon
30 September 196810 October 1968Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
23 June 19695 August 1969Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally during the absence of John Anthony Holt Saunders
22 May 197030 June 1970Provisionally during the absence of Tang Ping-yuan
1 July 197231 August 1988Senior Unofficial Member
31 May 197125 July 1971Mackinnon, Mackenzie & CoProvisionally during the absence of John Douglas Clague
1 July 197431 August 1978Winsor Industrial Corp
1 July 197431 August 1977Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1 July 197431 August 1986Barrister
1 September 197631 August 1978Hang Seng Bank
1 September 198331 December 1988Hang Seng Bank
1 September 197631 August 1978Educator
1 September 19771980Butterfield & SwireAppointed as the first Financial Secretary with non-civil servant background in 1981
1 September 197831 August 1985Businessman & Urban Councillor
1 September 197831 August 1985Businessman
1 September 197831 August 1983Surgeon
1 September 197831 August 1986Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1 April 198012 February 1985SolicitorResigned on 12 February 1985
1 September 198031 August 1982Clergy
19801984Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1 September 19821995John Swire & SonsSenior Member
1 September 198331 August 1987
1 September 198331 October 1991Barrister & Urban Councillor
21 June 19857 October 1992Jada Electronics Ltd.Replaced Li Fook-wo
1 September 198631 August 1988Solicitor
1 September 198631 October 1988Doctor
1 September 198631 October 1991
1 September 19861993Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1 September 198831 October 1991Barrister
1 September 198831 October 1991
7 October 199230 June 1997Convenor of the Non-official Members
1 October 198831 October 1991
1 January 19897 October 1992
1 January 19907 October 1992
1 November 19917 October 1992
1 November 19917 October 1992
1 November 19917 October 1992
1 November 19917 October 1992
7 October 199230 June 1997Barrister
7 October 199230 June 1997Professor
7 October 199230 June 1997Businessman
7 October 199230 June 1997Judge
7 October 199230 June 1997Professor
7 October 19923 June 1996BusinessmanFirst Chief Executive of Hong Kong
199318 October 1995Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
17 October 199530 June 1997Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
17 October 199530 June 1997