Gary Zhang
Appearance
Gary Zhang | |
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![]() Zhang in 2023 | |
Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Constituency | New Territories North |
Personal details | |
Born | 1989 (age 34–35) Shanghai, China |
Citizenship | China |
Political party | New Prospect |
Gary Zhang Xinyu (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Zhang was born in Shanghai and immigrated to Hong Kong with his family as a teenager. Prior to entering politics, he trained as a railway engineer and worked as an MTR station manager. Zhang was known as the supervisor of Prince Edward Station during the attack that took place there in August 2019. At that time, he called for an independent investigation of the incident.[2]
Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DAB | Lau Kwok-fan | 70,584 | 58.38 | N/A | |
New Prospect | Zhang Xinyu | 28,986 | 23.97 | N/A | |
Independent | Shum Ho-kit | 17,839 | 14.75 | N/A | |
Independent | Judy Tzeng Li-wen | 3,498 | 2.89 | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet the newbies in Hong Kong's legislature". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Cheng, Selina (4 November 2021). "New party of mainland-Hongkongers joins legislative race as Ronny Tong's party struggles to gain nominations". Hong Kong Free Press.