Ir. the Honourable
Gary Zhang
張欣宇
Zhang in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyNew Territories North
Personal details
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Shanghai, China
CitizenshipHong Kong
Political partyNew Prospect

Gary Zhang Xinyu (Chinese: 張欣宇, born 1989) is a Mainland Chinese-born Hong Kong politician and engineer who represented New Prospect for Hong Kong in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election and was elected as a Legislative Council member for New Territories North.[1]

Biography

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

2021 legislative election: New Territories North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ "Meet the newbies in Hong Kong's legislature". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong New constituency Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories North2022-present Incumbent
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