1903 Hong Kong sanitary board election

The 1903 Hong Kong Sanitary Board election was held on 25 March 1903 was the second election for the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong under the reconstituted Public Health and Building Ordinance of 1903.

1903 Hong Kong sanitary board election

25 March 1903

Nominee H. E. Pollock Ahmet Rumjahn Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 225 141 Percentage 38.0% 23.82%   Nominee E. A. Hewett A. Shelton Hooper Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 121 105 Percentage 20.44% 17.74%

Elected Members H. E. Pollock Ahmet Rumjahn

Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations were entitled to vote at the election.

Candidates

Candidates	Occupation	Nominator	Seconder
E. A. Hewett	Agent, P. & O. Company	J. H. Lewis	E. W. Mitchell
A. Shelton Hooper	Secretary, Hong Kong Land & Investment Co., Ltd.	E. Osborne	W. A. Curickshank
H. E. Pollock, K.C.	Barrister-at-law	B. Layton	G. Balloch
Ahmet Rumjahn	Architect	John Lemm	E. M. Hazeland

Outcome

Henry Edward Pollock, the former Acting Attorney General and the member of the Executive and Legislative Council was elected.

Sanitary Board Election 1903

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Henry Edward Pollock	225	38.00
	Nonpartisan	Ahmet Rumjahn	141	23.82
	Nonpartisan	Edbert Ansgar Hewett	121	20.44
	Nonpartisan	Augustus Shelton Hooper	105	17.74

References

• Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841-1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964)
• The Hong Kong Government Gazette