Gary Zhang

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]

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 3334)
Shanghai, China
CitizenshipHong Kong
Political partyNew Prospect

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

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