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2015 Southern District Council election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2019
Entity authorityQ25246112 ↗
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The 2015 Southern District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 17 members to the Southern District Council.

Civic Party's legislator Kenneth Chan Ka-lok failed in challenging incumbent Lam Kai-fai in South Horizons East.

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