16 Facts About Gary Fan

Gary Fan was a member of the Legislative Council from 2012 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2019 after winning the 2018 by-election for New Territories East.

Gary Fan is a former member of the Sai Kung District Council for Wan Hang.

Gary Fan was a leading member of the Democratic Party, including being a member of the standing committee of its central committee.

Gary Fan opposed the Democratic party's stance on the Five Constituencies Referendum movement and its support of the constitutional reform package in 2010.

Gary Fan held the position of one of its four convenors from 2010 to 2012.

Gary Fan has taken an anti-immigration stance in the Legislative Council, differing from other pan-democrats who tended to support new arrivals.

Gary Fan called for the government to take back the approval rights on One-way Permits from Chinese authorities and to reduce the quota of such permits.

Gary Fan refers to immigrants from mainland China and the quota of 150 daily permits as "the root of the housing problem".

Gary Fan later introduced a motion on adhering to the need to "put Hong Kong people first" in formulating policies, but the motion was ultimately defeated.

Gary Fan lost his seat in New Territories East in the 2016 Legislative Council election, as Andrew Cheng returned unexpectedly and split the democratic faction's votes.

Gary Fan returned to the Legislative Council in the 2018 New Territories by-election following the disqualification of localist Baggio Leung of Youngspiration over the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy in March.

Gary Fan was elected with more than 180,000 votes, defeating the pro-Beijing common candidate Tang Ka-piu of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Gary Fan was first elected as District Councillor in the Sai Kung District Council for Wan Hang in 1999.

Gary Fan was re-elected by a comfortable majority on 22 November 2015.

On 6 January 2021, Gary Fan was among 53 members of the pro-democratic camp who were arrested under the national security law, specifically its provision regarding alleged subversion.

On 28 February 2021, Gary Fan was formally charged, along with 46 others for subversion, and he was remanded in prison.