17 Facts About James To

James To Kun-sun is a Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party politician.

James To was educated at the Church of Christ in China Kei Wa Primary School and Wah Yan College, Kowloon before he was enrolled to the University of Hong Kong where he graduated with a law degree, LL.

James To was involved in the local democracy movement in support of the Tiananmen protests of 1989.

James To was first elected to the Sham Shui Po District Board in 1991 in Cheung Sha Wan.

James To was Hong Kong's youngest legislator at the age of 28 when first elected.

James To kept his record until 2016 when Nathan Law of Demosisto was elected at the age of 23.

James To was re-elected in the 1995 Legislative Council election with 69 percent of the popular vote in his Kowloon Southwest constituency.

James To served on the Legislative Council until 30 June 1997 at the eve of the handover of Hong Kong when he had to step down with his party and replaced by the Provisional Legislative Council.

James To ran again the first SAR Legislative Council election in 1998 he was re-elected with Lau Chin-shek on the same ticket with 55 percent of the popular vote in Kowloon West.

James To has specialised in the security issues, having been the party's spokesman on security issue and chaired the Panel on Security, one of the key committees in the Legislative Council.

James To had closely followed the works of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, immigration issues, Vietnamese refugees, crime and triads.

James To campaigned for the setup of the Independent Police Complaints Commission against police abuses of power.

James To was the only member of the pro-democracy camp to vote abstain in the SODO motion on 7 November 2012.

James To was re-elected in Kowloon West in 2000,2004 and 2008.

James To's ticket received 316,468 votes in total, the largest votes in the electoral history of Hong Kong until it was exceeded by his party colleague Kwong Chun-yu in 2016.

James To became the most senior member of the Legislative Council, after Albert Ho retired from the legislature and Lee Cheuk-yan was surprisingly unseated, and became the last Legislative Council member from the "Class of 91", pro-democrats who first were elected in the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991.

James To became the only legislator who has been directly elected in all elections since 1991 in the most senior member in the house.