1. Lee Wing-tat is a former Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, returned by direct election as representative of the New Territories West constituency.
15 Facts About Lee Wing-tat
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Lee Wing-tat was the former third Chairman of the Democratic Party.
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Lee Wing-tat is seen as a conservative inside the party.
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Lee Wing-tat graduated from the Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong with a pass.
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Lee Wing-tat first participated in politics in the 1980s and was the vice-chairman of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood.
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Lee Wing-tat was elected to the District Council and the Regional Council in 1985 and 1986 respectively.
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Lee Wing-tat was a founding member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
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In 1989, during the visit of Geoffrey Howe to Hong Kong, Lee Wing-tat protested at the conference and called Howe's speech "bullshit".
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Lee Wing-tat left the ADPL and formed the United Democrats of Hong Kong, which developed into the Democratic Party in 1994.
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Lee Wing-tat was elected to the Legco in the same year.
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Lee Wing-tat once lost his seat in the 2000 election but was re-elected in 2004.
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Lee Wing-tat was vice-chairman of Democratic Party from 2002 to 2004 and was elected chairman at the sixth AGM of the DP in succession to Yeung Sum.
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In May 2005, Lee Wing-tat declared his intention to run in the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election, but only received 52 nominations and thus failed to get on the ballot.
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Lee Wing-tat was criticized for suppressing the second-tier members and "Young Turks" of the party.
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Lee Wing-tat did not seek a second term as party chairman in the party's internal elections in December 2006.