Gary Fan

Gary Fan Kwok-wai
范國威
Gary Fan in 2015
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
12 March 2018[1] – 17 December 2019
Preceded bySixtus Leung
Succeeded byAbolished
ConstituencyNew Territories East
In office
1 October 2012 – 30 September 2016
Preceded bySeat Created
Succeeded bySixtus Leung
ConstituencyNew Territories East
Member of the Sai Kung District Council
In office
1 January 2000 – 16 March 2021
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyWan Hang
Personal details
Born (1966-10-30) 30 October 1966 (age 58)
British Hong Kong
Political partyDemocratic Party (1996–2010)
The Frontier (1996–97)
Social Democratic Forum (2000–02)
Neo Democrats (since 2010)
HK First (since 2013)
Residence(s)Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
Alma materAcademy of Art University (BFA)
San Francisco State University (MA)
OccupationLegislative Councillor
District Councillor
Websitegaryfan.org
Gary Fan
Traditional Chinese范國威
Simplified Chinese范国威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFàn Guówēi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFaahn Gwok wāi
JyutpingFaan6 Gwok3wai1

Gary Fan Kwok-wai (Chinese: 范國威; born 30 October 1966) is a Hong Kong politician. He 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. He is also a former member of the Sai Kung District Council for Wan Hang. Former leader of the reformist faction in the Democratic Party, he led the reformists splitting from the party to form the Neo Democrats over the controversial 2010 constitutional reform proposal, taking a moderate localist stance.

After the disqualification of Ventus Lau, a 2018 by-election candidate, was ruled unlawful by the Court of Final Appeal, the by-election was seen as invalid and Fan was unseated in December 2019 as a result.[2]

  1. ^ "Hong Kong Gazette G.N. 2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Pro-democracy lawmakers Au Nok-hin and Gary Fan lose seats as Hong Kong's top court rejects election petition appeals". Hong Kong Free Press. 17 December 2019.