History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon East and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southeast, Kowloon East, and Kowloon Northeast in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.
| LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1985 – 1997 | |||||||||||||||
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| Election | 1985 – 1988 | 1988 – 1991 | Election | 1991 – 1995 | Election | 1995 – 1997 | |||||||||
| Kwun Tong | Poon Chi-fai PHKS (1988–91) |
Kowloon East | Szeto Wah United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Kowloon East | Szeto Wah Democratic |
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| Fred Li Meeting Point (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Kowloon South-east | Fred Li Democratic |
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| Wong Tai Sin | Conrad Lam | Michael Cheng | Kowloon Central | Conrad Lam United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Kowloon North-east | Chan Yuen-han DAB |
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| Kowloon Central | Bruce Liu ADPL |
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| Part of Kowloon City constituency | Lau Chin-shek United Democrat |
Lee Cheuk-yan CTU |
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| Becoming part of Kowloon Central constituency | |||||||||||||||
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