History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central 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 West constituencies, 1985 – 1997 | |||||||||||||||
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| Election | 1985 – 1998 | 1988 – 1991 | Election | 1991 – 1995 | Election | 1995 – 1997 | |||||||||
| Sham Shui Po | Chung Pui-lam PHKS |
Kowloon West | Frederick Fung ADPL |
Kowloon West | Frederick Fung ADPL |
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| South Kowloon | Jackie Chan | Kingsley Sit PHKS |
James To United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Kowloon South-west | James To Democratic |
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| Kowloon City | Daniel Tse | Kowloon Central | Lau Chin-shek United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Lee Cheuk-yan CTU |
Kowloon South | Lau Chin-shek Democratic |
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| Kowloon Central | Bruce Liu ADPL |
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| Part of Wong Tai Sin constituency | Conrad Lam United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
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| Becoming Kowloon North-east constituency | |||||||||||||||
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