Commercial (First) 商界（第一）
Functional constituency for theLegislative Council of Hong Kong
Region	Hong Kong
Electorate	1,041 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member	Jeffrey Lam (BPA)

TheCommercial (First) functional constituency (Chinese:商界（第一）功能界別) is afunctional constituency in the elections for theLegislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. The constituency is composed of corporate members of theHong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) that are entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber.

It is one of the oldest functional constituencies created for thefirst elections to the Legislative Council in 1985. Prior to that, the Chamber had its representatives in the council thoroughly through elections at the general meetings since 1884.^[2] It corresponds to the Commercial (First) Subsector in theElection Committee.

The Commercial (First)functional constituency was established asFirst Commercial, one of the two commercial electoral divisions elected by thechambers of commerce. It was one of the original 12 functional constituency seats created for the1985 Legislative Council election, the first ever election for the colonial legislature. It was composed of bodies that are members of theHong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) entitled to vote at general meetings of the chamber. Prior to that, the Chamber had its representatives in the council thoroughly through elections at the general meetings since 1884. The representatives are listed as following:

Since its creation, it has been held by pro-business conservatives for the exception of former government officialJimmy McGregor, a liberal-leaning representative who defeated Veronica Wu of the conservative blocGroup of 88 in the1988 Legislative Council election and held the office from 1988 to 1995.^[4] He co-founded thepro-democracy professional-orientedHong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF) and was an ally of the lastgovernorChris Patten over the controversialconstitutional reform proposal.

From 1998 to 2004, the seat was held by pro-businessLiberal Party chairman andExecutive CouncillorJames Tien until he contested in the direct election in the2004 Legislative Council election. Tien's successorJeffrey Lam who has held the seat since 2004 abruptly quit the Liberal Party in 2008 in the intra-party split. He became representative for theBusiness and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) and has become member of the Executive Council.

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