Liberal Party 自由黨 | |
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| Leader | Tommy Cheung |
| Chairman | Peter Shiu |
| Vice-Chairmen | Nicholas Chan Alan Hoo Lee Chun-keung |
| Founded | 6 June 1993; 32 years ago (1993-06-06) |
| Preceded by | Co-operative Resources Centre |
| Headquarters | 2/F New Hennessy Tower, 263Hennessy Road,Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Youth wing | Liberal Party Youth Committee |
| Membership(2017) |  ~500 |
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| Political position | Centre-right[3] |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Colours | Blue andgreen Yellow (formerly) |
| Executive Council | 1 / 33 |
| Legislative Council | 4 / 90 |
| District Councils | 8 / 470 |
| NPC (HK deputies) | 1 / 36 |
| CPPCC (HK members) | 4 / 124 |
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TheLiberal Party (LP) is apro-Beijing,pro-business, andconservative[4] political party in Hong Kong. Led byTommy Cheung and chaired byPeter Shiu, it holds four seats in theLegislative Council, and holds five seats in theDistrict Councils.
Founded in 1993 on the basis of theCo-operative Resources Centre, the Liberal Party was founded by a group of conservative politicians, businessmen and professionals who were either appointed by thecolonial governor or indirectly elected through the trade-basedfunctional constituencies, to counter the liberalUnited Democrats of Hong Kong who emerged from thefirst Legislative Council direct election in 1991.
Led byAllen Lee, the party adopted a friendly approach with theBeijing authorities to oppose last governorChris Patten'sconstitutional reform proposal in the finalcolonial years. Enjoyed by the advantage in the narrowly franchised functional constituencies, the Liberals remained a major party and a governing ally of the SAR administration in the early post-handover era, despite its chairman Allen Lee's failed attempt in thedirect election.
The Liberal popularity rose to its peak in 2003 when party chairmanJames Tien broke away from the government to voice against theBasic Law Article 23 which eventually brought down theproposed bill. The Liberal Party enjoyed an electoral success in the2004 Legislative Council election where James Tien and vice chairwomanSelina Chow both won a seat in the direct election, bringing the party 10 seats in the legislature. Although the Liberal Party sits with thepro-establishment camp in the Legislative Council, it took a more ambiguous and sometimes rebellious stance against the SAR government under Tien's more moderate leadership and was called a "wall-rider" party in Hong Kong political discourse for swaying between supporting the pro-Beijing SAR administration and the voters on certain issues.[5]
The party lost both of its directly elected seats in the2008 Legislative Council election and led to the split within the party where four of its seven legislators left the party. In the2012 Chief Executive election, the Liberals openly opposedLeung Chun-ying who became the eventual winner with Beijing's blessing. The party was then increasingly sidelined by the administration. In 2014, party leader James Tien was unseated fromCPPCC for asking Leung to step down.
The Liberals lost their only directly elected seat when Tien retired in2016, dwindling to four seats in the legislature. The party was divided in the2017 Chief Executive election when the wing led by former party leader James Tien supportedFinancial SecretaryJohn Tsang while the wing led by party chairman andExecutive Councillor Tommy Cheung voted forChief SecretaryCarrie Lam who was Beijing's favourite. The party became further polarized over the proposedextradition bill controversy and the9 June protest with Tien's faction wanting to scrap the bill and calling for Lam's resignation while the new Liberal Party leadership expressed their support for Lam.[6] Some members of Tien's moderate faction founded theHope for Hong Kong organisation to explore a middle ground between the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps. Tien's faction were later forced out from the party when the central committee decided to scrap the titles of honorary chairperson in August 2022.
Formed by businessmen and tycoons from various business sectors in Hong Kong, the Liberal Party is consideredconservative andpro-business. In reference to the Liberal Party name, founding chairmanAllen Lee said that "liberalism" would be the party's cherished ideal, with its values beingfree enterprise,equal opportunity, andindividual freedom,[7] but it expoundsliberal conservative economic policies such as opposition to aminimum wage,collective bargaining andantitrust legislation. The Liberals also support limited government, low taxes, a high degree ofeconomic freedom and uphold the interests ofsmall and medium enterprises. Early on, the Liberal Party was close to the British administration with some of the party's founders being appointed to roles within the colonial government. However, the party shifted towards thepro-Beijing camp in the run-up to thehandover of Hong Kong due to electoral reforms enacted by the British administration and the rise of thepro-democracy camp which the party claimed would threaten a smooth transition of power and economic relations with mainland China.
The party does not advocate welfare entitlements. Many of its members are from professionals, the merchant and business sectors and see preserving the current state of economic freedom as most advantageous for Hong Kong as a whole. The party adheres tosocial conservatism and opposessame-sex marriage.[8] The party supported thefunctional constituency which represented the business interest that they should stay in theLegislative Council.
Despite being regarded as part of the pro-Beijing camp, the relations between Liberal Party and Hong Kong SAR government is not extremely friendly and the party has not shied away from criticising SAR administrations on some measures.[9] Its chairmanJames Tien's resignation from theExecutive Council in 2003 forced the government to back down from legislation ofArticle 23 of theBasic Law, which ultimately accelerated the downfall of theTung Chee-hwa administration. It has remained critical of the government of Chief ExecutiveLeung Chun-ying who won in the2012 chief executive election, which the Liberal Party supported Leung's rivalHenry Tang and cast blank votes instead of voting for Leung. On some issues, the Liberal Party has either adopted a neutral stance or has swung between supporting the pro-Beijing camp and voters, prompting dissatisfied responses from both sides although the party has generally positioned itself as supportive of the SAR government. AfterCarrie Lam was elected as Chief Executive, the party was accused of growing closer to the government and further from the founding members of the party and the leadership of James Tien. During the2019–2020 Hong Kong protests the party was divided on whether to support the2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, with former party leaderFelix Chung arguing the SAR government should not rush into passing such a legislation whileTommy Cheung supported it. Others such as Tien argued for Lam to resign as Chief Executive.[10] Due to its history of rebelling against the government, it is also seen as maverick in the pro-Beijing camp.[11]
The Liberal Party was founded on the basis of a loose political groupingCo-operative Resources Centre (CRC) in 1993. The Co-operative Resources Centre was formed by the conservative faction in theLegislative Council (LegCo) as a counter-force to the new emergedpro-democraticUnited Democrats of Hong Kong who won a landslide victory in thefirst Legislative Council direct elections in 1991.[12] Led by theSenior Unofficial MemberAllen Lee and his fellow LegCo colleagues,Steven Poon,Selina Chow andStephen Cheong, 12 legislators appointed by the British colonial government and 8 legislators indirectly elected by thefunctional constituencies aligned themselves and formed the CRC as a think tank, research unit and brain trust for a future political group.[12][13] Four of the legislative council members, Allen Lee, Selina Chow,Rita Fan andEdward Ho had also been appointed members of theExecutive Council (ExCo).[14] This group of conservative elites shared a dislike for the United Democrats but lacked a common philosophy and ambition. SirSze Yuen Chung, the former senior unofficial member of the executive and legislative councils, suggested Lee and Poon to abandon any pretense of being above politics and form a proper political party with its belief, vision, discipline and platform.[12]
The Liberal Party was officially launched on 6 June 1993 with Allen Lee andRonald Arculli as the first chairman and vice-chairman. The party was originally considered close to the British colonial administration in part due to its scepticism of expanding universal suffrage, but wishing to see a smoothtransition of sovereignty over Hong Kong, the Liberal Party strongly opposedGovernorChris Patten'sdemocratic reform as it was seen as a violationSino-British Joint Declaration by thePRC government and began to align itself more to the pro-Beijing camp as a result. The Liberal Party offered an amendment to the reform package known as the "1994 Plan" which was supported by Beijing, but this was defeated in the legislative council.
The Liberal Party fielded candidates for the first time in the1994 District Board elections, reaping 18 seats.[15] In the1995 Legislative Council election, Chairman Allen Lee successfully gained the party's first seat in theNew Territories North-east direct election with nine other seats gained in the indirectfunctional constituency elections, focused on business interests. The party has maintained its unbalanced advantages in the business sector's indirect elections in functional constituencies while having few success in the popular direct elections ingeographical constituencies. During the last years of British rule and early years of the SAR administration, the party remained one of the three largest in Legco, behind the pro-democraticDemocratic Party and ahead of the Beijing-loyalistDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).
In January 1996, Allen Lee,Lau Wong-fat,Howard Young andNgai Shiu-kit were invited by the Beijing government to thePreparatory Committee for the Hong Kong SAR. Fourteen Liberal Party members including Allen Lee, Ronald Arculli and James Tien subsequently became members of the 400-memberSelection Committee which was responsible for electing the firstchief executive of Hong Kong and theProvisional Legislative Council (PLC) in November. 10 members were elected to theProvisional Legislative Council and memberHenry Tang was also appointed to the Provisional Executive Council by Chief Executive-electTung Chee-hwa in December 1996.
In May 1998, the Liberal Party participated in thefirst Legislative Council election after the handover, although the party won all of its 10 seats in the functional constituency andElection Committee indirect elections, Chairman Allen Lee lost in theNew Territories East direct election. Lee decided not to run in 2000 and resigned as chairman in December. James Tien succeeded Lee as the new chairman and Arculli and Selina Chow were elected vice-chairmen.[16]
In the1999 District Council elections, the Liberal Party won 16 elected seats, with James Tien and Howard Young elected in thePeak andBays Area. The party also had 9 appointed seats and 2ex officio seats, including chairman of theTuen Mun Rural Committee Lau Wong-fat as theex officio member of theTuen Mun District Council.[17] In the2000 Legislative Council elections, 7 Liberal Party legislators were elected, withTommy Cheung winning in the newCatering functional constituency. In September 2000,Miriam Lau became party's vice-chairwoman after Ronald Arcullli announced that he would not run in the next legislative council elections and resigned as vice-chairman.
The Liberal Party had been the ally of theTung Chee-hwa's administration. In March 2000, Vice-chairwoman Selina Chow was appointed chair of theHong Kong Tourist Association, which was later transformed into theHong Kong Tourism Board. The Tourist Board was regarded as the fiefdom of the Liberals. After Selina Chow stepped down in 2007, James Tien was appointed byDonald Tsang to succeed her as the chair of the board.[18] In July 2002 when chief executive Tung Chee-hwa carried out thePrincipal Officials Accountability System (POAS) in the beginning of his second term. Party chairman James Tien was appointed to the executive council alongside the DAB chairmanTsang Yok-sing as the coalition of the Tung administration. The former Liberal Party's ExCo member Henry Tang was appointedSecretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology. However the governing coalition between Tung Chee-hwa the Beijing-loyalist DAB and the pro-business Liberal Party suffered from growing disunity as the popularity of Tung administration dropped. The Liberal Party was increasingly frustrated by unequal political exchange with the government and the skimpy political rewards meted out by Tung. James Tien even openly aired his displeasure and advocated power sharing with the government.[19]
In September 2002, the SAR government issued the consultation document for thenational security legislation to implement theArticle 23 of theBasic Law, which outlaws treason, sedition, subversion and secession against the central government. The Liberal Party agreed the principle of safeguarding the national security but suggested amendments to the bill. After a record-breaking number of peopledemonstrated on 1 July 2003 against the Article 23, James Tien resigned from the executive council on 6 July 2003 to force the government to delay the legislation. Without Liberal Party's support, the government was forced to shelve thesecond reading because of short of votes in the legislative council. This exception to the party's usual pro-government policy was popular and temporarily calmed friction between pro-government and the pro-democracy forces. Some pro-Beijing leftists, however, felt that this demonstrated the opportunistic nature of the party. In September 2003, Tung Chee-hwa appointed Selina Chow to Executive Council to replace Tien's vacancy.
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In Liberal Party's visit to Beijing in September 2003, the party expressed its opinion on Article 23 and its support to the SAR government. It subsequently changed its party logo and slogan, adding the red colour to express its patriotic sentiment.[20] At almost the same time, the Liberal Party shifted its stance onpolitical development from "all Legislative Council members should be directly elected in 2007" to "Hong Kong should become more democratic." The founder and ex-chair of Liberal Party, Allen Lee, decided to leave the party since he believed the change was against public sentiment. The party's stance on universal suffrage then became similar to that of the DAB, namely, that universal suffrage should be implemented in or after 2012 rather than in 2007/2008. The party won 14 elected seats in theDistrict Council elections in November 2003.
The Liberal Party saw its greatest success in the2004 Legislative Council election. With its success in gaining two seats from thegeographical constituencies through direct elections, which chairman James Tien in New Territories East and Vice-chairwoman Selina Chow inNew Territories West, while retaining those seats in thefunctional constituencies, the party increased its seats from 8 to 10, overtaking the Democratic Party for the first time since 1995 to become the second-largest political party in the legislature.
When Donald Tsang took over in November 2005, the party continued its generally pro-government stance and its warm relationship with Tsang administration. However the support for the chief executive could not be taken for granted.[21] On 13 January 2006, the Liberal Party opposed Donald Tsang's plan to implement a five-day working week for most civil servants, due to concerns that this would put too much pressure on small to medium-sized enterprises to follow suit. The change went ahead and was widely adopted in the private sector. There is no planned legislation to force private employers to commit to a five-day working week. The Liberal Party supported Donald Tsang in his2007 chief executive re-election. In exchange, Tsang quickly appointed James Tien as the head of the Hong Kong Tourism Board after he was elected.[22]
The fate of the party hung in the balance after its poor showing in the2008 Legislative Council election. The party won seven seats, all in thefunctional constituencies, eliminating its limited public mandate; James Tien and Selina Chow both lost their geographical constituency seats, and both resigned their party functions.[23] There were recriminations when Chow blamed the loss of her seat onHeung Yee Kuk chairman and Liberal Party member Lau Wong-fat for canvassing for the DAB during the elections.[24] Former chairman Allen Lee said that the party was now "doomed" following their poll defeat because of a succession crisis and lack of funding.[23] Miriam Lau succeeded Tien as the chairwoman of the party, whileTommy Cheung andVincent Fang became vice-chairmen.
On 9 October 2008, three Legislative Councillors,Jeffrey Lam,Sophie Leung, andAndrew Leung, resigned from the party, citing internal party disagreements. Lam had been angling for the party leadership since Tien's resignation and his candidacy was endorsed by all six Legislative Councillors until Miriam Lau stepped in the leadership election. These resignations, along with the resignation of Lau Wong-fat, reduced the Liberal Party from seven Legislative Councillors to three.[25] The resigned four later formedEconomic Synergy, which merged into theBusiness and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong today.
The debate over theminimum wage legislation in 2010 further caused intra-party conflicts. Vice-chairman Tommy Cheung who represented the catering employers' interests in the Catering functional constituency was under fire when he suggested that the first statutory minimum rate should just be HK$20 (US$2.5).[26] To project its "conscionable employer" image, the party suggested that the statutory minimum wage should be HK$24 an hour and made a clean break with Cheung.[27] On other hand, James Tien's brother,Michael, split from the party after his position of backing a campaign to boycottCafe de Coral over its plans to offer workers a pay rise if they gave up their right to a paid lunch break shocked the party ranks and was fiercely attacked by Tommy Cheung.[28] As a result, Michael Tien split from the party in November and subsequently joinedRegina Ip's newly formedNew People's Party and Tommy Cheung also resigned as party's vice-chairman. After Cheung's resignation, James Tien and Selina Chow officially returned to the party leadership when Tien was appointed the honorary chairman in December 2010 and Chow succeeded Cheung as the vice-chairwoman for the second time in January 2011.[29][30]
In the2012 Chief Executive election, the Liberal Party was the high-profile supporter of Henry Tang, its former party member. After Henry Tang suffered from theillegal basement scandal, the party unanimously decided itsElection Committee members could either vote for Henry Tang or cast blank votes, but not to vote forLeung Chun-ying.[31] The party remained critical of Leung administration. In August 2013, James Tien described Leung as "the worst chief executive so far" on a talk show.[32] In October 2013, the Liberal Party even joined thepan-democrats in signing a petition to urge the Leung administration to re-consider its decision to not give a free-to-air TV license toHong Kong Television Network.[33]
The party rebounded its seats in the legislative council from 3 to 5 in the2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council election with James Tien regained his direct elected seat in the New Territories East geographical constituency. However, Miriam Lau, who lost in her attempt inHong Kong Island direct election, resigned as chairwoman. Following a three-month period withVincent Fang as acting chairman, on 15 December 2012, Selina Chow was elected chairperson, unopposed.[34][35] James Tien and Miriam Lau continued to serve as Honorary Chairpersons, while Fang andFelix Chung became vice-chairmen. It was also stated that a new party leader post would be created, along with three vice-chairmen to groom successors. A new post "party leader" was created in May 2013. James Tien was elected as the first party leader.
During the2014 Hong Kong protests, James Tien called on Chief Executive CY Leung to resign, leading to the hearing of a call to eject him as a member of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[36] Tien was formally stripped of his post at the meeting on 29 October, making him the first person in history to have received this sanction. Tien stepped down from his position as the leader of the Liberal Party after the removal.[37] Tien and Selina Chow joined Miriam Lau to become the honorary chairmen in the following leadership election on 1 December while Vincent Fang and Felix Chung became the new Leader and chairman respectively andEastern District CouncillorPeter Shiu became the party's vice-chairman. Although not holding any executive position in the party, Tien has remained the spokesman andde facto leader of the Liberal Party.
In the2016 Legislative Council election, party honorary chairman James Tien stood as a second candidate behind his young party memberDominic Lee. Both of them failed to retain the Liberals' only seat in the geographical constituencies. Although failing in ousting BPA's Jeffrey Lam inCommercial (First), the Liberals retained other four trade-based functional constituencies with vice-chairman Peter Shiu succeeded the retiring party leader Vincent Fang'sWholesale and Retail seat. The party's New Territories West candidate Ken Chow Wing-kan announced he would withdraw from the race before the election due to an "external force" threatened him and his family.[38]
The Liberal Party elected Felix Chung and Tommy Cheung as the new leader and chairman after the election in October, with CPPCC member Alan Hoo and Eastern District Councillor Lee Chun-keung elected as vice-chairmen along with Peter Shiu. The new leadership was seen as more moderate with less vocal anti-Leung Chun-ying stance.[39] Cheung was subsequently appointed by Leung to the executive council. Although claiming he has gotten the endorsement from the party, Cheung's move was criticised by Tien.[40]
In the2017 Chief Executive election, the Liberals were split between formerChief SecretaryCarrie Lam and formerFinancial SecretaryJohn Tsang. The party honorary chairman James Tien was first of the few pro-Beijing electors to publicly endorse Tsang.[41] Honorary chairwoman Selina Chow and leader Felix Chung also endorsed Tsang, making the Liberal Party the only pro-Beijing party to nominate Tsang, although some Liberal electors such as chairman Tommy Cheung nominated Lam.[42]
The Carrie Lam administration reached out to the Liberals when she appointed two Liberal members,Joseph Chan and Mark Fu into the government as Political Assistants.[43] The Liberal Party lost its own seat in theNational People's Congress after incumbent Miriam Lau retired from the national legislature and its candidate Nicholas Chan Hiu-fung failed to gain a seat in the2017 election. As supplementary member, Chan became the delegate afterPeter Wong Man-kong died in March 2019.
The Liberal leadership was deeply divided over theextradition bill controversy in 2019. After the9 June protest which drew over a million people marching in the streets as the organisers claimed, theCarrie Lam administration issued a statement it was determined to resume the debate on the bill in the legislative council. The Liberal Party quickly followed and issued its own statement in support of the government. However, former party chairman and leader James Tien had been outspoken for his opposition to the bill. On 8 July when the government finally backed down as Carrie Lam declared the bill was dead, James Tien and three other honorary chairmen of the party, Selina Chow, Miriam Lau and Vincent Fang called on Tommy Cheung who was an executive councillor at Lam's cabinet to resign as he failed to relay public opposition to the bill, but was refused by Cheung.[44] James Tien publicly called for the resignation of Carrie Lam as chief executive.[45][46]
In 2020, members of the moderate Tien faction also announced the foundation of theHope for Hong Kong organisation after accusing the Liberal Party's leadership of growing too close to Beijing which aimed to explore a middle ground between the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps.[47]
In the2021 legislative election,Felix Chung, member of the Tien faction, was defeated in his constituency ofTextiles and Garment after therevamp of the electoral system, while the party retained a total of 4 seats in the parliament.[48] On 10 May 2022, the party electedTommy Cheung as the new leader as the position is, per custom, occupied by a LegCo member.[49] The Liberal Party leadership also supportedJohn Lee during hiscampaign as the Chief Executive and after his election victory.[50] Cheung stayed as a member of the Executive Council.
On 10 August 2022, three honorary chairpersons,James Tien,Miriam Lau, andSelina Chow, who supported non-establishment candidate in the last year's election, decided to resign and quit the party to protest after the Central Committee discussed removing the titles without consulting them.[51] Tien said the leadership did not follow the party's traditions, while Chow expressed disappointment as the decision was not sound. Angered by the "disrespect" from the leadership, Chow attacked Shiu, the chairman, for "dictating" party reform. The Central Committee agreed the abolition unanimously later that day, and thank their contributions in a statement.[52] The shake-up of the party leadership marked the end of the Tien era, whose moderate faction started to lose power after Carrie Lam became leader and the defeat of Chung.[53]
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | EC seats | Total seats | +/− | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15,216 | 1.67 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 / 60 | 5 | 2nd |
| 1998 | 50,335 | 3.40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 / 60 | | 3rd |
| 2000 | 24,858 | 1.88 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 / 60 | 2 | 3rd |
| 2004 | 118,997 | 6.67 | 2 | 8 | 10 / 60 | 2 | 2nd | |
| 2008 | 65,622 | 4.33 | 0 | 7 | 7 / 60 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 48,702 | 2.64 | 1 | 4 | 5 / 70 | 2 | 5th | |
| 2016 | 21,500 | 0.99 | 0 | 4 | 4 / 70 | 1 | 6th | |
| 2021 | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 / 90 | | 5th |
| 2025 | 32,371 | 2.54 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 / 90 | | 4th |
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | UrbCo seats | RegCo seats | Total elected seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7,188 | 1.29 | 1 / 32 | 0 / 27 | 1 / 59 |
| Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | D.E. seats | E.C. seats | App. seats | Ex off. seats | Total elected seats | +/− |
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| 1994 | 50,755 | 7.39 | 18 | 1 | 18 / 346 | 6 | ||
| 1999 | 27,718 | 3.42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 15 / 390 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 29,108 | 2.77 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 14 / 400 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 50,026 | 4.39 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 14 / 405 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 23,408 | 1.98 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 / 412 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 25,157 | 1.74 | 9 | 1 | 9 / 431 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 27,684 | 0.94 | 5 | 0 | 5 / 452 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | 19,574 | 1.67 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 / 470 | 3 |
| No. | Leader (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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| 1 | James Tien (born 1947) |  | New Territories East | 21 May 2013 | 29 October 2014 | 1 year and 162 days |
| 2 | Vincent Fang (born 1943) |  | Wholesale and Retail | 1 December 2014 | 7 October 2016 | 1 year and 312 days |
| 3 | Felix Chung (born 1963) |  | Textiles and Garment (until2021) | 7 October 2016 | 10 May 2022 | 5 years and 216 days |
| 4 | Tommy Cheung (born 1949) | .jpg) | Catering | 10 May 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years and 283 days |
| No. | Leader (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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| 1 | Allen Lee (born 1940) |  | Appointed (1993–95) New Territories North-east (1995–97) | 26 June 1993 | 5 December 1998 | 5 years and 163 days |
| 2 | James Tien (born 1947) | | Commercial (First) (1998–2004) New Territories East (2004–08) | 5 December 1998 | 8 September 2008[n 1] | 9 years and 279 days |
| 3 | Miriam Lau (born 1947) |  | Transport | 8 September 2008[n 1] | 9 September 2012 | 4 years and 2 days |
| – | Vincent Fang (born 1943) Acting | | Wholesale and Retail | 9 September 2012 | 15 December 2012 | 98 days |
| 4 | Selina Chow (born 1945) |  | None | 15 December 2012 | 1 December 2014 | 1 year and 352 days |
| 5 | Felix Chung (born 1963) | | Textiles and Garment | 1 December 2014 | 7 October 2016 | 1 year and 312 days |
| 6 | Tommy Cheung (born 1949) | | Catering | 7 October 2016 | 10 May 2022 | 5 years and 216 days |
| 7 | Peter Shiu (born 1970) |  | Wholesale and Retail | 10 May 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years and 283 days |
The title of honorary chairperson was abolished on 10 August 2022.
| Constituency | Member |
|---|---|
| Legal | Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas |
| Wholesale and Retail | Shiu Ka-fai |
| Catering | Leung Chun |
| Election Committee | Lee Chun-keung |
The Liberal Party has won eight seats in five district councils (2024–2027):
| District | Constituency | Member |
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| Central & Western | Central | Karl Fung Kar-leung |
| Appointed | Jeremy Young Chit-on | |
| Wan Chai | District Committees | Wind Lam Wai-man |
| Appointed | Chow Kam-wai | |
| Eastern | Tai Pak | Kenny Yuen Kin-chung |
| District Committees | Tsang Cheuk-yi | |
| Southern | Southern District Southeast | Leung Chun |
| Sai Kung | Appointed | Lam Chun-ka |
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