1903 Hong Kong sanitary board election
# 1903 Hong Kong sanitary board election

The 1903 Hong Kong Sanitary Board election was held on 25 March 1903 was the second election for the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong under the reconstituted Public Health and Building Ordinance of 1903.

Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations were entitled to vote at the election.

## Candidates

| Candidates | Occupation | Nominator | Seconder |
| - | - | - | - |
| E. A. Hewett | Agent, P. & O. Company | J. H. Lewis | E. W. Mitchell |
| A. Shelton Hooper | Secretary, Hong Kong Land & Investment Co., Ltd. | E. Osborne | W. A. Curickshank |
| H. E. Pollock, K.C. | Barrister-at-law | B. Layton | G. Balloch |
| Ahmet Rumjahn | Architect | John Lemm | E. M. Hazeland |

## Outcome

Henry Edward Pollock, the former Acting Attorney General and the member of the Executive and Legislative Council was elected.

Sanitary Board Election 1903 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nonpartisan | Henry Edward Pollock | 225 | 38.00 |
| Nonpartisan | Ahmet Rumjahn | 141 | 23.82 |
| Nonpartisan | Edbert Ansgar Hewett | 121 | 20.44 |
| Nonpartisan | Augustus Shelton Hooper | 105 | 17.74 |
