Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (首席華人非官守議員) denotes the highest-ranking Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

 member of the Legislative Council

Legislative Council

A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies.A Member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.- Unicameral legislatures :...

 and Executive Council

Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...

 under colonial British rule

Colonial Hong Kong

In the 19th century the British, Dutch, French, Indians and Americans saw Imperial China as the world's largest untapped market. In 1840 the British Empire launched their first and one of the most aggressive expeditionary forces to claim the territory that would later be known as Hong Kong.In a few...

. As Chinese council members were frequently referred to as "Chinese Representatives", the senior member was also known as the "Senior Chinese Representative". In the later years of the colonial rule, many Senior Chinese Unofficial Member also served as Senior Unofficial Member

Senior Unofficial Member

Senior Unofficial Member （首席非官守議員） denotes the highest-ranking unofficial member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong under Colonial British rule, which supposedly represented the opinions of the unofficial members of same to the Governor of Hong Kong.As Chinese council...

 at the same time.

Senior Chinese Unofficial Member in Legco

Order	Portrait	Name of Unofficial Member	Start of term	End of term
1		Ng Choy (aka Wu Tingfang Wu Tingfang Wu Tingfang was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. He is also known under his Cantonese name Ng Choy -Biography:... ) (伍才）	1880	1882
		vacant	1882	1884
2		Wong Shing (黃勝）	1884	1889
3		Dr. Ho Kai Kai Ho Sir Kai Ho Kai, CMG, JP, MRCS , , born Ho Shan-kai , was a Hong Kong Chinese barrister, physician and essayist in Colonial Hong Kong. He played a key role in the relationship between the Hong Kong Chinese community and the British colonial government. He is mostly remembered as one of the main...  (何啟） later Sir Kai	1890	1914
4		Wei A. Yuk (韋玉） (aka Wong Boshan) later Sir Boshan	1914	1917
5		Lau Chu-Pak (劉鑄伯） died suddenly in office	1917	1922
6		Shouson Chow (周壽臣） later Sir Shouson	1922	1931
7		Robert H. Kotewall (羅旭龢） later Sir Robert	1931	1936
8		Dr. Ts'o Seen-Wan (曹善允）	1936	1937
9		Chau Tsun-Nin (周埈年） later Sir Tsun-Nin	1937	1939
10		Lo Man-Kam (羅文錦） later Sir Man-Kam	1939	1941
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation of Hong Kong The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began after the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the territory of Hong Kong to Japan on 25 December 1941 after 18 days of fierce fighting by British and Canadian defenders against overwhelming Japanese Imperial forces. The occupation lasted...
11		Chau Tsun-Nin (周埈年） became the senior unofficial member of LegCo in 1950 later Sir Tsun-Nin	1946	1953
12		Chau Sik-Nin (周錫年） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Sik-Nin	1953	1959
13		Ngan Shing-Kwan (顏成坤） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo	1959	1961
14		Kwok Chan (郭贊） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo	1961	1962
15		Kenneth Fung Ping-fan (馮秉芬） later Sir Kenneth	1962	1965
16		Kwan Cho-Yiu (關祖堯） later Sir Cho-Yiu	1965	1966
17	align="center"	| Kan Yuet Keung (簡悅強） Also Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo from 1968 later Sir Yuet-Keung	1966	1972
18		Woo Pak-chuen (胡百全） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo	1972	1974
19		Chung Sze Yuen Chung Sze Yuen Sir Sze-yuen Chung, GBE, GBM is a mechanical engineer, industrialist, business executive and politician in Hong Kong. He succeeded Sir Yuet Keung Kan, as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in 1980 and served in the latter body until his first retirement...  (鍾士元） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Sze-Yuen	1974	1978
20		Oswald Victor Cheung (張奧偉） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Sir Oswald	1978	1981
21		Dr. Harry Fang Sin-yang Harry Fang Sir Harry Fang Sin-yang, GBM, CBE, JP was a Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, legislator and campaigner who promoted rehabilitation services. He was widely known as the "father of rehabilitation" in Asia....  (方心讓） later Sir Harry	1981	1985
22		Lydia Dunn (鄧蓮如） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo later Baroness Dunn	1985	1988
23		Allen Lee Allen Lee Allen Lee Peng Fei , CBE, JP, is a founding member of Liberal Party of Hong Kong, veteran Hong Kong politician, political programme radio host and TV host. Jonathan Dimbleby described him as a "weather vane" in his book The Last Governor.Lee was a senior member of the Legislative Council of Hong...  (李鵬飛） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in LegCo	1988	1992
Concept abolished in 1992

Senior Chinese Unofficial Member in Exco

Order	Portrait	Name of Unofficial Member	Start of term	End of term
1		Sir Shouson Chow (周壽臣）	1926	1936
2		Robert H. Kotewall (羅旭龢） later Sir Robert	1936	1941
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation of Hong Kong The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began after the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the territory of Hong Kong to Japan on 25 December 1941 after 18 days of fierce fighting by British and Canadian defenders against overwhelming Japanese Imperial forces. The occupation lasted...
3		Chau Tsun-Nin (周埈年） Also Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo from 1953 later Sir Tsun-Nin	1946	1959
4		Chau Sik-Nin (周錫年） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo later Sir Sik-Nin	1959	1962
5		Richard Charles Lee (利銘澤）	1962	1966
6		Kwan Cho-Yiu (關祖堯） later Sir Cho-Yiu died suddenly in office	1966	1971
7		Sir Kenneth Fung Ping-fan (馮秉芬）	1971	1972
8		Sir Yuet-Keung Kan (簡悅強） Also Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo from 1974	1972	1980
9		Sir Sze-Yuen Chung (鍾士元） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo	1980	1988
10		Lydia Dunn (鄧蓮如） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo later Baroness Dunn	1988	1995
11		Dr. Rosanna Wong Yick-ming Rosanna Wong Yick-ming Dame Rosanna Wong Yick-ming, DBE, JP , also known by her married name Mrs Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming in her former marriage from 1979 lasting until 1992, and primarily known as Dr Rosanna Wong in public occasions after 1997, is a Hong Kong social work administrator and politician who has served as...  (王䓪鳴） At the same time Senior Unofficial Member in ExCo later Dame Rosanna	1995	1997
1997 -Transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...