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James To was born on 11 March, 1963 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician. Discover James To's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Legislative Councillor
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 11 March 1963
Birthday 11 March
Birthplace Hong Kong
Nationality Hong Kong

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His wife is Cherry Yuen (m. 1993-2008) Sue So (m. 2009)

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1963

James To Kun-sun (born 11 March 1963) is a Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party politician.

To was born in Hong Kong in 1963.

1985

He was educated at the Church of Christ in China Kei Wa Primary School and Wah Yan College, Kowloon before he was enrolled to the University of Hong Kong where he graduated with a law degree, LL.B. in 1985 and PCLL in 1986, and became a lawyer after graduation.

1989

He was involved in the local democracy movement in support of the Tiananmen protests of 1989.

1990

In 1990, he co-founded the United Democrats of Hong Kong, the first major pro-democracy party in Hong Kong later transformed into the Democratic Party.

1991

From 1991 to 2020, To was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the District Council (Second) constituency.

He was first elected to the Sham Shui Po District Board in 1991 in Cheung Sha Wan.

To ran in the first direct elections of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, where he was elected with Frederick Fung of another pro-democracy party Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) in Kowloon West.

He was Hong Kong's youngest legislator at the age of 28 when first elected.

He became the most senior member of the Legislative Council, after Albert Ho retired from the legislature and Lee Cheuk-yan was surprisingly unseated, and became the last Legislative Council member from the "Class of 91", pro-democrats who first were elected in the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991.

He also became the only legislator who has been directly elected in all elections since 1991 in the most senior member in the house.

1995

He was re-elected in the 1995 Legislative Council election with 69 percent of the popular vote in his Kowloon Southwest constituency.

1997

He served on the Legislative Council until 30 June 1997 at the eve of the handover of Hong Kong when he had to step down with his party and replaced by the Provisional Legislative Council.

1998

He ran again the first SAR Legislative Council election in 1998 he was re-elected with Lau Chin-shek on the same ticket with 55 percent of the popular vote in Kowloon West.

He has specialised in the security issues, having been the party's spokesman on security issue and chaired the Panel on Security, one of the key committees in the Legislative Council.

He had closely followed the works of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, immigration issues, Vietnamese refugees, crime and triads.

He also campaigned for the setup of the Independent Police Complaints Commission against police abuses of power.

Due to his Christian belief, he was known for his anti-gay rights voting records despite his pro-democracy political affiliation.

2000

He was re-elected in Kowloon West in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

2009

To married Sue So on 12 December 2009.

2010

In June 2010, he expressed open skepticism of the Democratic Party's support for the government's 2012 constitutional reform package but nevertheless toed the party line and voted for the measure.

In the reform package, the party had secured the inclusion of a late amendment to hold a popular vote for five new District Council functional constituencies.

In a dissenting speech to Legco, he warned of the creation of "super-functional constituencies" with an apparently larger mandate than that of geographical constituency lawmakers.

2012

He was the only member of the pro-democracy camp to vote abstain in the SODO motion on 7 Nov 2012.

Nonetheless, in the 2012 Legislative Council election, he represented the party to run in the newly created territory-wide District Council (Second) constituency.

The couple had a son in 2012.

2016

In his final four years, To was the most senior member in the Legislative Council, and was also the convenor of the pro-democracy caucus from 2016 to 2017.

He was also a former member of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council representing Olympic.

He kept his record until 2016 when Nathan Law of Demosisto was elected at the age of 23.

His ticket received 316,468 votes in total, the largest votes in the electoral history of Hong Kong until it was exceeded by his party colleague Kwong Chun-yu in 2016.

In 2016, he was re-elected in the District Council (Second) constituency with a sharp decline of vote due to the strategic voting of the pro-democracy voters who turned to vote for Kwong Chun-yu who was trailing behind To.

As a result, To took the marginal seat with 243,930 votes, only 10,694 votes, 0.6 per cent higher than the unelected pro-Beijing candidate Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

In October 2016, he became the convenor of the reorganised pro-democracy caucus, holding that position until 2017.

On November 12, To and 14 other members of the Democratic caucus resigned en masse in protest against the disqualification of four Democratic caucus candidates which occurred the previous day.

Speaking to reporters, To said, "[The disqualifications] are an arbitrary form of repression by which the Communist Party sought to control everything."

On 6 January 2021, To was among 53 members of the pro-democratic camp who were arrested under the national security law, specifically its provision regarding alleged subversion.

2020

In November 2020, To, along with the rest of the pro-democracy caucus resigned in protest of the disqualification of four of their members.

The group stood accused of the organisation of and participation in unofficial primary elections held by the camp in July 2020.

To was released on bail on 7 January.

On 29 September 2021, To was disqualified along with 10 other district councillors for his invalid oath-taking after he was involved with participating in the last year pro-democracy primaries.