Lo Wing-lok JP

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

, MD (born 13 September 1954 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong doctor

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 and politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

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Lo was graduated from St. Paul's College

St. Paul's College, Hong Kong

St. Paul's College is an Anglican day school for boys in Mid Levels, Hong Kong and is located adjacent to University of Hong Kong. Established in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in Hong Kong that is still in operation...

 and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. He was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...

 through medical sector functional constituency

Functional constituency

In the political systems of Hong Kong and Macau, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process...

 from 1998 to 2004. He was also the deputy chairman of League of Social Democrats

League of Social Democrats

The League of Social Democrats or LSD is a radical pro-democratic political party in Hong Kong. Its declared purpose is to "take a clear-cut stand to defend the interests of the grassroots"...

, but he resigned from the position and quit the party in 2008 due to his different view with the Chairman Wong Yuk-man on the lease of the party's headquarter. In 2007, he declared to take part in the Legislative Council Hong Kong Island by-election

Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007

The Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 was precipitated by the death of the then chairman of the Pro-Beijing DAB, Ma Lik on 8 August 2007.It was the second by-election in a geographical constituency to be held since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 and the largest remainder proportional...

 to compete with Anson Chan

Anson Chan

Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang GBM GCMG CBE JP was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island, succeeding the late legislator Ma Lik....

 to get a seat on behalf of the pan-democracy camp, so he was defeated by Chan in the poll of the democrats.