Gary Zhang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Gary Zhang Xinyu (Chinese: 張欣宇, born 1989) is a Mainland Chinese-born Hong Kong politician and engineer who represented New Prospect for Hong Kong in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election and was elected as a Legislative Council member for New Territories North.^[1]

Ir. the Honourable Gary Zhang
張欣宇
Zhang in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	New Territories North
Personal details
Born	1989 (age 35–36) Shanghai, China
Citizenship	China
Political party	New Prospect

Biography

Zhang was born in Shanghai and immigrated to Hong Kong with his family as a teenager. Prior to entering politics, he trained as a railway engineer and worked as an MTR station manager. Zhang was known as the supervisor of Prince Edward Station during the attack that took place there in August 2019. At that time, he called for an independent investigation of the incident.^[2]

Electoral history

2021 legislative election: New Territories North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Lau Kwok-fan	70,584	58.38	N/A
	New Prospect	Zhang Xinyu	28,986	23.97	N/A
	Independent	Shum Ho-kit	17,839	14.75	N/A
	Independent	Judy Tzeng Li-wen	3,498	2.89	N/A