James To

The Honourable James To Kun-sun
涂謹申
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2012
Preceded by	New constituency
Constituency	District Council (Second)
In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Helena Wong
Constituency	Kowloon West
In office 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	Kowloon South-west
In office 9 October 1991 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Kowloon West
Personal details
Born	(1963-03-11) 11 March 1963 Hong Kong
Political party	Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	United Democrats of Hong Kong (1991–94)
Spouse(s)	Cherry Yuen (m. 1993–2008) Sue So (m. 2009)
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (LL.B.)
Occupation	Legislative Councillor
Profession	Solicitor
Religion	Christianity

James To
Traditional Chinese	涂謹申
Simplified Chinese	涂谨申
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tú Jǐnshēn

James To Kun-sun (born 11 March 1963, Hong Kong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon West constituency. James To was also a member of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council .

Political career

He was Hong Kong's youngest legislator when first elected.

Views, policy positions and Legco voting

In June 2010, he expressed open scepticism 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. 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.

Personal life

In January 2008, To divorced his wife, Cherry Yuen Choi-lin, over her alleged extramarital affairs. They did not have any children. On 12 December 2009, he married his second wife, Sue So. They had a son in 2012.

External links

• James To's homepage (Chinese only)
• Legco biography

Political offices
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West 1991–1995 Served alongside: Frederick Fung	Succeeded by Himself as Representative for Kowloon South-west
Preceded by Himself as Representative for Kowloon West	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon South-west 1995–1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West 1998–2012 With: Jasper Tsang, Lau Chin-shek (1998–2008) Frederick Fung (2000–2012) Starry Lee, Priscilla Leung, Wong Yuk-man (2008–2012)	Succeeded by Helena Wong
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for District Council 2012–present Served alongside: Albert Ho, Frederick Fung, Starry Lee, Chan Yuen-han	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Lee Cheuk-yan Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Chan Kam-lam Member of the Legislative Council