:Lo Kin-hei

Born in 1984, Lo graduated from the University of Hong Kong with the Bachelor of Social Work in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/future-democratic-party|title=The Future of the Democratic Party|first=Grace|last=Tsoi|date=17 November 2011}}{{cite web|title=LO Kin Hei|work=The Democratic Party|url=http://eng.dphk.org/?page_id=3071}} He is a registered social worker.{{cite web|title=Member Details of Southern District Council|url=http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/south/en/2012_2015/member_details.html|work=Southern District Council|access-date=2014-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203162437/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/south/en/2012_2015/member_details.html|archive-date=2014-02-03|url-status=dead}} He joined the Democratic Party and first contested in the 2007 District Council elections, contesting in the Lei Tung II constituency covering the Lei Tung Estate in Ap Lei Chau. He lost by a narrow margin of 27 votes. He contested in the same constituency in the next District Council elections in 2011 and succeeded in taking a seat with 2,346 votes.{{cite web |title=2011 District Councils Election - Election Results (Southern) |url=https://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2011/eng/results_southern.html |website=www.elections.gov.hk |accessdate=25 November 2019}}

He was also member of the pan-democratic candidate list "Demo-Social 60" in the 2011 Election Committee Subsector election for the Social Welfare Subsector and was elected.

In the party leadership election in December 2012, Lo was elected as Vice-Chairman with his senior Richard Tsoi, becoming the youngest Vice-Chairman in party's history.

After the 2019 District Council election, Lo called the vote in effect a "vote of no-confidence" in the political establishment, including Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, and key Chinese officials such as Zhang Xiaoming, head of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office.{{cite news |title=Fresh headache for China after Hong Kong democrats rout pro-Beijing candidates |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-protests-election-analysis/fresh-headache-for-china-after-hong-kong-democrats-rout-pro-beijing-candidates-idUKKBN1XZ0R8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125100425/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-protests-election-analysis/fresh-headache-for-china-after-hong-kong-democrats-rout-pro-beijing-candidates-idUKKBN1XZ0R8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |accessdate=25 November 2019 |work=Reuters |date=25 November 2019}}

On 15 July 2020, Lo was arrested at his home, and later released on bail, for having participated in an unauthorized protest outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 18 November 2019. The university campus had been the venue of major confrontations between protesters and police at that time. Lo and four others were arrested on the same day in relation to the protest, all of whom were scheduled to appear before the courts on 21 August.{{cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/15/hong-kong-democratic-party-vice-chair-lo-kin-hei-arrested-for-protest-last-november/|title=Hong Kong Democratic Party vice-chair Lo Kin-hei arrested for protest last November|first=Kelly|last=Ho|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=15 July 2020|access-date=15 July 2020}} On 30 November 2022, a district judge ruled that the evidence to prove that Lo had knowingly participated in an unauthorized protest was insufficient and acquitted him of the charge. The Department of Justice filed an appeal against the verdict. Lo was rearrested on 7 December 2022, and released after having settled his bail conditions, including surrendering his travel documents.{{cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/07/hong-kong-democratic-party-chair-barred-from-leaving-city-as-justice-dept-appeals-acquittal-in-2019-protest-case/|title=Hong Kong Democratic Party chair barred from leaving city as justice dept. appeals acquittal in 2019 protest case|first=Kelly|last=Ho|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=7 December 2022|access-date=4 April 2024}}

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Category:1984 births

Category:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong

Category:Living people

Category:District councillors of Southern District

Category:Hong Kong social workers

Category:Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians

Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017

Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021