1880-01-21 · 香港
1880年1月21日,因吉布返英休假而留下立法局非官守議員空缺,香港總督軒尼詩遂安排伍才(伍廷芳)暫代該席位,此舉令伍才成為史上首位出任該職的華人。
On 21 January 1880, as Gibb returned to England on leave, leaving a vacancy for an unofficial member of the Legislative Council, Governor Hennessy arranged for Ng Choy (Wu Ting-fang) to fill the seat temporarily, making Ng Choy the first Chinese ever to hold the position.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.164