The first Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council who was ethnically Chinese was Ng Choy, a British-trained barrister who later went on to serve as Foreign Minister and acting Premier of the Republic of China.
The first ethnically Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council was Sir Shouson Chow, a US-educated former Qing dynasty official, who was appointed in 1926.
The longest tenure was that of Sir Kai Ho, who served 24 years on the Legislative Council.
From 1974 until the abolition of the colonical councils in 1997, the Senior Unofficial Member was always ethnically Chinese.
As a result, the term "Senior Chinese Unofficial Member" gradually disappeared from the 1970s.