Ellen Li

Ellen Li Shu-pui (; born Ts'o Sau-kuan; 22 July 1908 – 2 June 2005) was a politician in Hong Kong. She is best known as the first woman to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1962 and was cured after receiving a series of operations.

She was made Justice of the Peace in 1948. In 1964, she was appointed member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong, the first woman to be appointed to the Council. She became the first woman to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1965 as a provisional member during the absence of Dhun Jehangir Ruttonjee, and was appointed in July 1966 in place of Kwan Cho-yiu in which she held the position until 1973. She was instrumental in passing the 1971 Marriage (Amendment) Bill, which abolished the polygamy by virtue of the Great Qing Legal Code. (1903–2005), younger brother of Dr. Li Shu-fan. Dr. Li Shu-pui was the chairman of the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital.

The couple had three children, one daughter and two sons. One of her children is Dr Walton Li Wai-tat, who went on to become superintendent of the University of Hong Kong.

Ellen Li died at the age of 96, on 2 June 2005.