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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CLARKE ROBERT F   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC [HE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman, President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC., P.O. BOX 730 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/07/2005 (Street) HONOLULU, HI 96808 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               64,743 (1) D   Common Stock               10,988.6532 (2) I By 401(k) Common Stock               3,674 (1) I By spouse Common Stock               313.0688 (3) I By spouse

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 26.18

04/07/2005

A

150,000

04/07/2009

04/07/2015

Common Stock

150,000

$ 26.18

150,000

D

Stock Appreciation Rights

(4)

(4)

(4)

Common Stock

(4)

14,175.3288 (5)

D

Options & DERs (right to buy)

(4)

(4)

(4)

Common Stock

(4)

352,993.498 (6)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CLARKE ROBERT F C/O HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. BOX 730 HONOLULU, HI 96808	X		Chairman, President & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Robert F. Clarke		04/08/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Previously reported shares.
(2)	Shares held pursuant to the Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) (HEIRS). Effective 4/1/96 the participant's investment in HEI Common Stock was converted to units in the HEI Common Stock Fund portion of HEIRS. A small portion of the Fund is held in cash and the overall value of the Fund is based on the combined value of the HEI Common Stock and the cash portfolio. For SEC reporting purposes only the actual stock option portion of the Fund is being reported.
(3)	Aggregate shares; earned dividends are automatically reinvested in the Hawaiian Electric Industries Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRIP).
(4)	Previously reported.
(5)	Appreciation of 2004 SARs grant as of latest record date.
(6)	Aggregate option shares and dividend equivalent rights (DERs); option grants previously reported.

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