British Columbia general election, 1871

British colonization of the Americas

British colonization of the Americas began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

became a province of Canada

Provinces and territories of Canada

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on July 20, 1871. An interim Cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is the viceregal representative in British Columbia of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared with equally the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest...

, and election writs for the first general election were issued to choose 25 members of the first provincial legislature from 12 ridings (electoral districts). These ridings were:

Cariboo
Cariboo (provincial electoral district)
Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced...

(three members)
Comox
Comox (electoral district)
Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...
Cowichan
Cowichan (electoral district)
Cowichan was one of the first twelve electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. It was located on southern Vancouver Island. It was a one-member riding only . Its last appearance on the husting was in 1920...

(two members)
Esquimalt
Esquimalt (electoral district)
Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...

(two members)
Kootenay
Kootenay (provincial electoral district)
Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, from 1871 to 1890. It was originally a two-member riding until the 1875 election; from 1878, it was a one-member seat until its partition for the 1890 election into East Kootenay and West Kootenay...

(two members)
Lillooet
Lillooet (electoral district)
The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

(two members)
Nanaimo
New Westminster (two members)
New Westminster City
New Westminster City
New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster .- Demographics :- Electoral history :...
Victoria
Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)
Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map...

(two members)
Victoria City
Victoria City (provincial electoral district)
Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...

(four members)
Yale
Yale (provincial electoral district)
Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...

(three members)

Polling conditions

The election was held from October through December 1871, and was conducted by means of a show of hands on nomination day and, if required, an open poll book on polling day. There were no organized political parties.

Statistics

Votes 3,804
Candidates 46
Members 25

Vancouver Island

Upper Island 310 votes, four seats (77.5 votes/seat)
- Comox: 24 votes (24 votes/seat)
- Cowichan: 196 votes (2 seats 98 votes/seat 49 voters/seat)
- Nanaimo: 90 votes (90 votes/seat)

"Greater Victoria" 2,074 votes, eight seats (259.25 votes/seat):
- Victoria: 377 votes (2 seats 188.5 votes/seat 94.25 voters/seat)
- Victoria City: 1,515 (4 seats 378.75 votes/seat 169.3525 voters/seat)
- Esquimalt: 182 (2 seats 91 votes/seat 45.5 voters/seat)

Mainland:

Interior 1,907 votes, ten seats (190.7 votes/seat):
- Cariboo: 785 votes (3 seats 261.67 votes/seat)
- Kootenay: 39 votes (2 seats 19.5 votes/seat)
- Lillooet: 102 votes (2 seats 51 votes/seat
- Yale: 171 votes (3 seats 57 votes/seat)

Lower Mainland 686 votes (3 seats 228.67 votes/seat:
- New Westminster: 323 votes (2 seats 161.5 votes/seat)
- New Westminster City: unknown at this time (vote was by acclamation)_

Note that these figures refer to votes actually cast, not the population per se nor the total of the potential voters' list.

Results by riding

Note: There is no arrangement to the ridings and members, other than by rough alphabetical order, as all were technically independents. Actual seating of the House or political alignments are not represented.
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|align="center"|Cornelius Booth
|align="center" rowspan=3 |Cariboo
Cariboo (electoral district)
Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...

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|align="center" |Comox

Comox (electoral district)

Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...

|align="center"|John Ash

John Ash

John Ash may refer to:* John Ash , British physician.* John Ash , lexicographer and minister* John Ash , Member of the Legislative Assembly for Comox riding in British Columbia, Canada...

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|align="center"|Joseph Hunter

Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)

Joseph Hunter was a Scottish-born surveyor, civil engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1871 to 1875 and from 1900 to 1904 and Comox from 1890 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Aberdeen and educated there, concluding his...

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Cowichan (electoral district)

Cowichan was one of the first twelve electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. It was located on southern Vancouver Island. It was a one-member riding only . Its last appearance on the husting was in 1920...

|align="center"|John Paton Booth

John Paton Booth

John Paton Booth was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He came to Guelph, Ontario at a young age, was educated in...

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|align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem

George Anthony Walkem

George Anthony "Boomer" Walkem was a British Columbian politician and jurist.Born in Newry, Ireland, Walkem moved to then Colony of British Columbia in 1862 and served as a member of the appointed Legislative Council of British Columbia from 1864 to 1870 and was a supporter of Canadian confederation...

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|align="center"|William Smithe

William Smithe

William Smithe was a British Columbia politician.Smithe was born William Smith in England and moved to Canada in his youth, settling on Vancouver Island in 1862 as a farmer. In 1871, he ran in BC's first election and won a seat in the new provincial legislature...

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|align="center"|Henry Cogan
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt

Esquimalt (electoral district)

Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Kootenay

Kootenay (electoral district)

Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917.This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Yale—Cariboo riding....

|align="center"|John Andrew Mara

John Andrew Mara

John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....

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|align="center"|Alexander Rocke Robertson

Alexander Rocke Robertson

Alexander Rocke Robertson was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.Born in Chatham, Canada West, the second son of Alexander Rocke Robertson and Effie Eberts, Robertson attended the Caradoc Academy and then studied law in Chatham. He was called to the bar in 1863 and practiced law in Windsor...

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|align="center"|Charles Todd

Charles Todd

Sir Charles Todd KCMG worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841-1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847-1854...

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|align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys

Thomas Basil Humphreys

Thomas Basil Humphreys was an English-born miner, auctioneer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1871 to 1875, Victoria District from 1875 to 1882 and Comox from 1887 to 1890 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Liverpool, the son of...

|align="center" rowspan=2 |Lillooet

Lillooet (electoral district)

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

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|align="center" |Nanaimo
|align="center"|John Robson

John Robson

John Robson was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth Premier of the Province of British Columbia.-Journalist and activist:...

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|align="center"|Andrew Thomas Jamieson

Andrew Thomas Jamieson

Andrew Thomas Jamieson was a politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1872.Jamieson died in office in San Francisco, California at the age of 49....

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|align="center"|William James Armstrong

William James Armstrong

William James Armstrong was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of William...

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|align="center"|Henry Holbrook

Henry Holbrook

Henry Holbrook was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875....

|align="center" |New Westminster City

New Westminster City

New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster .- Demographics :- Electoral history :...

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|align="center" |Josiah Charles Hughes

Josiah Charles Hughes

Josiah Charles Hughes was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875. His first name also appears as Josias....

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|align="center"|Arthur Bunster

Arthur Bunster

Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...

|align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria

Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map...

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|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City

Victoria City (electoral district)

Victoria City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1924. This riding was created in 1903...

|align="center"|Robert Beaven

Robert Beaven

Robert Beaven , son of James Beaven, was a British Columbia politician and businessman. Beaven moved to British Columbia from Toronto, where he had been educated at Upper Canada College, because of the gold rush. He entered business in Victoria, which was then the capital of the Colony of Vancouver...

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|align="center"|Amor De Cosmos

Amor De Cosmos

Amor De Cosmos was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second Premier of British Columbia.-Early life:...

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|align="center"|Simeon Duck

Simeon Duck

Simeon Duck was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875, from 1882 to 1886 and from 1888 to 1890....

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|align="center"|James Robinson
|align="center" rowspan=3 |Yale

Yale (provincial electoral district)

Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...

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|align="center"|John Foster McCreight

John Foster McCreight

John Foster McCreight QC was a jurist and the first Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia.-Early life:...

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|align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin was a British Columbia politician.Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the gold rush to become a prospector. In 1869 he purchased the Dominion Ranch and became a rancher...

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|align="center"|James Trimble

James Trimble (Canadian politician)

James Trimble was an Irish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1878....

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|align="center"|Robert Smith

Robert Smith (British Columbia politician)

Robert Smith was an Irish-born Member of the Legislative Assembly of the province of British Columbia, Canada from its entry into Confederation in 1871 until the provincial election of 1878. Smith represented the Fraser Canyon-Interior riding of Yale...

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Byelections

Two sets of byelections were held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council (cabinet), as was the custom in earlier times. Ministerial candidates in this series of byelections were all confirmed by acclamation (so there were no actual polling dates). These byelections were:

Esquimalt
Esquimalt (electoral district)
Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...

- Alexander Rocke Robertson
Alexander Rocke Robertson
Alexander Rocke Robertson was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.Born in Chatham, Canada West, the second son of Alexander Rocke Robertson and Effie Eberts, Robertson attended the Caradoc Academy and then studied law in Chatham. He was called to the bar in 1863 and practiced law in Windsor...

, acclaimed November 28, 1871
New Westminster City
New Westminster City
New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster .- Demographics :- Electoral history :...

- Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875....

acclaimed November 28, 1871
Cariboo
Cariboo (provincial electoral district)
Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced...

- George Anthony Boomer Walkem
George Anthony Walkem
George Anthony "Boomer" Walkem was a British Columbian politician and jurist.Born in Newry, Ireland, Walkem moved to then Colony of British Columbia in 1862 and served as a member of the appointed Legislative Council of British Columbia from 1864 to 1870 and was a supporter of Canadian confederation...

acclaimed February 23, 1872
Comox
Comox (electoral district)
Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...

- John Ash
John Ash
John Ash may refer to:* John Ash , British physician.* John Ash , lexicographer and minister* John Ash , Member of the Legislative Assembly for Comox riding in British Columbia, Canada...

acclaimed, January 11, 1873
Victoria City
Victoria City (provincial electoral district)
Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...

- Robert Beaven
Robert Beaven
Robert Beaven , son of James Beaven, was a British Columbia politician and businessman. Beaven moved to British Columbia from Toronto, where he had been educated at Upper Canada College, because of the gold rush. He entered business in Victoria, which was then the capital of the Colony of Vancouver...

acclaimed January 6, 1873
New Wesminster - William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of William...

acclaimed March 21, 1873

Other byelections were also held due to deaths and other appointments; all were contested:

Cariboo
Cariboo (provincial electoral district)
Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced...

- John George Barnston
John George Barnston
John George Barnston was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1872 to 1875....

was elected to replace Cornelius Booth who was appointed to be Clerk of the Bench (provincial court) for the district of Kootenay on April 19, 1872
Lillooet
Lillooet (electoral district)
The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

- William Saul was elected December 21, 1872 to replace Andrew Thomas Jamieson
Andrew Thomas Jamieson
Andrew Thomas Jamieson was a politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1872.Jamieson died in office in San Francisco, California at the age of 49....

, who had died on October 31, 1872
Victoria
Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)
Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and was one of the first twelve ridings at the time of that province's joining Confederation in 1871 and stayed on the hustings until 1890. From 1894 to 1963 it did not appear on the electoral map...

- November 26, 1874. The byelection was due to resignations February 9 1874 of A. Bunster
Arthur Bunster
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.Bunster was born in Queen's County , Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures,...

and Amor De Cosmos
Amor De Cosmos
Amor De Cosmos was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second Premier of British Columbia.-Early life:...

upon winning seats in the federal election January 22 1874
Canadian federal election, 1874
The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 3rd Parliament of Canada. Sir John A...

(in Vancouver
Vancouver (electoral district)
Vancouver was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904...

and Victoria
Victoria (electoral district)
Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925....

federal ridings, respectively). William Archibald Robertson
William Archibald Robertson
William Archibald Robertson was a prospector and Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria District in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1874 to 1875....

and William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie was a Canadian surgeon, fur trader, scientist, and politician....

won the vacant seats.
Lillooet
Lillooet (electoral district)
The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

- November 17, 1874. On September 26, 1874, MLAs William Saul and Thomas Basil Humphreys
Thomas Basil Humphreys
Thomas Basil Humphreys was an English-born miner, auctioneer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1871 to 1875, Victoria District from 1875 to 1882 and Comox from 1887 to 1890 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Liverpool, the son of...

jointly resigned "over a dispute between the two gentlemen as to which represents the popular feeling of the district" (Victoria Colonist September 29, 1874). Humphreys was re-elected and William M. Brown
William Brown (British Columbia politician)
William M. Brown was an English-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1874 to 1882....

was elected to replace William Saul in a tight three-way race.

Composition of House at dissolution

Note: Government/Opposition status applies to candidate at time of election in 1871, not at time of dissolution in 1875.

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|align="center"|John George Barnston

John George Barnston

John George Barnston was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1872 to 1875....

|align="center" rowspan=3 |Cariboo
Cariboo (provincial electoral district)
Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced...

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|align="center" |Comox

Comox (electoral district)

|align="center"|John Ash

John Ash

John Ash may refer to:* John Ash , British physician.* John Ash , lexicographer and minister* John Ash , Member of the Legislative Assembly for Comox riding in British Columbia, Canada...

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|align="center"|Joseph Hunter

Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)

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|align="center" rowspan=2|Cowichan

Cowichan (electoral district)

|align="center"|John Paton Booth

John Paton Booth

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|align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem

George Anthony Walkem

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|align="center"|William Smithe

William Smithe

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|align="center"|Henry Cogan
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Esquimalt (electoral district)

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Kootenay

Kootenay (electoral district)

|align="center"|John Andrew Mara

John Andrew Mara

John Andrew Mara was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels....

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|align="center"|Alexander Rocke Robertson

Alexander Rocke Robertson

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|align="center"|Charles Todd

Charles Todd

Sir Charles Todd KCMG worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841-1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847-1854...

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|align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys

Thomas Basil Humphreys

|align="center" rowspan=2 |Lillooet

Lillooet (electoral district)

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

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|align="center" |Nanaimo
|align="center"|John Robson

John Robson

John Robson was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth Premier of the Province of British Columbia.-Journalist and activist:...

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|align="center"|William M. Brown

William Brown (British Columbia politician)

William M. Brown was an English-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1874 to 1882....

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|align="center"|William James Armstrong

William James Armstrong

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|align="center"|Henry Holbrook

Henry Holbrook

Henry Holbrook was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875....

|align="center" |New Westminster City

New Westminster City

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|align="center" |Josiah Charles Hughes

Josiah Charles Hughes

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|align="center"|William Archibald Robertson

William Archibald Robertson

William Archibald Robertson was a prospector and Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria District in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1874 to 1875....

|align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria

Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)

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|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City

Victoria City (electoral district)

Victoria City was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1924. This riding was created in 1903...

|align="center"|Robert Beaven

Robert Beaven

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|align="center"|William Fraser Tolmie

William Fraser Tolmie

William Fraser Tolmie was a Canadian surgeon, fur trader, scientist, and politician....

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|align="center"|Simeon Duck

Simeon Duck

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|align="center"|James Robinson
|align="center" rowspan=3 |Yale

Yale (provincial electoral district)

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|align="center"|John Foster McCreight

John Foster McCreight

John Foster McCreight QC was a jurist and the first Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia.-Early life:...

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|align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin

Charles Augustus Semlin

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|align="center"|James Trimble

James Trimble (Canadian politician)

James Trimble was an Irish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1878....

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|align="center"|Robert Smith

Robert Smith (British Columbia politician)

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Polling conditions

Statistics

Results by riding

Byelections

Composition of House at dissolution

Further reading & references