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Colonial Assembly of British Columbia

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The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly till 1864. The assembly existed from January 21st 1864 to August 6th 1866 when the Colony of British Columbia merged with the. Colony of Vancouver Island. Only a minority of the members of the Legislative Council were elected.

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Governors of British Columbia

  • Sir James Douglas, 1858-1864
  • Frederick Seymour, 1864-1866
  • Members of the Legislative Assembly

    Members 1863-1864
    Arthur N. Birch, Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
    Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General
    Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs
    Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster
    Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Cariboo East E.H. Sanders, Magistrate, Yale
    Henry Maynard Ball, Magistrate, Lytton
    Peter Henry Nind, Magistrate, Douglas
    Joshua Homer, New Westminster District
    Robert Thompson Smith, Yale and Lytton District
    Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District
    James Orr, Cariboo East District
    Walter Shaw Black, Cariboo West District

    Members 1864-65
    Arthur N. Birch, Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
    Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General
    Charles William Franks, Tresurer
    Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs
    Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster
    Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Cariboo
    Henry Maynard Ball, Magistrate, Lytton
    Andrew Charles Elliott, Magistrate, Lillooet
    John Carmichael Haynes, Magistrate, Osoyoos and Kootenay
    Joshua Homer, New Westminster District
    Clement Francis Cornwall, Hope, Yale and Lytton District
    Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District
    George Anthony Walkem, Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
    Walter Moberly, Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District

    Members 1866
    Henry Maynard Ball, Acting Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
    Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General
    Charles William Franks, Tresurer
    Joseph Trutch Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs
    Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster
    Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Kootenay
    Andrew Charles Elliott, Magistrate, Lillooet
    John Carmichael Haynes, Magistrate, Osoyoos and Kootenay
    Joshua Homer, New Westminster District
    Clement Francis Cornwall, Hope, Yale and Lytton District
    Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District
    George Anthony Walkem, Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
    Robert Smith, Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District

    References

    Colonial Assembly of British Columbia Wikipedia