Colonial Assembly of British Columbia

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Colonial Assembly of British Columbia
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Founded1858 (1858)
Disbanded1866 (1866)
Succeeded by Legislative Council of British Columbia

The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly till 1864. The assembly existed from January 21, 1864 to August 6, 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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Members 1863-1864 [1]

NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateCariboo East1863
E.H. SandersMagistrateYale1863
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton1863
Peter Henry NindMagistrateDouglas1863
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District1863
Robert Thompson SmithMemberYale and Lytton District1863
Henry Holbrook MemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
James OrrMemberCariboo East District1863
Walter Shaw BlackMemberCariboo West District1863

Members 1864-65 [2]

NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863
William FranksTresurer1864
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateCariboo1863
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton1863
Andrew Charles Elliott MagistrateLillooet1864
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay1864
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District1863
Clement Francis Cornwall MemberHope, Yale and Lytton District1864
Henry Holbrook MemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
George Anthony Walkem MemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864
Walter Moberly MemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1864

Members 1866 [3]

NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Henry Maynard BallActing Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863
Charles William FranksTresurer1864
Joseph Trutch Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General1866
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateKootenay1863
Andrew Charles Elliott MagistrateLillooet1864
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay1864
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District1863
Clement Francis Cornwall MemberHope, Yale and Lytton District1864
Henry Holbrook MemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
George Anthony Walkem MemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864
Robert SmithMemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1866

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2012-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2012-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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