Colonial Assembly of British Columbia

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Colonial Assembly of British Columbia
History
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]

TitlePositionRepresentation
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateCariboo East
E.H. SandersMagistrateYale
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton
Peter Henry NindMagistrateDouglas
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District
Robert Thompson SmithMemberYale and Lytton District
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District
James OrrMemberCariboo East District
Walter Shaw BlackMemberCariboo West District

Members 1864-65 [2]

TitlePositionRepresentation
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General
William FranksTresurer
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs
chartes brewMagistrateNew Westminster
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateCariboo
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton
Andrew Charles Elliott MagistrateLillooet
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District
Clement Francis Cornwall MemberHope, Yale and Lytton District
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District
George Anthony Walkem MemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
Walter Moberly MemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District

Members 1866 [3]

TitlePositionRepresentation
Henry Maynard BallActing Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General
Charles William FranksTresurer
Joseph Trutch Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs
chartes brewMagistrateNew Westminster
Peter O'Reilly MagistrateKootenay
Andrew Charles Elliott MagistrateLillooet
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay
Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District
Clement Francis Cornwall MemberHope, Yale and Lytton District
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District
George Anthony Walkem MemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
Robert SmithMemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District

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