British Columbia general election, 1878
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This was the third election held after British Columbia
became a province of Canada
on July 20, 1871.
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, although both Liberal
and Labour allegiance were on display by some candidates).
These ridings were:
Vancouver Island 3,714 votes, twelve seats 309.5 votes/seat
Mainland 2,271 votes 11 seats (excluding Kootenay's) 206.45 votes/seat :
Note that these figures refer to votes actually cast, not the population per se nor the total of the potential voters' list.
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|align="center"|Edwin Pimbury
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|align="center"|George Cowan
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|align="center"|William Smithe
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|align="center"|John Evans
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|align="center"|Wellington John Harris
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|align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem
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|align="center"|Donald McGillivray
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|align="center"|Ebenezer Brown
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt
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|align="center"|Hans Lars Helgesen
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|align="center"|Preston Bennett
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|align="center"|Frederick W. Williams
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|align="center"|John Andrew Mara
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Opposition
|align="center"|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
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|align="center"|Forbes George Vernon
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|align="center"|Charles Gallagher
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Lillooet
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|align="center"|James Atkinson Abrams
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|align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys
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|align="center"|James Thomas McIlmoyl
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|align="center"|Robert Beaven
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|align="center"|John William Williams
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|align="center"|William Wilson
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Walkem's byelection acclamation confirmed him as Premier; Executive Council appointments were decided and made by the Lieutenant-Governor in this period, not by the Premier directly, but by the L-G in Consultation with the Premier (as still is the case, though only as a formal technicality, not in practice). The Premier's position itself was technically an appointment, as there were no political parties nor leaders, other than unofficial ones for each faction in the House to whom the Lieutenant-Governor would turn if their known caucus was sufficient to form a government.
Other byelections were held on the occasion of death, ill health, retirement and/or resignation for other reasons. These were won by:
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|align="center"|Edwin Pimbury
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|align="center"|George Cowan
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|align="center"|William Smithe
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|align="center"|George Ferguson
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|align="center"|Wellington John Harris
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|align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem
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|align="center"|Donald McGillivray
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|align="center" rowspan=|Comox
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|align="center"|John Ash
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|align="center"|William James Armstrong
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt
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|align="center"|Hans Lars Helgesen
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|align="center"|Preston Bennett
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|align="center"|Frederick W. Williams
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|align="center"|John Andrew Mara
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|align="center"|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
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|align="center"|Forbes George Vernon
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|align="center"|Charles Gallagher
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|align="center"|William Saul
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|align="center" |Nanaimo
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|align="center"|James Atkinson Abrams
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria
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|align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys
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|align="center"|James Thomas McIlmoyl
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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
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on July 20, 1871.
Non-party system
There were to be no political parties in the new province. The designations "Government" and "Opposition" and "Independent" (and variations on these) functioned in place of parties, but they were very loose and do not represent formal coalitions, more alignments of support during the campaign. "Government" meant in support of the current Premier; "Opposition" meant campaigning against him, and often enough the Opposition would win and immediately become the Government. The Elections British Columbia notes for this election describe the designations as "Government (GOV.) candidates supported the administration of G.A.B. Walkem. Those opposed ran as Reform (REF.), Opposition (OPP.), Independent Reform (IND.REF.), or Independent Opposition (IND.OPP.) candidates. Those who ran as straight Independents (IND.) were sometimes described as Government supporters (IND./GOV.).The Walkem Government
See Notes on the previous electionBritish Columbia general election, 1875
This was the second election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871. Many of the politicians in the House had served with the Legislative Council or Assembly or the Executive Council, or had otherwise been stalwarts of the colonial era - some supporters of...
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Byelections not shown
Any changes due to byelections are shown below the main table showing the theoretical composition of the House after the election. A final table showing the composition of the House at the dissolution of the Legislature at the end of this Parliament can be found below the byelections. The main table represents the immediate results of the election only, not changes in governing coalitions or eventual changes due to byelections.List of ridings
The original ridings had remained twelve in number, electing 25 members of the first provincial legislature from 12 ridings (electoral districts), some with multiple members. There were no political parties were not acceptable in the House by convention, though some members were openly partisan at the federal level (usually ConservativeBritish Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
, although both Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
and Labour allegiance were on display by some candidates).
These ridings were:
- CaribooCariboo (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) - ComoxComox (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...
- CowichanCowichan (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) - EsquimaltEsquimalt (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) - KootenayKootenay (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) - LillooetLillooet (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 CityNew Westminster CityNew 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 :...
- VictoriaVictoria (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 CityVictoria 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) - YaleYale (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)
Statistics
- Votes 6,377
- Candidates 46
- Members 25
Vancouver Island 3,714 votes, twelve seats 309.5 votes/seat
- Upper Island 695 votes, four seats (173.75 votes/seat)
- Comox: 52 votes (52 votes/seat)
- Cowichan: 292 votes (2 seats 196 votes/seat 83 voters/seat)
- Nanaimo: 351 votes (351 votes/seat)
- "Greater Victoria" 3,019 votes, eight seats (377.375 votes/seat):
- Victoria: 309 votes (2 seats 154.5 votes/seat)
- Victoria City: 2,523 (4 seats 603.75 votes/seat)
- Esquimalt: 187 (2 seats 93.5 votes/seat)
Mainland 2,271 votes 11 seats (excluding Kootenay's) 206.45 votes/seat :
- Interior 1,817 eight seats, 227.125 votes/seat (excepting Kootenay):
- Cariboo: 788 votes (3 seats 264 votes/seat)
- Kootenay: unknown (acclamation)
- Lillooet: 241 votes (2 seats 51 votes/seat 120.5 votes/seat)
- Yale: 788 votes (3 seats 57 votes/seat 262.67 votes/seat)
- Lower Mainland 454 votes (3 seats 151.33 votes/seat:
- New Westminster: 309 votes (2 seats 154.5 votes/seat)
- New Westminster City: 145 votes (145 votes/seat)
Note that these figures refer to votes actually cast, not the population per se nor the total of the potential voters' list.
Polling conditions
Property requirements for voting instigated for the 1875 election were dropped. Natives (First Nations) and Chinese were disallowed from voting, although naturalized Kanakas (Hawaiian colonists) and American and West Indian blacks and certain others participated. The requirement that knowledge of English be spoken for balloting was discussed but not applied.Results by riding
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|align="center"|Edwin Pimbury
Edwin Pimbury
Edwin Pimbury was an English-born farmer, merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882....
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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...
Government
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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"|George Cowan
George Cowan (politician)
George Cowan was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, for the riding of Cariboo. He was first elected in a byelection in 1877 at the encouragement of George Walkem, the former and, at the time, future Premier. Cowan defeated the incumbent A.E.B...
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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"|John Evans
John Evans (British Columbia politician)
John Evans was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1879....
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|align="center"|Wellington John Harris
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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"|Donald McGillivray
Donald McGillivray
Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botanical taxonomist...
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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...
Opposition
|align="center"|John Ash
John Ash (politician)
-Early life:John Ash was born circa 1821 in Ormskirk, United Kingdom to father William Ash. He attended Guy's Hospital in Southwark, London, where he met John Sebastian Helmcken, a future key player in the joining of British Columbia to the Canadian Confederation. In 1845 Ash became a member of the...
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|align="center"|Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown was an English-born wholesale merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster from 1875 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1878 to 1881 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was educated in England and came to British Columbia in...
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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 :...
Government
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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...
Opposition
|align="center"|Hans Lars Helgesen
Hans Lars Helgesen
Hans Lars Helgesen was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1878 to 1886...
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|align="center"|Preston Bennett
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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...
Government
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|align="center"|Frederick W. Williams
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|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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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....
Opposition
|align="center"|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas "R.L.T." Galbraith was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1877 to 1886....
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|align="center"|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
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|align="center"|Charles Gallagher
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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...
Opposition
|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" |Nanaimo
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|align="center"|James Atkinson Abrams
James Atkinson Abrams
James Atkinson Abrams was a business owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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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...
Opposition
|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...
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|align="center"|James Thomas McIlmoyl
James Thomas McIlmoyl
James Thomas McIlmoyl was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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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...
Independent
Opposition
|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"|John William Williams
John William Williams
John William Williams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.He represented the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate from 1873 to 1879, when he was defeated.-References:...
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|align="center"|William Wilson
William Wilson (British Columbia politician)
William Wilson was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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Byelections
As customary, byelections were held to confirm the appointment of various members to the Executive Council (cabinet). In this Parliament, all three such byelections were won by acclamation:-
- Robert BeavenRobert BeavenRobert 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...
, Victoria CityVictoria 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...
, July 10, 1878 - Thomas Basil HumphreysThomas Basil HumphreysThomas 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...
, VictoriaVictoria (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...
, July 10, 1878 - George Anthony Boomer WalkemGeorge Anthony WalkemGeorge 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...
, CaribooCariboo (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...
, August 3, 1878
- Robert Beaven
Walkem's byelection acclamation confirmed him as Premier; Executive Council appointments were decided and made by the Lieutenant-Governor in this period, not by the Premier directly, but by the L-G in Consultation with the Premier (as still is the case, though only as a formal technicality, not in practice). The Premier's position itself was technically an appointment, as there were no political parties nor leaders, other than unofficial ones for each faction in the House to whom the Lieutenant-Governor would turn if their known caucus was sufficient to form a government.
Other byelections were held on the occasion of death, ill health, retirement and/or resignation for other reasons. These were won by:
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- George FergusonHoward FergusonGeorge Howard Ferguson, PC was a Conservative politician and the ninth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1923 to 1930.-Background:He was the son of Charles Frederick Ferguson who served in the Canadian House of Commons...
, CaribooCariboo (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...
, October 29, 1879 (replacing John EvansJohn Evans (British Columbia politician)John Evans was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1879....
, who died August 25, 1879). - William James ArmstrongWilliam James ArmstrongWilliam 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...
, New Westminster CityNew Westminster CityNew 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 :...
, Acclaimed December 20, 1879 (day of return of writ). Byelection caused by resignation of Ebenezer BrownEbenezer BrownEbenezer Brown was an English-born wholesale merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster from 1875 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1878 to 1881 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was educated in England and came to British Columbia in...
November 1881 because of ill health, Victoria Standard November 19, 1881.
- George Ferguson
Composition of House at dissolution
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|align="center"|Edwin Pimbury
Edwin Pimbury
Edwin Pimbury was an English-born farmer, merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882....
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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...
Government
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|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...
Opposition
|align="center"|George Cowan
George Cowan (politician)
George Cowan was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, for the riding of Cariboo. He was first elected in a byelection in 1877 at the encouragement of George Walkem, the former and, at the time, future Premier. Cowan defeated the incumbent A.E.B...
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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"|George Ferguson
Howard Ferguson
George Howard Ferguson, PC was a Conservative politician and the ninth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1923 to 1930.-Background:He was the son of Charles Frederick Ferguson who served in the Canadian House of Commons...
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|align="center"|Wellington John Harris
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Government
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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"|Donald McGillivray
Donald McGillivray (politician)
Donald McGillivray was a farmer, merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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|align="center" rowspan=|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...
Opposition
|align="center"|John Ash
John Ash (politician)
-Early life:John Ash was born circa 1821 in Ormskirk, United Kingdom to father William Ash. He attended Guy's Hospital in Southwark, London, where he met John Sebastian Helmcken, a future key player in the joining of British Columbia to the Canadian Confederation. In 1845 Ash became a member of the...
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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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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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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"|Hans Lars Helgesen
Hans Lars Helgesen
Hans Lars Helgesen was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1878 to 1886...
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|align="center"|Preston Bennett
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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 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" 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....
Opposition
|align="center"|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith
Robert Leslie Thomas "R.L.T." Galbraith was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1877 to 1886....
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|align="center"|Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon
Forbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
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|align="center"|Charles Gallagher
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|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...
Opposition
|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 Saul
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Opposition
|align="center"|James Atkinson Abrams
James Atkinson Abrams
James Atkinson Abrams was a business owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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|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...
Opposition
|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...
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|align="center"|James Thomas McIlmoyl
James Thomas McIlmoyl
James Thomas McIlmoyl was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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|align="center" rowspan=4 |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...
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Opposition
|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"|James Smith Drummond
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|align="center"|John William Williams
John William Williams
John William Williams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.He represented the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate from 1873 to 1879, when he was defeated.-References:...
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|align="center"|William Wilson
William Wilson (British Columbia politician)
William Wilson was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882....
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Further reading & references
- In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
See also
- List of British Columbia political parties