1856 Vancouver Island election explained

Members elected to the First House of Assembly of Vancouver Island which sat from August 12, 1856, to December 7, 1859.^[1] The election was two years before the first newspaper started so there is no known record of the actual vote totals.

Constituency

Victoria District

• Edward Edwards Langford  - election contested and he was removed 26 August 1856 and replaced by Joseph William McKay on December 3, 1856
  • Joseph Despard Pemberton James Yates

Esquimalt District

• John Sebastian Helmcken, Speaker
• Thomas James Skinner

Sooke District

• John Muir, resigned 5 May 1857

Nanaimo District

• Dr. John Frederick Kennedy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130521031853/http://archives.leg.bc.ca/EPLibraries/leg_arc/document/ID/LibraryTest/1784259026 . 2013-05-21 . dead .