1856 Vancouver Island election

British colonial election in North America May 2012 Members elected to the First House of Assembly of Vancouver Island which sat from August 12, 1856, to December 7, 1859.http://archives.leg.bc.ca/EPLibraries/leg_arc/document/ID/LibraryTest/1784259026 JOURNALS OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE COLONY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND 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 The election was two years before the first newspaper started so there is no known record of the vote totals. This was not a free election. There were property qualifications for candidates (to run, you had to have at least 300 pounds of freehold land) and for voters (to vote, you had to own at least 20 acres). Only 40 could vote In the whole colony.Hill Douglas The Opening of the Canadian West 99 A mix of multi-member districts and single-member districts: Victoria 3 members Esquimalt 2 members Sooke 1 member Nanaimo 1 member. Likely block voting was used in the multi-member districts and first-past-the-post voting in the single member districts, if a vote was held at all. 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 References 1856 Category:Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island Vancouver Island Election