1st Parliament of British Columbia

thumb | right | alt=John Foster McCreight, premier of British Columbia 1871-1872. | John Foster McCreight, premier of British Columbia 1871-1872.The 1st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1871 to 1875. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1871. John Foster McCreight was called upon to form a cabinet. In December 1872, the government was defeated on a confidence motion and Amor De Cosmos subsequently formed a new cabinet. After De Cosmos was elected to the House of Commons in February 1874, George A. Walken became premier.https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.15438/107 Biographical Dictionary of Well-Known British Columbians with a Historical Sketch 61 Kerr John Blaine 1890 Vancouver Kerr & Begg There were four sessions of the 1st Legislature:History of British Columbia from its Earliest Discovery to the Present Time 546 Begg Alexander Alexander Begg (1825–1905) 1894 Toronto William Briggs https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.14217/580 SessionStartEnd 1st February 15, 1872 April 11, 1872 2nd December 17, 1872 February 21, 1873 3rd December 18, 1873 March 2, 1874 4th March 1, 1875 April 22, 1875 James Trimble served as speaker.http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/speakers.pdf Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- BC Legislature 2011-07-20 Members of the 1st Parliament The following members were elected to the assembly in 1871: MemberElectoral districtFirst electedNo.# of term(s)BC Independent row George A. WalkemCariboo18711st termBC Independent row Joseph Hunter18711st termBC Independent row Cornelius Booth18711st termBC Independent row John George Barnston (1872)18721st termBC Independent row John AshComox18711st termBC Independent row William SmitheCowichan18711st termBC Independent row John Paton Booth18711st termBC Independent row A. Rocke RobertsonEsquimalt18711st termBC Independent row Henry Cogan18711st termBC Independent row John Andrew MaraKootenay18711st termBC Independent row Charles Todd18711st termBC Independent row Andrew T. JamiesonLillooet18711st termBC Independent row T. B. Humphreys18711st termBC Independent row William Saul (1872)18721st termBC Independent row William M. Brown (1874)18741st termBC Independent row John RobsonNanaimo18711st termBC Independent row Henry HolbrookNew Westminster City18711st termBC Independent row Josiah Charles HughesNew Westminster District18711st termBC Independent row William Armstrong18711st termBC Independent row Robert BeavenVictoria City18711st termBC Independent row John Foster McCreight18711st termBC Independent row Simeon Duck18711st termBC Independent row James Trimble18711st termBC Independent row Amor De CosmosVictoria District18711st termBC Independent row Arthur Bunster18711st termBC Independent row William Archibald Robertson (1874)18741st termBC Independent row William Fraser Tolmie (1874)18741st termBC Independent row Robert SmithYale18711st termBC Independent row James Robinson18711st termBC Independent row Charles A. Semlin18711st term By-elections By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time. All cabinet members were re-elected by acclamation:https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Elections British Columbia 1988 A. Rocke Robertson, Provincial Secretary, acclaimed November 28, 1871 Henry Holbrook, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, acclaimed November 28, 1871 George A. Walkem, Minister of Finance, acclaimed February 23, 1872 John Ash, Provincial Secretary,Wendy K. Teece Ask, John 11 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ash_john_11E.html acclaimed January 11, 1873 Robert Beaven, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works,H. Keith Ralston Hamar Foster Beaven, Robert 14 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beaven_robert_14E.html acclaimed January 6, 1873 William Armstrong, Minister of Finance and Agriculture,Mackintosh C. H Charles Herbert Mackintosh The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register 375 1877 Ottawa Citizen Printing and Publishing Company https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32951/377 acclaimed March 21, 1873 By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons: Electoral districtMember electedElection dateReasonCaribooJohn George BarnstonJune 22, 1872C. Booth appointed judgeLillooetWilliam SaulDecember 21, 1872Death of A.T. Jamieson in October 1872Victoria DistrictWilliam Archibald RobertsonFebruary 26, 1874A. Bunster and A. de Cosmos elected to federal seatsWilliam Fraser TolmieLillooetThomas Basil HumphreysNovember 17, 1874both members resigned in a "dispute between the two gentlemen as to which represents the popular feeling of the district"William M. Brown References 01 Category:1870s in British Columbia Category:1871 establishments in British Columbia Category:1875 disestablishments in British Columbia