1856 Vancouver Island election

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

Sooke District

  • John Muir, resigned 5 May 1857

Nanaimo District

  • Dr. John Frederick Kennedy
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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2012-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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