The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly till 1864. The assembly existed from January 21, 1864 to August 6, 1866 when the Colony of British Columbia merged with the Colony of Vancouver Island . Only a minority of the members of the Legislative Council were elected.
Governors of British Columbia
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members 1863-1864 [ 1]
Name
Position
Representation
First elected/Appointed
Arthur N. Birch
Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease
Attorney General
1863
Wymond Oglivy Hamley
Collector of Customs
1863
Chartes Brew
Magistrate
New Westminster
1863
Peter O'Reilly
Magistrate
Cariboo East
1863
E.H. Sanders
Magistrate
Yale
1863
Henry Maynard Ball
Magistrate
Lytton
1863
Peter Henry Nind
Magistrate
Douglas
1863
Joshua Homer
Member
New Westminster District
1863
Robert Thompson Smith
Member
Yale and Lytton District
1863
Henry Holbrook
Member
Douglas and Lillooet District
1863
James Orr
Member
Cariboo East District
1863
Walter Shaw Black
Member
Cariboo West District
1863
Members 1864-65 [ 2]
Name
Position
Representation
First elected/Appointed
Arthur N. Birch
Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease
Attorney General
1863
William Franks
Tresurer
1864
Wymond Oglivy Hamley
Collector of Customs
1863
Chartes Brew
Magistrate
New Westminster
1863
Peter O'Reilly
Magistrate
Cariboo
1863
Henry Maynard Ball
Magistrate
Lytton
1863
Andrew Charles Elliott
Magistrate
Lillooet
1864
John Carmichael Haynes
Magistrate
Osoyoos and Kootenay
1864
Joshua Homer
Member
New Westminster District
1863
Clement Francis Cornwall
Member
Hope, Yale and Lytton District
1864
Henry Holbrook
Member
Douglas and Lillooet District
1863
George Anthony Walkem
Member
Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
1864
Walter Moberly
Member
Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District
1864
Members 1866 [ 3]
Name
Position
Representation
First elected/Appointed
Henry Maynard Ball
Acting Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member
1863
Henry Pering Pellew Crease
Attorney General
1863
Charles William Franks
Tresurer
1864
Joseph Trutch
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General
1866
Wymond Oglivy Hamley
Collector of Customs
1863
Chartes Brew
Magistrate
New Westminster
1863
Peter O'Reilly
Magistrate
Kootenay
1863
Andrew Charles Elliott
Magistrate
Lillooet
1864
John Carmichael Haynes
Magistrate
Osoyoos and Kootenay
1864
Joshua Homer
Member
New Westminster District
1863
Clement Francis Cornwall
Member
Hope, Yale and Lytton District
1864
Henry Holbrook
Member
Douglas and Lillooet District
1863
George Anthony Walkem
Member
Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District
1864
Robert Smith
Member
Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District
1866
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