Colonial Assembly of British Columbia


The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly till 1864. The assembly existed from January 21st 1864 to August 6th 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 1863-1864

Arthur N. Birch, Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member

Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General

Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs

Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster

Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Cariboo East
E.H. Sanders, Magistrate, Yale

Henry Maynard Ball, Magistrate, Lytton

Peter Henry Nind, Magistrate, Douglas

Joshua Homer, New Westminster District

Robert Thompson Smith, Yale and Lytton District

Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District

James Orr, Cariboo East District

Walter Shaw Black, Cariboo West District

Members 1864-65

Arthur N. Birch, Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member

Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General

Charles William Franks, Tresurer

Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs

Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster

Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Cariboo

Henry Maynard Ball, Magistrate, Lytton

Andrew Charles Elliott, Magistrate, Lillooet

John Carmichael Haynes, Magistrate, Osoyoos and Kootenay

Joshua Homer, New Westminster District

Clement Francis Cornwall, Hope, Yale and Lytton District

Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District

George Anthony Walkem, Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District

Walter Moberly, Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District

Members 1866

Henry Maynard Ball, Acting Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member

Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Attorney General

Charles William Franks, Tresurer

Joseph Trutch Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General
Wymond Oglivy Hamley, Collector of Customs

Chartes Brew, Magistrate. New Westminster

Peter O'Reilly, Magistrate Kootenay

Andrew Charles Elliott, Magistrate, Lillooet

John Carmichael Haynes, Magistrate, Osoyoos and Kootenay

Joshua Homer, New Westminster District

Clement Francis Cornwall, Hope, Yale and Lytton District

Henry Holbrook, Douglas and Lillooet District

George Anthony Walkem, Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District

Robert Smith, Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District