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

John Sebastian Helmcken, Speaker
Thomas James Skinner

Sooke District

John Muir, resigned 5 May 1857

Nanaimo District

Dr. John Frederick Kennedy

References[]

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

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

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