Vancouver Island election, 1856
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
- 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
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