The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly until 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 Sir James Douglas, 1858–1864 Frederick Seymour, 1864–1866
Members of the Legislative Assembly Members 1863–1864
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/appointedTerm number Arthur N. Birch Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863 1 Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863 1 Wymond Oglivy Hamley Collector of Customs1863 1 Chartes Brew Magistrate New Westminster1863 1 Peter O'Reilly Magistrate Cariboo East1863 1 E.H. Sanders Magistrate Yale1863 1 Henry Maynard Ball Magistrate Lytton1863 1 Peter Henry Nind Magistrate Douglas1863 1 Joshua Homer Member New Westminster District1863 1 Robert Thompson Smith Member Yale and Lytton District1863 1 Henry Holbrook Member Douglas and Lillooet District1863 1 James Orr Member Cariboo East District1863 1 Walter Shaw Black Member Cariboo West District1863 1
Members 1864–1865
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/appointedTerm number Arthur N. Birch Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863 2 Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863 2 William Franks Treasurer1864 1 Wymond Oglivy Hamley Collector of Customs1863 2 Chartes Brew Magistrate New Westminster1863 2 Peter O'Reilly Magistrate Cariboo1863 2 Henry Maynard Ball Magistrate Lytton1863 2 Andrew Charles Elliott Magistrate Lillooet1864 1 John Carmichael Haynes Magistrate Osoyoos and Kootenay1864 1 Joshua Homer MemberNew Westminster District1863 2 Clement Francis Cornwall Member Hope, Yale and Lytton District1864 1 Henry Holbrook Member Douglas and Lillooet District1863 2 George Anthony Walkem Member Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864 1 Walter Moberly Member Cariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1864 1
Members 1866
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/appointedTerm number Henry Maynard Ball Acting Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863 3 Henry Pering Pellew Crease Attorney General1863 3 Charles William Franks Treasurer1864 2 Joseph Trutch Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General1866 1 Wymond Oglivy Hamley Collector of Customs1863 3 Chartes Brew Magistrate New Westminster1863 3 Peter O'Reilly Magistrate Kootenay1863 3 Andrew Charles Elliott Magistrate Lillooet1864 2 John Carmichael Haynes Magistrate Osoyoos and Kootenay1864 2 Joshua Homer Member New Westminster District1863 3 Clement Francis Cornwall Member Hope, Yale and Lytton District1864 2 Henry Holbrook Member Douglas and Lillooet District1863 3 George Anthony Walkem Member Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864 2 Robert Smith MemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1866 1
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