1871 British Columbia general election

The 1871 British Columbia general election was held from October to December 1871. Formerly a British colony, British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871. An interim Cabinet was appointed by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia, and election writs for the first general election as a province of Canada were issued to choose 25 members of the first provincial legislature from 12 ridings (electoral districts). These ridings were:

  • Cariboo (three members)
  • Comox (one member)
  • Cowichan (two members)
  • Esquimalt (two members)
  • Kootenay (two members)
  • Lillooet (two members)
  • Nanaimo (one member)
  • New Westminster (two members)
  • New Westminster City (one member)
  • Victoria (two members)
  • Victoria City (four members)
  • Yale (three members)
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