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 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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Members 1863-1864
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew CreaseAttorney General1863
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'ReillyMagistrateCariboo East1863
E.H. SandersMagistrateYale1863
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton1863
Peter Henry NindMagistrateDouglas1863
Joshua HomerMemberNew Westminster District1863
Robert Thompson SmithMemberYale and Lytton District1863
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
James OrrMemberCariboo East District1863
Walter Shaw BlackMemberCariboo West District1863

Members 1864-65
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Arthur N. BirchColonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew CreaseAttorney General1863
William FranksTresurer1864
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'ReillyMagistrateCariboo1863
Henry Maynard BallMagistrateLytton1863
Andrew Charles ElliottMagistrateLillooet1864
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay1864
Joshua HomerMemberNew Westminster District1863
Clement Francis CornwallMemberHope, Yale and Lytton District1864
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
George Anthony WalkemMemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864
Walter MoberlyMemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1864

Members 1866
NamePositionRepresentationFirst elected/Appointed
Henry Maynard BallActing Colonial Secretary and Presiding Member1863
Henry Pering Pellew CreaseAttorney General1863
Charles William FranksTresurer1864
Joseph TrutchChief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General1866
Wymond Oglivy HamleyCollector of Customs1863
Chartes BrewMagistrateNew Westminster1863
Peter O'ReillyMagistrateKootenay1863
Andrew Charles ElliottMagistrateLillooet1864
John Carmichael HaynesMagistrateOsoyoos and Kootenay1864
Joshua HomerMemberNew Westminster District1863
Clement Francis CornwallMemberHope, Yale and Lytton District1864
Henry HolbrookMemberDouglas and Lillooet District1863
George Anthony WalkemMemberCariboo East and Quesnel Forks District1864
Robert SmithMemberCariboo West and Quesnelmouth District1866