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

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

Elections and referendums in British Columbia
General elections	Colony of Vancouver Island 1856 1860 1863 United Colony of British Columbia 1866 1869 Post-Confederation 1871 1875 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1898 1900 1903 1907 1909 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1952 1953 1956 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1979 1983 1986 1991 1996 2001 2005 2009 2013 next
By-elections	List of British Columbia by-elections
Referendums	1873 1909 1916 1916 1920 1924 1937 1952 1952 1972 1991 2002 2005 2009 2011