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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). Polling conditions The election was held from October through December 1871, and was conducted by means of a show of hands on nomination day and, if required, an open poll book on polling day. There were no organized political pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Colonization Of The Americas
The British colonization of the Americas was the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by England, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... and, after 1707, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Colonization efforts began in the late 16th century with failed attempts by England to establish permanent colonies in the North. The first permanent English colony was established in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Approximately 30,000 Algonquian peoples lived in the region at the time. Over the next several centuries more colonies were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Though most British colonies in the Americas eventually gained independence, some colonies h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plurality Block Voting
Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The usual result where the candidates divide into parties is that the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected in a seemingly landslide victory. The term "plurality at-large" is in common usage in elections for representative members of a body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association). Where the system is used in a territory divided into multi-member electoral districts the system is commonly referred to as "block voting" or the "bloc vote". These systems are usually based on a single round of voting, but can also be used in the runoffs of majority-at-large voting, as in some local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Todd (politician)
Charles Todd may refer to: * Caroline and Charles Todd, American mystery novelists * Charles Burr Todd (1849–1928), American historian * Charles Edward Todd (1858–1917), son of Charles Todd (pioneer), medical doctor in Adelaide * Charles Haukes Todd, Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma, 1887–1890 * Charles Hawkes Todd (1784–1826), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland * Charles Lafayette Todd (1911–2004), American folklorist * Charles Leonard Todd Charles Leonard "C.L." Todd (June 22, 1871 – September 9, 1932) was an American politician, farmer, and businessman who served in the Minnesota Senate from 1931 to 1932, representing the 7th legislative district of Minnesota in the 47th Minnes ... (1871-1932), American businessman, farmer, and politician * Charles Stewart Todd (1791–1871), United States army officer and ambassador * Charles Todd (pioneer) (1826–1910), Australian astronomer and builder of telegraph lines * Charle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Rocke Robertson
Alexander Rocke Robertson (May 12, 1841 – December 1, 1881) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. Born in Chatham, Canada West, the second son of Alexander Rocke Robertson and Effie Eberts, Robertson attended the Caradoc Academy and then studied law in Chatham. He was called to the bar in 1863 and practiced law in Windsor. He moved to British Columbia in 1864 arriving in Victoria, British Columbia. He found work as an editor for the newspaper ''Daily Chronicle'' since he was unable to practice as a lawyer since only British trained lawyers were allowed to practice. In 1864, the rules were changed and Robertson was admitted to the bar of Vancouver Island. He was a founding member of the Law Society of British Columbia in 1869. In 1870, he served one term as mayor of Victoria. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1871 for the electoral district of Esquimalt. He was appointed provincial secretary in the cabinet of John Foster McCreight. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Andrew Mara
John Andrew Mara (July 21, 1840 – February 11, 1920) was a Canadian merchant, rancher and a politician at both the provincial and federal levels. Mara was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the province of British Columbia. He sat in the provincial legislature as the member from Yale. He ran for election as well as sat as both Government and Opposition - this was before political parties were allowed in the House. Federally, Mara was a Conservative and was twice acclaimed as a Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Yale before being defeated by Hewitt Bostock in the 1896 election in the new riding of Yale—Cariboo. Mara's greater claim to fame (or infamy) is the alleged seduction and pregnancy of Annie McLean, the sister of the " Wild McLean Boys". The McLeans were the halfbred children of the former HBC factor at Kamloops, Donald McLean, who had died in the Chilcotin War. Mara's alleged outrage of their sister led to the McLean brothers' bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kootenay (electoral District)
Kootenay was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. This riding was created in 1903 from the eastern part of Yale—Cariboo riding, namely areas part of the Kootenay Land District, whose boundaries formed the federal electoral district boundary, and also defined the Kootenay provincial riding's boundaries. The federal Kootenay riding was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Kootenay East and Kootenay West ridings. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada * Kootenay (electoral districts) External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cogan
Henry Cogan was a Canadian politian. He represented the electoral district of Esquimalt for 1871 to 1875. References Independent MLAs in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smithe
William Smithe (born William Smith; June 30, 1842 in Matfen, Northumberland, England – March 28, 1887 in Victoria, British Columbia) was a British Columbia politician. Smithe was born William Smith in England and moved to Canada in his youth, settling on Vancouver Island in 1862 as a farmer. In 1871, he ran and won a seat in the new provincial legislature. There he added the final "e" to his name. De Cosmos, also then a member of the legislature, had likewise been born as "William Smith," but in a characteristically grand gesture had legally adopted instead a new name meaning "Love of the Universe." By 1875 Smithe had become the informal leader of the opposition to Premier George Anthony Walkem's government, but yielded the leadership to Andrew Charles Elliott. Smithe was in Elliott's short lived cabinet from 1876 to 1878 before returning to the opposition benches and again became opposition leader. In 1883, Smithe became the seventh premier of British Columbia and initiated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Anthony Walkem
George Anthony "Boomer" Walkem (November 15, 1834 – January 13, 1908) was a British Columbian politician and jurist. Life and career Born in Newry, Ireland, Walkem moved to then Colony of British Columbia in 1862 and served as a member of the Colonial Assembly (Cariboo East and Quesnel Forks District) from 1864 to 1866 and the appointed Legislative Council (Cariboo) from 1866 to 1870. He was a supporter of Canadian Confederation. With the admission of the colony into Canada, Walkem was elected to the provincial legislature from the riding of Cariboo in 1871 and became attorney general in the cabinet of Premier Amor De Cosmos and succeeded him to become the third premier of British Columbia. Walkem's government pressured Ottawa to meet its commitment to build a railway to the Pacific Ocean but was initially unsuccessful. Walkem fought the 1875 election facing charges that he had failed to secure railway construction and had increased the province's debts by engaging in ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth (20 December 1837''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 25 February 1902) was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Booth was born on Bressay, Shetland, Scotland, one of eight children of John Booth and Margaret Scott. He came to Guelph, Ontario with his family at a young age, was educated in Ontario and came to British Columbia in 1859. Booth lived on Salt Spring Island. He served as speaker for the assembly in 1898 and from 1900 to 1902. Booth died in office at the age of 64 on Salt Spring Island after suffering for some time from Bright's disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hunter (Canadian Politician)
Joseph Hunter (May 7, 1839 – April 8, 1935) was a Scottish-born surveyor, civil engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1871 to 1875 and from 1900 to 1904 and Comox from 1890 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was born in Aberdeen in 1839 and educated there, concluding his studies at the University of Aberdeen. Hunter came to Victoria, British Columbia in 1864. From 1872, he worked performing surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1875, he was employed by the Canadian government to establish a boundary between the province of British Columbia and the state of Alaska on the Stikine River. In 1883, he became chief engineer for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway The Island Rail Corridor, previously the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railway), is a railway operation on Vancouver Island and is the only remaining railway on Vancouver Island after the closure of the Englewood Railway in November 2017. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ash (Canadian Politician)
John Ash (c. 1821 – April 17, 1886) was a Canadian physician and politician. Early life John Ash was born c. 1821 in Ormskirk, United Kingdom to father William Ash. He attended Guy's Hospital in Southwark, London, where he met John Sebastian Helmcken, a future key player in the joining of British Columbia to the Canadian Confederation. In 1845 Ash became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. From 1849 to 1860, he practised medicine Coxwold, before emigrating to Canada in 1862, arriving in Victoria, British Columbia. On approximately July 31, 1863, Ash's wife Dorothy Agar gave birth to a daughter, Annie Freer, in the Esquimalt home of John Sebastian Helmcken.John Ash - Dictionary of Canadian Biography (accessed 2010-01-09). Political ...
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