In 1846, at the division of the Columbia River region (or Oregon) between the
U.K. and the U.S., its northern part was assigned to the British.
At first the administration of the region - known as Columbia / New Caledonia
- was entrusted to the Hudson's Bay Company, but after the discovery of gold
in 1858 and the arrival a large number of white settlers, its southern part
was organized as the new British Crown Colony of British Columbia. (1)
(1) Unlike the other British colonies in Northern America, British
Columbia wasn't granted internal selfgovernment.
In the course of the following years the frontiers of the colony
would be expanded to finally include all British possessions in
what would eventually become the Canadian province :
The Queen Charlotte Islands were included in the zone assigned
to the British in 1846. In 1852 they were made a dependency of
Vancouver Island.
In 1863 they were transferred to British Columbia.
Stikine Territory had been set up in 1862, after the discovery of
gold in the territories north of the colony of British Columbia.
It was annexed to British Columbia in 1863.
Vancouver Island was included in the zone assigned to the British
in 1846. In 1849, out of fear for a possible annexation by the U.S.,
it was made a British colony, whose administration was however
entrusted to the Hudson's Bay Company until 1858, when the British
government toke over.
In 1866 Vancouver Island became part of British Columbia.
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant Governors
1869 - 1871 Anthony Musgrave 1828 - 1888
1871 Sir Joseph William Trutch 1826 - 1904
CANADIAN PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
In 1871 British Columbia became a Province of the Dominion of Canada
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ROYAL REPRESENTATIVES
Lieutenant Governors
1871 - 1876 Sir Joseph William Trutch s.a.
1876 - 1881 Albert Norton Richards 1822 - 1897
1881 - 1887 Clement Francis Cornwall 1836 - 1910
1887 - 1892 Hugh Nelson 1830 - 1893
1892 - 1897 Edgar Dewdney 1835 - 1916
1897 - 1900 Thomas Robert McInnes 1840 - 1904
1900 - 1906 Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière 1829 - 1908
1906 - 1909 James Dunsmuir 1851 - 1920
1909 - 1914 Thomas William Paterson 1852 - 1921
1914 - 1919 Sir Frank Stillmann Barnard 1856 - 1936
1919 - 1920 Edward Gawler Prior 1853 - 1920
1920 - 1926 Walter Cameron Nichol 1866 - 1928
1926 - 1931 Robert Randolph Bruce 1863 - 1942
1931 - 1936 John William Fordham Johnson 1866 - 1938
1936 - 1941 Eric Werge Hamber 1880 - 1960
1941 - 1946 William Culham Woodward 1885 - 1957
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MINISTERS
Premiers
1871 - 1872 John Foster McCreight 1827 - 1913
1872 - 1874 William Alexander Smith "Amor De Cosmos" 1825 - 1897
1874 - 1876 George Anthony Walkem 1834 - 1908
1876 - 1878 Andrew Charles Elliott 1828 - 1889
1878 - 1882 George Anthony Walkem (2x)
1882 - 1883 Robert Beaven 1836 - 1920
1883 - 1887 William Smithe 1842 - 1887
1887 - 1889 Alexander Edmund Batson Davie 1847 - 1889
1889 - 1892 John Robson 1824 - 1892
1892 - 1895 Theodore Davie 1852 - 1898
1895 - 1898 John Herbert Turner 1834 - 1923
1898 - 1900 Charles Augustus Semlin 1836 - 1927
1900 Joseph Martin 1852 - 1923
1900 - 1902 James Dunsmuir s.a.
1902 - 1903 Edward Gawler Prior s.a.
1903 - 1915 Sir (1912) Richard McBride 1870 - 1917
1915 - 1916 William John Bowser 1867 - 1933
1916 - 1918 Harlan Carey Brewster 1870 - 1918
1918 - 1927 John Oliver 1856 - 1927
1927 - 1928 John Duncan MacLean 1873 - 1948
1928 - 1933 Simon Fraser Tolmie 1867 - 1937
1933 - 1941 Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo 1873 - 1956
1941 - 1947 John Hart 1879 - 1958
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