popular feeling of the district" (Victoria Colonist September 29, 1874). Humphreys was re-elected and William M. Brown was elected to replace William Saul in a tight three-way race. Composition of House at dissolution Note: Government/Opposition status applies to candidate at time of election in 1871, not at time of dissolution in 1875. |- || |align="center"|John George Barnston |align="center" rowspan=3 |Cariboo || || |align="center" |Comox |align="center"|John Ash || |- || |align="center"|Joseph Hunter || || |align="center" rowspan=2|Cowichan |align="center"|John Paton Booth || |- || |align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem || || |align="center"|William Smithe || |- || |align="center"|Henry Cogan |align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |Kootenay |align="center"|John Andrew Mara || |- || |align="center"|Alexander Rocke Robertson || || |align="center"|Charles Todd || |- || |align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys |align="center" rowspan=2 |Lillooet || || |align="center" |Nanaimo |align="center"|John Robson || |- || |align="center"|William M. Brown || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |New Westminster |align="center"|William James Armstrong || |- || |align="center"|Henry Holbrook |align="center" |New Westminster City || || |align="center" |Josiah Charles Hughes || |- || |align="center"|William Archibald Robertson |align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria || || |align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City |align="center"|Robert Beaven || |- || |align="center"|William Fraser Tolmie || || |align="center"|Simeon Duck || |- || |align="center"|James Robinson |align="center" rowspan=3 |Yale || || |align="center"|John Foster McCreight || |- || |align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin || || |align="center"|James Trimble || |- || |align="center"|Robert Smith || |- |- | |align-left"| | | | | |align-left"| |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: Elections BC |- |} Citations Further reading In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC. 1871 1871 elections in Canada 1871 in British Columbia October 1871 events November 1871 events December 1871 events