held due to deaths and other appointments; all were contested: Kootenay - William Cosgrove Milby, January 19, 1877; seat vacated by the resignation of A.W. Vowell upon appointment as Gold Commissioner for Cassiar 26 May 1876. Note: The Returning Officer cast the deciding vote for W.C. Milby. A show of hands on nomination day favoured Robert Galbraith (Victoria Colonist September 10, 1876). Nanaimo - David William Gordon, January 19, 1877; seat vacated by John Bryden in December 1876 to look after his business interests Kootenay - Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith, January 19, 1877; seat vacated by the death of W.C. Milby October 26, 1877. Composition of House at dissolution Note: Government/Opposition status applies to candidate at time of election in 1875, not at time of dissolution in 1878. |- || |align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem1 |align="center" |CaribooGovernment || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |CaribooIndependent Opposition |align="center"|George Cowan || |- || |align="center"|John Ash |align="center" rowspan=|ComoxGovernment || || |align="center"|John Evans || |- || |align="center"|William James Armstrong |align="center" rowspan=2 |New WestminsterGovernmentIndependent/Government || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |KootenayReform Caucus |align="center"|Charles Gallagher || |- || |align="center"|Ebenezer Brown || || |align="center"|Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith || |- || |align="center"|Robert Beaven |align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria CityGovernmentIndependent-Government || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |CowichanReform Caucus |align="center"|Edwin Pimbury || |- || |align="center"|James Trimble || || |align="center"|William Smithe || |- || |align="center"|Robert Smith |align="center" rowspan=1 |YaleIndependent Government || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |EsquimaltIndependentReform Caucus |align="center"|William Fisher || |- || |align="center"|David William Gordon |align="center" |Nanaimo || || |align="center"|Frederick W. Williams || |- | | | | || |align="center" rowspan=2 |VictoriaReform Caucus |align="center"|Thomas Basil Humphreys || |- | | | | || |align="center"|William Fraser Tolmie || |- | | | | || |align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria CityIndependentOpposition |James W. Douglas || |- | | | | || |align="center"|Andrew Charles Elliott || |- | | | | || |align="center" rowspan=2 |YaleReform Caucus |align="center"|John Andrew Mara || |- | | | | || |align="center"|Forbes George Vernon || |- |- | |align-left"| |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: Elections BC |- |} Further reading & references 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. See also List of British Columbia political parties 1875 1875 elections in Canada 1875 in British Columbia