and local work and weather conditions, and even in New Westminster and Victoria the "city" ridings voted a week in advance of those for the surrounding more rural ridings, although no returns (count of votes) were in until after the interval elapsed. Natives (First Nations) and Chinese were disallowed from voting, although naturalized Kanakas (Hawaiian colonists) and American and West Indian blacks and certain others participated. The requirement that knowledge of English be spoken for balloting was discussed but not applied. Results by riding |- || |align="center"|George Anthony Boomer Walkem1 |align="center" |CaribooGovernment || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |CaribooIndependent Opposition |align="center"|Alexander Edmund Batson Davie || |- || |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"|Arthur Wellesley Vowell || |- || |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"|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" |Nanaimo |align="center"|John Bryden || |- | | | | || |align="center" rowspan=2 |YaleReform Caucus |align="center"|John Andrew Mara || |- | | | | || |align="center"|Forbes George Vernon || |- |- | |align-left"|1 Premier-Elect and Incumbent Premier |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: Elections BC |- |} Byelections Two sets of byelections were held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council (cabinet), as was the custom in earlier times. Some ministerial candidates in this series of byelections were confirmed by acclamation, others were contested. These byelections were: Victoria - February 15, 1876, Thomas Basil Humphreys acclaimed Victoria City - A.C. Elliott (contested), February 22, 1876 Yale - Forbes George Vernon (contested), March 11, 1876 Cowichan - William Smithe acclaimed, August 14, 1876 Cariboo - Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, who had been appointed to the Executive Council and so resigned his seat, was defeated by George Cowan Jn 20, 1877 Other byelections were also