Legislative Council of British Columbia
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| Founded | 1867 |
| Disbanded | 1871 |
| Preceded by | Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island Colonial Assembly of British Columbia |
| Succeeded by | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
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The Legislative Council of British Columbia was created in 1867 for the governor of the "new" United Colony of British Columbia (which was the merger of the old colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia). The merged colony had not theretofore had a responsible government, and its executive power was only its governor, who at the time of its Legislative Assembly's founding was Frederick Seymour.
There were three groups of members: five senior officials of the colony who constituted its executive council; nine magistrates (some of whom had been elevated to that post to please Whitehall); and nine elected members (who represented two seats in Victoria, one in Greater Victoria or "Victoria District", New Westminster, Columbia River and Kootenay, Nanaimo, Yale and Lytton, Lillooet, and Cariboo).