Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island

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colonial legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island was the elected colonial governing body that represented settlers and oversaw local lawmaking on Vancouver Island before its union with British Columbia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island canonical	1
Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island (for Vancouver Island territory)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesHeldAt	British Columbia Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Colonial government in Canada ⓘ Defunct legislatures ⓘ Politics of Vancouver Island ⓘ
composition	elected members ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	lower house–style representative body without full responsible government ⓘ
country	Colony of Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionCause	union of the Colony of Vancouver Island with the Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
dissolvedOn	1866 ⓘ
electorate	male property-owning settlers ⓘ
endTime	1866 ⓘ
establishedBy	royal charter ⓘ
establishedUnderAuthorityOf	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentSystemContext	colonial administration without full self-government ⓘ
hasRole	elected governing body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ
hasTypeOfElection	limited franchise elections ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringExistence	Governor of Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	British colonial period in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
influenced	early political development of British Columbia ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalSystem	British colonial law ⓘ
legislativeFunction	lawmaking ⓘ oversight of local laws ⓘ
locatedIn	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day British Columbia ⓘ
meetsIn	Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	government of the Colony of Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Hudson's Bay Company administrative council on Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Legislative Council of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial legislature of the united Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
represents	settlers of Vancouver Island ⓘ
significantEvent	first elections held in 1856 ⓘ last session held before 1866 union with British Columbia ⓘ
startTime	1856 ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Colonial Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of Vancouver Island ⓘ
territorialExtent	Colony of Vancouver Island and adjacent islets NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colony of Vancouver Island → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island ⓘ

Legislative Council of British Columbia → precededBy → Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island (for Vancouver Island territory)