This district included the major portion of Vancouver Island and the various islands adjacent to it.
All the remainder of Vancouver Island, and all such islands adjacent thereto as were formerly dependencies of the late Colony of Vancouver Island shall constitute one district, to be designated "Vancouver Island District, and return one Member.
British North America Act, 1871
The locations listed in the Notes section are taken from the descriptions on the Malaspina College website.
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| SD | Div | Name | Status | Official | Counted | Notes | a. | Nanaimo & Noonas Bay | polling division | 22 | 23 | "Nanaimo" on record sheets; includes Gabriola and Texada Islands |
| b. | Comox & Alberni | polling division | 62 | 63 | also includes Denman and Hornby Islands | ||
| c. | Cowichan & Salt Spring Island | polling division | 1 | 1 | also includes Galiano, Mayne, and Pender Islands | ||
| d. | North & South Saanich | polling division | 4 | 4 | Saanich Peninsula | ||
| e. | Sooke, Lake, Highland, etc. | polling division | 0 | 1 | "Sooke" on record sheets; Highland refers to Highlands District | ||
| f. | 1 | Western Coast and Unorganised part of Island |
area | 0 | 0 | A dozen households (mainly traders and missionaries) along the western coast of Vancouver Island from Barclay Sound to Kyuquot Sound. | |
| 2 | Coast Indians | area | This portion of the Cowichan Agency extends from the Cowichan River north to Comox. | ||||
| 3 | Western Coast and Unorganised part of Island |
area | |||||
| 4 | Coast Indians | area | This sub-district includes 10 separate "sub-tribes" or bands located at Sooke, at Beecher Bay, and on the Saanich peninsula. It also includes Lekwammen peoples (recorded here as Songhees) at Esquimalt and Victoria. | ||||
| 5 | Western Coast and Unorganised part of Island |
area | Extending from Otter Point to Cape Cook on the west coast of Vancouver Island. | ||||
| Surname | Name | Sex | Age | Religion | Origin | Occupation | MS | Location |
| Walker | John | M | 34 | Bap. | Irish | Logger | m | 191.A.001.11 |
| HOF; wife: Mary (20, B.C., Cath., French); children (both B.C.): Sady (1), Robt Graves (6/12, b. Oct.). | ||||||||
| Grant | Annie N. | F | 24 | Presb. | English | m | 191.A.004.02 | |
| Wife of Alexr (29, N.S., Scotch, Carpenter); children (both B.C.): Jas Hugh (3), Reletta M. (F, 1). | ||||||||
| Berkeley | Lucretia A. | F | 31 | Ch. of Eng. | Irish | School Mistress | m | 191.A.024.22 |
| Wife of William C. (39, England, English, Accountant); sons (both B.C.): Christopher (5), Cecil Eustace (11/12, b. May). | ||||||||
| Gartley | George | M | 40 | Ch. of Eng. | Irish | Labourer | m | 191.A.030.07 |
| Gartley | Margaret | F | 36 | Presb. | Scotch | m | 191.A.030.08 | |
| Gartley | Ernest | M | 8 | Ch. of Eng. | Irish | 191.A.030.09 | ||
| HOF, wife, and eldest child; younger children (all B.C.): Byron (6), Femeline (F, 5), Albert (3). | ||||||||
| Cluneƒs | Mary E. | F | 29 | Ch. of Eng. | English | m | 191.A.031.08 | |
| Polley | Abbie Irene | F | 23 | " | " | School Teacher | 191.A.031.10 | |
| Wife of Daniel (44, O., Presb., Scotch, Physician Ec) and probable boarder; son: W. R. Ross (1, B.C., Presb.). | ||||||||
| Coburn | William H. | M | 26 | Presb. | Scotch | Produce Dealer | 191.A.032.17 | |
| Alone. | ||||||||
| Pearsey | Henry | M | 24 | Presb. | Scotch | Logger | 191.A.043.04 | |
| One of several men living with Herman G. LEICHT. | ||||||||
| Horne | Jane | F | 23 | Presb. | English | m | 191.A.044.15 | |
| Wife of William A. (35, Scotland, Scotch, Blacksmith); children (all B.C.): John (4), Margaret (2), Alfred (4/12, b. Decr). | ||||||||
| Grant | Barbara J. | F | 20 | Ch. of Eng. | Irish | m | 191.A.045.13 | |
| Wife of Robert (26, N.S., Presb., Scotch, Blacksmith). | ||||||||
| Flewett | Mary E. | F | 17 | Ch. of Eng. | English | 191.A.058.20 | ||
| Raper | Sarah M. | F | 21 | " | " | m | 191.A.058.21 | |
| Daughter and possible daughter of William (49, England, Farmer) & Martha (50, Holland, Dutch) Flewett; also: Emily RAPER (3, B.C.), Mabel RAPER (2, B.C.), Alfred RAPER (33, England, Meth., Storekeeper). | ||||||||
| Craig | Ralph | M | 34 | Presb. | Scotch | Blacksmith | m | 191.A.073.21 |
| Craig | Margaret | F | 32 | " | " | m | 191.A.073.22 | |
| Craig | Thomas | M | 12 | " | " | 191.A.073.23 | ||
| Craig | Stanley | M | 10 | " | " | 191.A.073.24 | ||
| HOF, wife, and elder children; youngest child: Elizabeth (8/12, b. Aug., B.C.). | ||||||||
| Munro | Charlotte M. | F | 9 | Presb. | Scotch | 191.A.074.16 | ||
| Munro | Charles T. | M | 7 | " | " | 191.A.074.17 | ||
| Children of Thomas (44, N.S., Presb., Scotch, Carpenter) & Margaret A. (41, N.S., Meth., German, Boarding house Kpr); elder children (all N.S.): Anna P. (15), Harriet E. (13), Theresia (12); younger children (both B.C.): Amelia (4), Bertha (6/12, b. Oct.); also various tenants. | ||||||||
| Malpass | Anna E. | F | 25 | Ch. of Eng. | English | m | 191.A.077.16 | |
| Wife of James (28, England, Meth., Miner); children (all B.C., Ch. of Eng.): Lavina (6), William M. (4), John D. (2), Williamena (F, 11/12, b. May). | ||||||||
| Kerney | John A. | M | 28 | Bapt | Irish | Miner | m | 191.A.079.07 |
| HOH; also Henry GRAHAM (27, Scotland, Presb., Scotch, Miner). | ||||||||
| Austin | Henry | M | 41 | Bapt | English | Labourer | m | 191.A.085.06 |
| HOF; wife: Catherine (38, Ireland, Catholic, Irish); son: Henry (2, B.C., Catholic); also Minnie CONDRON (16, Ireland, Catholic, Irish), James CONDRON (11, Ireland, Catholic, Irish). | ||||||||
| Berkley | Agnes | F | 18 | Presbt | English | m | 191.B.001.22 | |
| Piercy | Thomas | M | 28 | " | " | Lumberman | 191.B.001.24 | |
| Piercy | Mathius | M | 29 | " | " | " | 191.B.001.25 | |
| Piercy | Henry | M | 24 | Prest | " | " | 191.B.002.01 | |
| Wife & possible brothers-in-law of John (27, England, Irish, Lumberman); daughter: Minie (11/12, b. Apl, B.C.); also two other Lumbermen. | ||||||||
| Little | Mathew | M | 40 | Mett | Irish | Farmer | m | 191.B.002.21 |
| Little | Margaret | F | 28 | " | N.S. | m | 191.B.002.22 | |
| Little | Annie | F | 15 | " | Irish | 191.B.002.23 | ||
| Little | Janey | F | 4 | " | " | 191.B.002.24 | ||
| HOF, wife, and elder daughters; youngest daughter: Rachel (4/12, 1 [col. 10], B.C.). | ||||||||
| Piercy | Samuel G. | M | 24 | Presb. | English | Farmer | 191.B.003.12 | |
| Piercy | Walter H. | M | 21 | " | " | Lumberman | 191.B.003.13 | |
| Children of Mathew (67, England, Farmer) & Agnes (69, England, Scotch). | ||||||||
| Grieve | Joseph S. | M | 17 | Ch. of Scotland | English | Farmer | 191.B.004.10 | |
| Grieve | Jane E. | F | 14 | " | " | 191.B.004.11 | ||
| Grieve | William S. | M | 12 | " | " | 191.B.004.12 | ||
| Grieve | George J. | M | 10 | " | " | 191.B.004.13 | ||
| Grieve | Samuel C. | M | 8 | " | " | 191.B.004.14 | ||
| Grieve | Henry T. | M | 6 | " | " | 191.B.004.15 | ||
| Grieve | Kenneth A. | M | 4 | " | " | 191.B.004.16 | ||
| Elder children of Henry (50, England, Farmer) & Margaret (40, England); youngest child (entry crossed-out with note "Enumerated in mistake"): Margaret A. (2/12, b. Ap., B.C.). | ||||||||
| Grant | Laura E. | F | 10 | Wesly Metht | Scotch | 191.B.004.25 | ||
| Grant | Maria A. | F | 7 | Wesl Meth | " | 191.B.005.02 | ||
| Grant | Mary E. | F | 4 | " | " | 191.B.005.03 | ||
| Grant | Ernest E. | M | 2 | " | " | 191.B.005.04 | ||
| Children of Lorenzo (38, U.S., Farmer) & Emma L. (26, N.S., German); other child: Frederick (9, U.S.). | ||||||||
| Piercy | John | M | 40 | Ch. of Scot | English | Labourer | m | 191.B.005.22 |
| Piercy | Mary Ann | F | 36 | " | " | m | 191.B.005.23 | |
| Piercy | Margery | F | 13 | " | " | 191.B.005.24 | ||
| Piercy | Mathew A. | M | 11 | " | " | 191.B.005.25 | ||
| Piercy | Agnes E. | F | 9 | " | " | 191.B.006.01 | ||
| Piercy | Andrew | M | 8 | " | " | 191.B.006.02 | ||
| Piercy | Victoria J. | F | 6 | " | " | 191.B.006.03 | ||
| HOF, wife, and elder children; younger children (all B.C.): William S. (4), Joseph B. (2), Elizabeth D. (0, b. Oct.). | ||||||||
| McPhee | Isabel | F | 26 | Ch. of Scot | English | m | 191.B.006.17 | |
| Wife of Joseph (33, N.S., Scotch, Store keeper); children (both B.C.): Walter S. (2), Thomas J. (1). | ||||||||
| Crawford | Sarah | F | 25 | Ch. of Scot | Scotch | 191.B.006.24 | ||
| Daughter of Samuel F. (54, N.S., Schoolmaster) & Elizabeth B. (48, N.S., W. Meth., German); also several students. | ||||||||
| Crawford | Bryon A. | M | 27 | Ch. of Scotl | Scotch | Farmer | m | 191.B.007.06 |
| Crawford | Lucinda | F | 16 | " | N.B. | m | 191.B.007.07 | |
| HOF & wife; daughter: Elizabeth B. (9/12, b. July, B.C.). | ||||||||
| Graham | Mary | F | 40 | Ch. of Scotl | Scotch | m | 191.B.007.18 | |
| Graham | James | M | 14 | " | " | 191.B.007.19 | ||
| Graham | Margerat | F | 16 | " | " | 191.B.007.20 | ||
| Graham | Annie | F | 12 | " | " | 191.B.007.21 | ||
| Graham | Albert | M | 10 | " | " | 191.B.007.22 | ||
| Graham | John | M | 7 | " | " | 191.B.007.23 | ||
| Graham | Isabell | F | 6 | " | " | 191.B.007.24 | ||
| Graham | Edward | M | 4 | " | " | 191.B.007.25 | ||
| Wife & elder children of John (50, Ireland, Farmer); youngest child: Ida L. [Mary A. crossed-out] (2, B.C.). | ||||||||
| Grieve | William H. | M | 27 | Ch. of Scotl | English | Farmer | 191.B.008.10 | |
| Grieve | John | M | 22 | " | " | " | 191.B.008.11 | |
| Grieve | Margaret | F | 20 | " | " | " | 191.B.008.12 | |
| Grieve | Berkley G. T. | M | 15 | " | " | 191.B.008.13 | ||
| Grieve | Elizabeth J. | F | 11 | " | " | 191.B.008.14 | ||
| Children of George (54, England, Farmer) & Jane (53, England). | ||||||||
| McDonald | Dolena | F | 35 | Ch. of Scot | Scotch | m | 191.B.009.10 | |
| Wife of George G. (36, N.S., Farmer); children (all B.C. unless stated): Margeret J. (4, U.S.), Emma M. (2, twin of Ella D.), Ella D. (2, twin of Emma M.), Flora S. (F, 5/12, b. Nov.). | ||||||||
| Piercy | Thomas H. | M | 44 | Ch. of Scotl | English | Farmer | m | 191.B.009.17 |
| Piercy | Jane | F | 34 | " | " | m | 191.B.009.18 | |
| Piercy | Mathew A. | M | 13 | " | " | Farmer | 191.B.009.19 | |
| Piercy | Isabella | F | 11 | " | " | 191.B.009.20 | ||
| Piercy | Selena E. | F | 9 | " | " | 191.B.009.21 | ||
| Piercy | Wesley T. | M | 7 | " | " | 191.B.009.22 | ||
| HOF, wife, and elder children; younger children (all B.C.): John Harey (5), Margeret (3), Harvey W. (8/12, b. Aug.). | ||||||||
| McFarlan | Walter | M | 37 | Ch. of Engld | Scotch | Farmer | m | 191.B.011.04 |
| HOF; wife: Ellen (36, Ireland, English). | ||||||||
| McFarlan | Charles | M | 36 | Ch. of Eng. | Scotch | Farmer | 191.B.011.06 | |
| McFarlan | George T. | M | 25 | " | " | " | 191.B.011.07 | |
| McFarlan | James W. | M | 19 | " | " | " | 191.B.011.08 | |
| Probably three brothers; probable mother: Catherine (65, Ireland, w.). | ||||||||
| Swan | Charlotte E. | F | 28 | F. W. C. Bapt | English | m | 191.B.011.11 | |
| Wife of Robert S. (33, Berurch on Tweed Scotland, Ch. of Scotl, Farmer); son: Alexander H. (1, B.C., Ch. of Scotl). | ||||||||
| McCutchon | Levi | M | 16 | Eng. Church | Irish | Farmer | 191.B.011.18 | |
| McCutchon | Robert W. | M | 13 | " | " | 191.B.011.19 | ||
| McCutchon | Francis A. | M | 12 | " | " | 191.B.011.20 | ||
| Children of Mary (49, Ireland, Farmer, m.). | ||||||||
| Watts | Michael | M | 38 | Ch. of Scotl | English | Farmer | 191.B.011.22 | |
| Son of Michael (71, Scotl, Farmer, w.). | ||||||||
| Coburn | Stephen | M | 24 | Ch. of Scotl | English | Lumberman | 191.B.012.02 | |
| Steward | Hugh | M | 20 | " | Scotch | " | 191.B.012.03 | |
| Living with John W. McKENZIE (28, N.S., Scotch, Blacksmith). | ||||||||
| Tatton | Isaac | M | 38 | Ch. of E. | English | Boatman | 191.C.034.07 | |
| HOF; possible wife: Eliza (35, B.C., Indian); possible stepson: Robert CONN (10, B.C., Irish). | ||||||||
| Smith | Bedford H. | M | 31 | F. W. C. Bapt. | Loyalists | School Teacher | 191.D.004.18 | |
| Living with family of Margert BRETHOUR. | ||||||||
| Robertson | William H. | M | 46 | Methodist | Scotch | Farmer | m | 191.D.008.06 |
| Robertson | Eliza O. | F | 37 | " | " | m | 191.D.008.07 | |
| HOF & wife; daughter: Kate D. (2, B.C.). | ||||||||
| McNaughten | Cecilia | F | 21 | Babtist | Scotch | School Teacher | 191.D.020.13 | |
| With comment: "Resides in Home No. 49 (page 12)", which is the home of John SHAGGETT. | ||||||||
| Clark | Margeret | F | 33 | Ch. of Scotland | Scotch | Cook | m | 191.E.010.06 |
| Wife of George (35, U.S., Farmer); children (both B.C.): Florence M. (2), George A. (1/12, b. Mar.). | ||||||||
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