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The 1871 British Columbia general election was held from October to December 1871. Formerly a British colony, British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871. An interim Cabinet was appointed by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia and election writs for the first general election as a province of Canada were issued to choose 25 members of the first provincial legislature from 12 ridings (electoral districts). These ridings were:
- Cariboo (three members)
- Comox (one member)
- Cowichan (two members)
- Esquimalt (two members)
- Kootenay (two members)
- Lillooet (two members)
- Nanaimo (one member)
- New Westminster (two members)
- New Westminster City (one member)
- Victoria (two members)
- Victoria City (four members)
- Yale (three members)