Election Results
| Canadian federal special byelection, 1871: Victoria District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Amor De Cosmos 2 | Accl. | - % | |||
| Liberal | Henry Nathan, Jr. | Accl. | - % | |||
| 2 2nd Premier of British Columbia | ||||||
For the 1872 general election, the Victoria District riding was replaced by Victoria riding. This was also the case with the similarly-temporary Cariboo District, Yale District, New Westminster District, which were abolished and replaced by ridings without the "District" appellation.
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