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).

[1] Vancouver Island Mainland: Note that these figures refer to votes actually cast, not the population per se nor the total of the potential voters' list.

Note: There is no arrangement to the ridings and members, other than by rough alphabetical order, as all were technically independents.

Two sets of byelections were held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council (cabinet), as was the custom in earlier times.

Ministerial candidates in this series of byelections were all confirmed by acclamation (so there were no actual polling dates).