Henry Nathan Jr. (September 3, 1842 – February 5, 1914)[1] was the first Jewish Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons.

The third-place also-ran was Robert Beaven, who was to become the sixth Premier of British Columbia ten years later.

[1] Like De Cosmos, Nathan was part of British Columbia's delegation to Ottawa to negotiate the terms of B.C.

This strained his relationship with De Cosmos, who had become a supporter of MacDonald's opponent, Liberal Alexander Mackenzie.

[4] The byelection of 1871 was held to return members from newly admitted British Columbia to the 1st Parliament of Canada that had been elected four years earlier following Confederation.