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.

With Nathan joining that Parliament, the multicultural nature of the Canadian nation was firmly established.