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Victoria County Court Speedy trials case files

  • GR-1567
  • Series
  • 1888-1916

This series contains criminal case files under the "Speedy Trials Act". May include transcripts and Police Court proceedings.

British Columbia. County Court (Victoria)

Will registers

  • GR-1574
  • Series
  • 1939-1946

Wills probated in British Columbia, numbers 31,201 - 46,021.

British Columbia. Supreme Court

Victoria Supreme Court probate cause books

  • GR-1575
  • Series
  • 1875-1947

This series contains probate cause books for the periods 1875-1882 and 1918-1947.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court divorce orders

  • GR-1587
  • Series
  • 1877-1998

The series consists of divorce orders issued by the Supreme Court of Victoria between 1877 and 1998. After October 1998, divorce orders were filed in the Supreme Court order books.

Records from 1877 to December 31, 1948 have been microfilmed. Records from 1949 onward are original paper records. The records consist of decrees nisi and absolute.

Volumes in containers 830561-0001 to 830561-0020 contain indexes.

Until 1968, divorces in BC were granted under the English Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 (amended 1858). Selected sections of the Act were incorporated into BC’s Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act in 1897 (RSBC 1897, c. 62) and remained largely unchanged until 1968 when the Federal government passed the first national divorce act. This act superseded existing provincial legislation, and a Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings was also created at this time.

In 1972, BC’s Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act was repealed and replaced with the Family Relations Act, which included provisions for issues related to custody. In 1985, the federal Divorce Act was passed, and came into effect in 1986. Under the 1985 Act, the use of decrees nisi was discontinued. Decrees nisi, which had been used inconsistently prior to the 1930s, required a waiting period before a decree absolute – the finalization of the dissolution of the marriage – could be issued. Between 1968 and 1985, decrees nisi required a three-month waiting period. After this time, a decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute.

Under the 1985 Divorce Act, a single court order of dissolution was issued, under which the divorce automatically comes into effect 31 days after the divorce has been granted.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court judgements

  • GR-1590
  • Series
  • 1880-1958

This series contains Victoria Supreme Court judgements.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Court of Appeal orders

  • GR-1591
  • Series
  • 1915-1975

The series consists of microfilmed copies of the Victoria Court of Appeal order volumes 2-7; 1915 to 1947 and bound order volumes 8-15 for the period 1948 to 1975.

The records consist mainly of orders in response to motions for leave to appeal lower court judgements and sentences, and include both civil and criminal matters. They are bound in folio number order by volume with a nominal index at the front of each volume.

British Columbia. Court of Appeal (Victoria)

Victoria Small Debts Court cause books

  • GR-1592
  • Series
  • 1895-1948

This series contains cause books from the Victoria Small Debts Court.

British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Victoria)

Victoria Court of Appeal record books

  • GR-1594
  • Series
  • 1910-1947

This series contains court of appeal record books. The inside cover of volume one includes a copy of a statement made by Chief Justice on the day the Court of Appeal opened, January 4, 1910.

British Columbia. Court of Appeal (Victoria)

Victoria Court of Appeal orders

  • GR-1595
  • Series
  • 1910-1914

The series consists of a microfilmed copy of the Victoria Court of Appeal orders volume 1, 1910 to 1914. These orders were bound in folio number order from 1 to 318. There is a nominal index at the front of the volume.

British Columbia. Court of Appeal (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court chambers applications

  • GR-1596
  • Series
  • 1895-1945

The series consists of Chamber applications created by the Victoria Supreme Court from 1895 to 1945.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court indexes to causes

  • GR-1611
  • Series
  • [ca. 1898]-1947

This series contains indexes to causes for actions heard in the Victoria Supreme Court. It contains two volumes. Volume 1 covers the period ca. 1898-1919. Volume 2 covers the period 1920-1947.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Public Works correspondence

  • GR-1615
  • Series
  • 1910-1970

The series consists of general correspondence files created by the Dept. of Public Works between 1910 and 1970.
The files are concerned primarily with Provincial Government buildings including the Parliament Buildings, Provincial Archives, Provincial Museum, as well as jails, courthouses, hospitals, office buildings, etc. throughout the province. The series also contains files relating to the control of Japanese nationals during World War II.

British Columbia. Dept. of Public Works

Vancouver Island election records

  • GR-1666
  • Series
  • 1862-1866

This series contains voters' lists for the Colony of Vancouver Island, 1862 and 1866. The series also includes poll books for Saltspring Island and Chemainus District (1863), for Victoria District (1863) and Victoria City (1863-1866). This unit should be used in conjunction with GR-0484 [Voters' lists, 1865-1866] and GR-1714 [Voters' lists and poll books, 1856-1866].

Vancouver Island (Colony). Sheriff

Election records from Victoria

  • GR-1667
  • Series
  • 1871-1872

This series consists of poll-books, voters' lists, and correspondence relating to two landmark elections in British Columbia: the election of 1871 of representatives to the provincial legislature, and the election of 1872, called to elect provincial members to the Dominion House of Commons - respectively the first provincial election and the first federal election held in B.C. These records document B.C.'s last "open voting" elections (i.e. a secret ballot was not used). Compiled by A.F. Pemberton, Chief Returning Officer for Victoria, the records pertain to Victoria City, Victoria District, Esquimalt and Metchosin.

The election of 1871 was held in various parts of the province between October and December. It was conducted in accordance with the Colonial Election Regulation Act [34 Vic., No. 13, a statute which affirmed the practice of open voting (as opposed to the secret ballot). Thus, the poll books in this collection show the names of electors and the candidates for whom each elector voted. Voter's qualifications were determined by the colonial Qualification and Registration of Voters' Act [34 Vic., No. 156]. To qualify for the franchise, a voter had to be male, a loyal British subject, over twenty-one years of age, literate (at least able to write his name), and a resident in B.C. for no less than six months. In addition, qualified electors had to meet one of the following criteria: occupy premises with an annual rent of $40 or more; own freehold property having an assessed value of at least $250; have a pre-emption claim of 100 acres or more; possess a free-miners' license.

The Dominion election of 1872 was held under the authority of two federal statutes: the Interim Parliamentary Election Act of 1871 [34 Vic., c.20] and the Act to Re-adjust the Representation in the House of Commons, 1872 [35 Vic., c.13]. The first statute made provisions for holding a federal election in B.C.; the second confirmed the number of MPs to be elected from B.C. [6] and established federal electoral boundaries. 2 MPs were elected from the district of Victoria; 1 MP from the district of Vancouver (i.e. Vancouver Island north of Victoria and adjacent to the Gulf Islands); 1 MP for each of the districts of New Westminster, Yale, and Cariboo. Section 5 of the Interim Parliamentary Elections Act declared that the laws already in force in B.C. would apply to the election of 1872. Accordingly, polling for the province's first federal election was carried out under colonial legislation noted above. The Dominion election was also carried out in accordance with B.C.'s Corrupt Practices Prevention Act [34 Vic., No. 158], a colonial statute which stipulated that candidates had to declare all expenses incurred during their campaign. Hence the documents in Box 1, files 6 & 7 of this collection.

The records in GR-1667 relate solely to the Victoria electoral district. For elections to the provincial legislature, the riding included areas within the city's limits. Federally, however, the electoral district of Victoria embraced the City of Victoria and adjacent areas of Saanich (Victoria District), Esquimalt and Metchosin. A.F. Pemberton was the district's chief Returning Officer in both elections. In the provincial election -- held on 16 October 1871 -- Pemberton established the district polling station at the Police Barracks in Bastion Square. In the Dominion election -- held on 2 September 1872 -- he established six polling stations. The polls were open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Three candidates contested the two Victoria seats: Amor DeCosmos, Henry Nathan and Robert Beavan. DeCosmos, and Nathan were elected. The results of the election, and returns from each of the polling stations, were published in the Victoria Daily Colonist (3 Sep 1872).

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Customs Dept. letter book

  • GR-1733
  • Series
  • 1858-1876

The series consists of a letter book created by the Collector of Customs in the Vancouver Island Customs Dept. between 1858 and 1871 and the Canada Customs Department between 1871 and 1876. It contains copies of correspondence outward from the Customs Houses in Victoria and New Westminster. There is an index to the volume.
The Collector of Customs was based as follows:
A.C. Anderson, Victoria, July 1858 - April 1859
W. Hamley, Victoria, April 1859 - June 1859
W. Hamley, Queensborough, New Westminster, June 1859 - December 1868
W. Hamley, Victoria, January 1869 - June 1876

Vancouver Island (Colony). Customs Dept.

Official Administrator letterbook

  • GR-1821
  • Series
  • 1890-1895

Letterbook of correspondence outward from Official Administrator, J.C. Prevost, 1890-1895.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Sheriff's receipt book

  • GR-1824
  • Series
  • 1879-1883

Sheriff's receipt book for cases in all courts at the Victoria Court Registry, 1879-1883.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court letterbooks

  • GR-1827
  • Series
  • 1866-1890

Letterbooks (indexed) of correspondence outward by Registrar and Sheriff, 1866-1890. The first section of vol. 2 also serves as a letterbook of correspondence outward for the Dominion Saw Mill Co., 1884-1885. 2 vols.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Presentments of the Grand Jury

  • GR-1862
  • Series
  • 1900-1931

Presentments of the Grand Jury, April 1900 - Oct 1931.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria Supreme Court index to judgments

  • GR-1863
  • Series
  • 1885-1895

Index to judgments, Jan. 1, 1885 - Nov. 1, 1895. The judgments and the preceding index are found in GR-1590.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Assize criminal record book

  • GR-1864
  • Series
  • 1917-1948

Assize criminal record book (indexed), May 1917 - May 1948.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Victoria County Court index to judgments

  • GR-1866
  • Series
  • no date

Vol. 1 of index to judgments. This volume is the index through to vol. 22 of the judgments.

British Columbia. County Court (Victoria)

Indexes to Victoria Small Debts Court judgements

  • GR-1868
  • Series
  • 1932-1967

Indexes to judgements, 1932-1967. Vol. 1: index by names of creditors; vol. 2: index by names of debtors. 2 vols.

British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Victoria)

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