Robert Beaven
Robert Beaven | |
|---|---|
James Smith Drummond, John W. Williams, William Wilson, Theodore Davie, Montague Tyrwhitt-Drake, Edward Gawler Prior, John Herbert Turner, John Grant, George Lawson Milne | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | John Braden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1836 England |
| Died | September 18, 1920 (aged 84) Victoria, British Columbia |
| Political party | None |
| Spouse |
Susan Sibbald Ritchie
(m. 1866) |
Robert Beaven (January 20, 1836 – September 18, 1920), son of James Beaven, was a British Columbia politician and businessman. Beaven moved to British Columbia from Toronto, where he had been educated at Upper Canada College, because of the gold rush. He entered business in Victoria, which was then the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island. After the colony's union with British Columbia, Beaven became involved with politics as secretary of Amor De Cosmos' Confederation League which advocated that the colony enter Canadian Confederation.
Beaven was elected to the provincial
As Premier he hosted the three-month visit to British Columbia of the Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Lorne, and his wife Princess Louise, offering to make the princess Queen of Vancouver Island. She declined.
In January 1883 Beaven attempted to introduce a legislative program but his government was brought down by a
Beaven remained an
Following the 1898 election, no party had a majority and the
Robert Beaven died in 1920 and was interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria.
