William Fraser Tolmie

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William Fraser Tolmie (1812-1886) - Born Inverness, Scotland, on 3 Feb 1812, Died in Victoria, BC on 8 Dec 1886.

After attending the University of Glasgow for a short period he joined the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on 12 September 1832 as surgeon and clerk. In 1833 he arrived at Fort Vancouver and remained there until he secured a furlough in 1841 and returned to Scotland. He first travelled to Fort Nisqually In 1842 he travelled to Nisqually to take charge of a large cattle and sheep farm operated by the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. On 31 March 1847 he was appointed Chief Trader and on 26 November 1855 the company elevated him to the position of Member of Council and Chief Factor at Fort Nisqually. In February 1850 he visited Victoria and married Jane Work. In 1859, Tolmie moved to Victoria to manage the Puget Sound Agricultural Company's farms on Vancouver Island and he continued to serve as a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and agent of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company until his retirement in 1870. Tolmie won election to the Second House of Assembly of Vancouver Island and took his seat on 1 March 1859. He represented Victoria District until July 1866, and later, from 1874 to 1878, represented Victoria in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Throughout his career on the northwest coast Tolmie maintained an active interest in the history of the region and the ethnology and languages of its Indians. Father:

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