Forbes George Vernon
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Lieutenant Forbes George Vernon, ret. (British Army) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale. He ran for the constituency of Yale-East in 1894 following a redistribution, but was defeated by Donald Graham.
On 4 March 1863 Vernon wrote to the Colonial Office enquiring about land regulations in British Columbia, where free grants of up to 1,440 acres were available free grants to military settlers with at least the rank of captain. Vernon's original homestead of 160 acres, near the city which bears his name, grew to become the 13,000-acre Coldstream Ranch, which he sold in 1891 to Lord Aberdeen.
He was a close friend of fellow rancher Charles Frederick Houghton, who became a MP and for whom Forbes cared for in his last days.
He is the namesake of the northern Okanagan city of Vernon.
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Biography of C.F. Houghton on Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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