M. W. Gibbs, 1887. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was an American-Canadian politician, businessman, and advocate of rights for African-Americans. He was the first black person elected to public office in British Columbia. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

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