| Early policeman in
Gastown/Granville, succeeded Tomkins Brew, served 15
years from 1871 to 1886. Miller was born in Ontario c.
1833, came to BC in 1862. He began a "chain
gang" in 1873 (with chained prisoners being taken
out daily to work at clearing and building roads and
lanes, under the watchful eyes of a guard armed with a
shotgun). In 1886, Miller's cottage served as the polling
booth for Vancouver's first civic election. He declined
the offered job of Chief of Police, and instead became
Postmaster. |
