John Howe Sullivan (c. 1843 - 4 November 1875) was the Gold Commissioner for the

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in the

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during the

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of the 1870s. He held this position from 26 May 1874 until his death. Sullivan was one of those lost in the sinking of the SS ''Pacific'' off

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on November 4, 1875.

References

*''Lost Bonanzas of British Columbia, Vol. II'', Garnet Basque, Sunfire Publications (1994), Heritage House Publishing (1999), Surrey BC. ISBN. 1840s births 1875 deaths Interior of British Columbia Pre-Confederation British Columbia people 19th-century Canadian civil servants Gold commissioners in British Columbia Deaths due to shipwreck at sea {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub