Rossland (electoral district)

Rossland was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after the town of Rossland, near Trail, B.C.. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 . Its predecessor riding was Rossland City (1903–1912) and from 1924 it was succeeded by the riding of Rossland-Trail.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1911
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lorne Argyle Campbell	336	44.21%		unknown
	Liberal	William David Willson	424	55.79%		unknown
Total valid votes			760	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both.

15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Federated Labour Party ^1	George Alexander Dingwall	239	35.36 %		unknown
	Conservative	William Kemble Esling	257	38.02%		unknown
	Liberal	John Allan McLeod	180	26.63%		unknown
Total valid votes			676	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
^1 Also referred to as "Farmer-Labour" because of farmer support.

Redistribution following the 1920 election resulted in the renaming of the riding to Rossland-Trail for the 1924 election.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns