Rossland-Trail

Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and Trail, and lasted until redistribution in 1996. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary.

For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Provincial	George Alexander Dingwall	436	22.72%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John Hugh MacDonald	545	28.40%		unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	938	48.88%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,919	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

17th British Columbia election, 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	1,686	58.12%		unknown
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	1,215	41.88%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,901	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			27
Turnout			%

18th British Columbia election, 1933 ¹⁵

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Ronald Burns	1,729	43.84%		unknown
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	Arthur Garfield Cameron	1,314	33.32%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.t	George William Weaver	901	22.84%		unknown
Total valid votes			3,944	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			38
Turnout			%

19th British Columbia election, 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Ronald Burns	1,877	46.70%		unknown
	Conservative	Clarence Elliott Crowed	1,251	31.13%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Leo Thomas Nimsick	891	22.17%		unknown
Total valid votes			4,019	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			72
Turnout			%

20th British Columbia election, 1941

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Ronald Burns	1,789	24.41%		unknown
	Conservative	Charles Frederick Daly	<1,883	25.69 %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Herbert Wilfred Herridge	3,621	49.40%		unknown
	Labour (Party)	Antonio Joseph (Pete) Vetere	37	0.50%		unknown
Total valid votes			7,330	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	William Cunningham	2,060	32.06%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Rupert William Haggen	933	14.52%		unknown
	Social Credit Alliance	Horton George Layton	261	4.06%		unknown
	Coalition	James Lockhart Webster	3,171	49.35%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			6,425	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			24
Turnout			%

22nd British Columbia election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	James O'Donnell Quinn	4,588	43.70%		unknown
	Coalition	Alexander Douglas Turnbull	5,910	56.30%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			10,498	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			79
Turnout			%

23rd British Columbia election, 1952 ^2
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Erling Olaf Johnson	2,541	22.02%	-	-.- %		unknown
	B.C. Social Credit League	Robert Edward Sommers	3,979	34.48%	5,917	55.20%		unknown
	Liberal	Alexander Douglas Turnbull	3,331	28.86%	4,803	44.80%		unknown
	Conservative	Charles Alfred Holstead White	1,690	14.64%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			11,541	100.00%	10,720	- %
Total rejected ballots			277
Turnout			%
^2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

24th British Columbia election, 1953 ^3
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	±%
	Conservative	Emil George Fletcher	621	5.56%	-	-.- %		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Clayton Muirhead	3,470	<31.06%	4,549	44.05%		unknown
	Social Credit	Robert Edward Sommers	4,182	37.43%	5,778	55.95%
	Liberal	Douglas T. Wetmore	2,899	25.95%	-	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			11,172	100.00%	10,327	- %
Total rejected ballots			614
Turnout			%
^3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.

25th British Columbia election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Alexander McRae	252	2.48%		unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Samuel Clayton Muirhead	2,839	27.98%		unknown
	Social Credit	Robert Edward Sommers	5,097	50.23%	–	unknown
	Liberal	William Thompson Waldie	1,960	19.31%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,148	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			70
Turnout			%

26th British Columbia election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	5,562	51.12%	–	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Kenneth William Gaylor	2,536	23.31%		unknown
	Liberal	Michael Eugene Krause	2,034	18.69%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	John Wilberforce Loader	608	5.59%		unknown
	Communist	Albert James Warrington	141	1.30%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,881	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			81
Turnout			%

27th British Columbia election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	5,474	51.02%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Robert Charles Maddocks	2,646	24.66%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Alan J.G. McCulloch	1,470	13.70%		unknown
	Liberal	John Basil Varcoe	1,139	10.62%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,729	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			53
Turnout			%

28th British Columbia election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	5,600	55.93%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Edward B. Campbell	2,453	24.50%		unknown
	Liberal	Charles Samuel Fowler	1,960	19.57%		unknown
Total valid votes			10,013	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			49
Turnout			%

29th British Columbia election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	6,230	48.54%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Thomas Greer MacKenzie	4,948	38.55%		unknown
	Liberal	Joseph Remesz	1,359	10.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			12,835	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			127
Turnout			%

30th British Columbia election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	4,936	35.21%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Christopher D'Arcy	7,542	53.80%		unknown
	Liberal	Colin Thomas Maddocks	1,541	10.99%		unknown
Total valid votes			14,019	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92
Turnout			%

31st British Columbia election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Burton Peter Campbell	6,055	41.89%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Christopher D'Arcy	7,881	54.52%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas George Milne	519	3.59%		unknown
Total valid votes			14,455	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			109
Turnout			%

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Joseph Phillips Brooks	5,728	36.18%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Christopher D'Arcy	9,252	58.44%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Dale Murray Brown	852	5.38%		unknown
Total valid votes			15,832	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			186
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sergio C. Cocchia	394	2.34%		unknown
	New Democratic	Christopher D'Arcy	9,661	57.47%		unknown
	Independent	Frederick William James Peitasche	176	1.05%		unknown
	Social Credit	Walter A. Siemens	6,581	39.14%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			16,812	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			243
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Christopher D'Arcy	8,195	50.84%		unknown
	Liberal	Thomas C. Esakin	476	2.95%		unknown
	Social Credit	Audrey L. Moore	7,448	46.21%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			16,119	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			179
Turnout			%

35th British Columbia election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Social Credit	Walter A. Siemens	3,267	20.27%	–	unknown
	New Democratic	Ed Conroy	8,340	51.73%		unknown
	Green	Angela M.E. Price	713	4.42%	–	unknown
	Independent	Christopher D'Arcy	3,802	23.58%		unknown
Total valid votes			16,122	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			337
Turnout			75.18%

36th British Columbia election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ed Conroy	8,635	50.74%		unknown
	Liberal	Jim Greene	5,923	34.80%		unknown
	Green	Clare Greidanus	434	2.55%	–	unknown
	Reform	Phillip Morris	1,366	8.03%		unknown
	Progressive Democratic Alliance	Kathy Plummer	660	3.88%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,018	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			67
Turnout			74.70%

The Rossland-Trail area was redistributed following the 1996 election. The new riding representing the area at the 2001 election was West Kootenay-Boundary.

References

• Elections BC Historical Returns